And now it gets interesting.
Innovate or die, cries Tom Peters, the management guru. Private liberal arts colleges offer an awesome possibility. And sadly they are dying. When finances collapse, families evaluate colleges differently. They want bang for their buck. They want practical training. And this is what Hartwick College is promising:
“This initiative responds to the [...]

The SAT freaks out many people. There is hope: Preperation does make a difference. There are some free SAT on the web such as Number 2. The first is free youtue website.

The second one is a light heart reminder:

Courtesy of Middlebury college:
10. Visit, if possible, at least some of the colleges that you are considering. Nothing will help you more to define the ideal learning environment for you, and to help you see for yourself whether the labels and stereotypes that get attached to some colleges really are valid.
9: Feel free to schedule [...]

The cost of attendance usually does NOT take into account the full cost of living. It

Amherst (~1.2%)
Baylor apps +18%
Boston C expected even
Boston U slightly down
Bowdoin (1.7%)
Bucknell (~5%)
Brandeis (10.8%)
Brown ~+21% (still approx)
Carleton (4%)
Carnegie Mellon up maybe
Chicago ~+7%
Clemson +7.1%
Colby (7%)
Colgate down
Columbia ??
Conn Col up slightly
Cooper Union ~+8%
Cornell +3%
Dartmouth +8.9%
Davidson +1.3%
Duke +17%
Fordham apps +5%
George Wash (2.3%)
Gettysburg ~(15%) (maybe just RD)
Hamilton (8.5%)
Harvard ~+5.6%
Kenyon (10%)
Lehigh (13%)
Macalester (9.7%)
Marquette +15%
Middlebury ~(12%)
MIT +17%
Northwestern ~+2% (count incomplete, 3-4% expected)
Notre [...]

10/84Percentage of Americans who invent a job or a college degree for their resumes: 10
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12/84Percentage of college men who say they might commit rape if there were no chance of being caught: 35
 

4/84Percentage of college freshmen who say “being well-off financially” is important: 69.3
 

    Who say “developing a philosophy of life” is important: 44.1
 

5/84Percentage of college students who attended a religious service last year: 86.2
 

6/84Percentage of Harvard students who graduate with honors: 75
 

10/85Rank of national and local Miss America pageants among [...]

TVO is sponsoring a competition to find best lecturer in Canadian universities. Today we focus on Business, economics and Management.
James Appleyard
2009 | Department of Management - University of Toronto - Mississauga |James Appleyard is Assistant Professor (part-time) in the Department of Management of the University of Toronto Mississauga, where he has taught three undergraduate courses since 2004 [...]

or any decision for that matter? Ok, I sensationalize that new report from NACAC investigating Early decision, College Choice and Adolescent Development: Psychological and Social Implications of Early Admission,” was written for NACAC by Barbara Schneider, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in the College of Education at Michigan State University. This report attempts to investigate the [...]

Barbara Ann Ballyk
2009 | Faculty of Medicine - University of Toronto (St. George) | Dr. Barbara Ann Ballyk is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. She was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, and is a graduate of the St. Catharines Collegiate. She earned a B.Sc.H. in Life [...]