Archive for the ‘ Post-Secondary Education ’ Category

MyCollegeOptions.org Partners With SimpleTuition.com

MyCollegeOptions.org, a non-profit resource site, was already a helpful tool for college-bound high school students (and their parents) trying to swim their way through the deluge of college admissions confusion . They’ve now added a loan calculator from SimpleTuition.com to their site, which adds a helpful resource for figuring out the other half of the [ READ MORE ]

Soothing Stats

For anyone requiring hard facts and tables full of reassuring data to quell their fears concerning college admissions and the probability of not getting in anywhere, I have the goods. Actually, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has the goods. I heart data; I find cold, hard facts to be extremely soothing. According to [ READ MORE ]

Receiving Early Action/Early Decision Letters

A perfect addition to the previous advice post regarding letters of deferment is Sam Jackson’s letter to high school seniors dealing with early action/early decision letters. He has excellent advice for any and all seniors trying to survive their final year of high school without imploding due to the stress of college admissions, the pressure [ READ MORE ]

The Wretched Planet Deferment

Is it better to be rejected by a college outright, or to receive a letter of deferment? Oooh, hard to say. On the one hand, you haven’t been denied entry to Shangri-La (yet), but you haven’t been asked to make yourself at home, either. And there’s the matter of being in limbo and not knowing [ READ MORE ]

Letters of Recommendation

For any prospective college student (graduate student or undergrad) in the throes of the college application process, you might want to read this hilarious post by Tenured Radical, aka Claire B. Potter of Wesleyan University. It will give you insight into the application process from the letter-of-recommendation writer’s point of view, be they high school [ READ MORE ]

“Measuring Up 2008″

If you enjoy demoralizing statistical reports and analyses, please be sure to read “Measuring Up 2008.” It’s the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education’s biennial report on how the U.S. is doing educationally and it will make you want to stick your head in the sand and just wait this one out. I [ READ MORE ]

Obama’s Possible Choices For Secretary of Education

There’s a huge pile of work awaiting the next Secretary of Education. There’s the No Child Left Behind act to be dealt with, charter school issues, under-performing teacher improvement, accountability, a universal pre-K system, etc. It would be great if higher education were a priority on that to-do list, but historically, nearly all of the [ READ MORE ]

Education Advice for the Next President

The Peabody Award-winning production company Learning Matters has an awesome podcast project going on as we speak (or, as I write—you know what I mean). The series is called “Education Advice to the Next American President.” Students, parents, educators and policy makers were asked what they thought the next president should do to fix the [ READ MORE ]