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 […]

Rigor in High School Courses Sets Up College Successes You don’t need to read this blog to know that a high school diploma requires a certain number of completed courses for credit, a figure that varies across the country. That makes sense, of course.  There has to be some sort of minimum bar that all […]

Is There A Place For Parents On Campus? The times they are a-changing’ may be a song from the baby-boom era, but it is also a phrase that aptly describes how colleges are treating Gen X parents. Until the 1990s, it was rare for any college or university to think of parents as anything other […]