How Parents of First-Generation Students Can Encourage Their Children to Go to College Encouraging your students to strive for college can be especially challenging if their parents are from a non-collegiate culture. You may encounter attitudes ranging from a disregard of education or fear of the unknown to reluctant acceptance or enthusiastic cooperation.  Regardless, the […]

Encouraging First-Generation Americans to Go to College It is not unusual for first-generation students to face a number of obstacles that can discourage them from pursuing their college dreams. And it can be a challenging task to counsel and encourage these children and their families to overcome what may be formidable financial, social, and psychological […]

3 Great Ways to Encourage Students to Pursue a STEM Education Job Opportunities One of the most exciting aspects of a STEM education is the job opportunities that follow. Whether a student aspires to end world hunger or just wants to play with some really cool, high-tech gadgets, a STEM education can help them get […]

You’ve been accepted! Now what? How to decide what college to attend College Counselors:  Share this blog and tool with your students to help them identify what factors are most important to them in choosing a college and to evaluate how each one they visit measures up.   Visiting and exploring colleges is a whirlwind […]

Top 5 Mobile Apps to Help Students Find the Best Scholarships There is no questioning that college can be expensive. For the 2015-2016 school year, out-of-state tuition averaged $23,893 for public universities. That number gets even higher for private institutions. That price tag is well worth the education, as college graduates often make up to […]

Beyond SATs and GPAs: What Else Do Colleges Look For? In some ways, college visits are like elaborate scavenger hunts, where first, students search the campuses for qualities or amenities that appeal to them – in the dorms, in the dining halls, in the field houses and labs, etc. Then, they try to unlock the […]

How Guidance Counselors Can Help Students Study and Stay Social  When high school students have academic or personal struggles, guidance counselors are the first line of help. While teachers are certainly interested about every student’s progress, they cannot add counseling as another activity to their job description. A counselor offers much more than guidance; he […]

College to High School Peer Mentoring The transition from high school to college, and the journey required to reach that point in the first place, present real challenges for young people. Students with strong support systems at home often gain an advantage simply by having easy access to the experience of someone who’s been there […]

Money Magazine’s New Best Value College Rankings Money magazine has just released its 2015 best value college rankings, and we think they really do add value to the college search process. The rankings are here:https://best-colleges.time.com/money/full-ranking#/list. Not only does Money post lots of interesting data you won’t find elsewhere, including its net price of a degree […]

Death, Taxes and Rising College Costs As each week goes by in Washington, it becomes clearer that a legislative fix is unlikely to solve the college-cost conundrum. Not only are legislators distracted by pressing issues such as hurricane relief, and the war on terror they appear to have quietly determined that there are other ways […]