College search resembles the hero’s journey:

A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there
encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on
his fellow man.[2]

In this case, the hero is seeking [...]

A few weeks back the collegeboard sent me a report authored from UTexas at Austin on college success for students who took AP tests in high school. Jay Mathews offers a succinct summary:
“In the midst of a national debate over whether Advanced Placement
courses place too much pressure on American high school students, a
team of Texas [...]

Last fall I facilitated a discussion group about new technologies and college admissions. Our students are so imbedded in this world, seemless in fact, that it is just second nature. So second nature in fact, that it comes as no surprise that the common app recorded a million online application–up from 682,357 over last year. [...]

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Nothing can really replace the sensory experience of an in person college visit. Guide books and DVDs do not respond to questions. Collegeconfidential adds to the Web 2.0 by allowing user to post and read college visit reports. Users can rate  and comment on various aspects of the camps visit such as:

Information Session (8)  
Campus [...]

Learning in the 21st century may look a lot like learning in 20th century to the untrained eye. Scratch the surface and you might notice lectures being posted via podcasts, professors keeping blogs, students required to submit assignments via tunritin.com. Today’s college bound student needs to develop the skills and habits to succed in this [...]

In response to the wildly popular Web 2.0…the machine is Us/ING Us, a fascinating examination of the New Academia. The points of view are fascinating and very much the ones we ought to be having.

This post started with the title: Harvard names it’s first women president. Should gender matter in appointing a new President. I watched the news clips and read the editorials:
First at Harvard - washingtonpost.com
THE SELECTION of the first woman to lead the nation’s oldest and most prestigious university is indeed a historic milestone, even [...]

Aside from the fact that college life is a life of reading, finding the right book to help your review college research process. Go into any college counselor’s office you will find many choices, but the one we all swear by, the one that stands head and shoulder above the others: Fiske Guide to Colleges [...]

I found a little article today that got me thinking…First I blogged about it at UtechTips since it has everything to do with web 2.0:
Did your friend send you a link to site X? Watch that video on You Tube? Did you find you new favourtie band via LastFM or Pandora? Do you digg news? [...]