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Pick a State University for the Right Reasons
Tweet Share on Facebook September 28, 2010 CommentWhile the Ivy League and other super-select universities grab much of the media attention, most teenagers end up attending their own state schools.
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How to Keep in Touch With College Students
Tweet Share on Facebook September 21, 2010 Comment (3)When children head off to college how much contact should parents have with them?
This question has generated a lot of angst over the years and maybe it's because nobody knows how much communication is appropriate. Is one call a week enough? How about a dozen? Do text messages and E-mails count? And what about Skype, instant messaging, and Facebook?
[Read 5 Social Media Tools for College Students.]
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4 More Ways to Cut College Costs
Tweet Share on Facebook September 14, 2010 Comment (1)How can you cut college costs? I recently wrote about some ways to cut the cost of college.
The best way to save money on college is to pick schools that will provide your child with the most generous financial aid packages. There are, however, other ways to shrink costs. Here are four more of my favorites:
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College Doesn't Have to Involve Debt
Tweet Share on Facebook September 7, 2010 Comment (1)Should you borrow for college?
Zac Bissonnette, the author of Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching Off My Parents, doesn't think so.
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3-2 Engineering Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges
Tweet Share on Facebook August 31, 2010 Comment (5)My family lives in California where roughly 84 percent of the state's college-bound students enroll in public colleges and universities within their borders.
[See U.S. News's list of top public schools.]
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Answering Financial Aid Questions
Tweet Share on Facebook August 24, 2010 Comment (2)Will I be penalized for applying for financial aid? Who gets financial aid? And how much can I expect?
These are the sort of financial questions that teenagers and their parents ask all the time. Last week, Angel B. Perez, Pitzer College's admission director, who is known for his candor, tried to answer some of these questions at a meeting of West Coast college planners.
[Read about the financial aid formula.]
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Look Beyond the Top-Ranked Schools
Tweet Share on Facebook August 17, 2010 Comment (4)The schools that attract the most attention on the day that U.S.News & World Report unveils its much-anticipated rankings are the ones that command the top spots.
[See the new Best Colleges 2011 rankings.]
Today, however, I'd like to focus on the schools that never get to bask in the bright lights of the college rankings hoopla. I'm talking about the colleges and universities that are at or near the bottom of the rankings.
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3 Negatives About How Colleges Are Behaving
Tweet Share on Facebook August 10, 2010 Comment (4)One of the hazards of being a journalist is that it makes you cynical.
Having covered issues in the higher-ed world for a few years now, I too have become cynical about the way the higher-education world operates.
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7 Ways to Cut College Costs
Tweet Share on Facebook August 3, 2010 Comment (6)Does anybody else out there think it's obscene that dozens of schools now charge more than $50,000 a year?
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9 Alternatives to a College Visit
Tweet Share on Facebook July 27, 2010 Comment (2)Do you have to visit a college before you apply?
It's always better if you arrange a college tour and spend quality time at schools before finalizing your list, but financially it's not always possible.
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