How Some Colleges Teach Students About Finance – and Latin, to Boot

It is important for students to clearly understand the terms of any account they are offered, and to make sure they’re using it in a way that minimizes fees… Source: For College Students, Choosing a Bank Account Can Be a Minefield – The New York Times Also quoted from the article, “…Many schools contract with […]

New “Ranking” By Me Based On Brookings “Value-Added” Study

Look on the right under “rankings,…”

Highly Selective Schools That Add Value (Only Counting Money Here, But It’s a Measurable Proxy For Education)

Brookings Institute compared median salaries of graduates with the expected median salaries of a like pool (for the same college) without having attended college.  Here are the results I took away for highly selected colleges, given in expected percentage increase.  I also give the median mid-career salaries from the study. Note: Some schools didn’t have […]

The Top 100 Private Institutions-1998 SAT Scores – How Did the Ones That Climbed Do That?

SAT Scores 1998 by College I would be very careful about the ones that climbed. What can you do?  If they have old tests online, look at them.  Have they gotten easier?  Did that happen while they dramatically improved their dorms, student centers, etc…? Just be careful.

“Colleges…monitor…their pricing strategies” Writes James L. Doti, President of Chapman University

The Dangers of Tuition Discounting – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education. This article should be informative for parents and students. But I have this question: should non-profits whose “product” is a public necessity have a “pricing that they call something else – like a “scholarship”?

Are You Getting A Grant, or Merit- and Need-Based Financial Aid, (As Your College May Call It) – Or, Is Everyone In Your Statistical Bracket Getting The Same Coupon For A Discount? Read This

How Private Colleges Are Like Cheap Sushi : NPR Ed : NPR.

LinkedIn Ranks Universities in Certain Fields

Their method doesn’t look unreasonable to me.  (I used LinkedIn to do a ballpark  assessment of computer science programs.  See it here.) LinkedIn University Rankings – Based on career outcomes | LinkedIn.

College Sexual Assault Rules Trample Rights of Accused Campus Rapists | New Republic

College Sexual Assault Rules Trample Rights of Accused Campus Rapists | New Republic.

“…[Havard’s Title IX Office’s] Sole Task Is to Get This Title IX Furor To Go Away…” Says Harvard Law Prof. Janet Halley

It sounds pausible to me. That is they way universities operate. Some Harvard Professors Oppose Policy on Assaults – NYTimes.com.