Monthly Archives: August 2010

“Everybody makes mistakes in college. Why can’t one of those mistakes be . . . going to college?” – Stephen Colbert

How many families that earn $55,000 a year, we wonder, will really be able to salt away $410 a month to pay for a kid’s education?

So, what’s wrong with the U.S. News college listings? We think that despite the efforts of the editors to present information in new ways, the issue still presents a distorted view of what college is all about, and exerts unrealistic pressure on students and their parents. Here are a few reasons:

The day may be coming when more American families say that expensive middle-tier colleges are just not worth the money. If that day comes, dozens of them could be forced to shut their doors and tiptoe away. 

Usually when you get accepted to a college, you can assume you are really going there. But according to the new rules of budget crunches, that honorable tradition was apparently going away.

Everybody is saying that college costs are increasing at a rate that outpaces the rate of inflation for just about everything else. But is that true? Let’s have a little fun and look at some statistics from the last 40 years.

it’s time to shop the sales for the gear you need to get the school year off to a good start.  An espresso machine, a new hard drive for backups . . . or your whole freshman year for $999. 

Whether you’re in the U.S. armed forces or you’re a veteran, Military Friendly Schools is a website you should know about. It’s the place to go if you’re looking for an American college or university that will welcome you as a student. 

For years, people have predicted that someday it would be possible to attend college remotely, from wherever you live. Those people were right. And the good news for you is, someday is today. 

It looks like the folks at the Princeton Review, BusinessWeek and other publications have been passing the summer by making lists of colleges that fit into different categories – the best party schools, the best value schools, and more. To put all our lists in one basket, we compiled this list of lists . . .

Even though the SAT might not be a good predictor of anything, it keeps lumbering around like Frankenstein, refusing to die.

“. . . tuition is, say, $50,000 a year so over four years—a $200,000 education . . . We’re trying to provide it to every kid who wants it, and only technology can bring that down not just to $20,000, but to $2,000.” - Bill Gates

Being a distance learner doesn’t mean going it alone. Why not team up and enrich your distance learning experience?