Archive for the ‘ Scholarships ’ Category

Increased Tuition Increases Some More

If you were maybe sticking your head in the sand and hoping to wait this economic slump out by pretending it’s not happening, then don’t read these denial-crushing articles. The New York Times is reporting that college students (and/or their ‘rents) are paying more for less. Excellent. College students are covering more of what it [ READ MORE ]

Adventures In Education: Paying For College

The triune of mettle-proving tests for young adults are: (1) getting into college; (2) getting through and graduating from college; and (3) paying for college. All are difficult. The only part from which any enjoyment can be wrung is the going to college part. The other two just suck. If your parents aren’t able to [ READ MORE ]

The $1000 College Admissions Frustration Scholarship

I’ve explained my utter disdain for the current state of the college admissions process here and here and here and also here. It’s completely warped and fubar and several other descriptive expletives that I probably shouldn’t write on a site devoted to all things educational. Mr. Sam Jackson over at The Sam Jackson College Experience, [ READ MORE ]

From High School Jocks to College Grads

Title IX gets a boost. For her master’s thesis at Brigham Young, Kelly P. Troutman looked at 5,000 high school girls in the National Education Longitudinal Study and found that girls who play interscholastic high school sports are 41 percent more likely to graduate from college than their counterparts. The athletes had the advantage of [ READ MORE ]