“Everybody makes mistakes in college. Why can’t one of those mistakes be . . . going to college?” – Stephen Colbert
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
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The Launch of Stephen Colbert University
Posted on August 30, 2010 by Barry Lenson
Categories: Online Education
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Blogger Cites the "Incredible Cost" of Paying for College
Posted on August 29, 2010 by Barry Lenson
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?
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Categories: Cost of Education
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What's Wrong with the U.S. News Best College Listings?
Posted on August 26, 2010 by Barry Lenson
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:
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Categories: Applying to College
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The Safer Safety School
Posted on August 25, 2010 by Barry Lenson
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.
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Categories: College Tuition
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California Budget Woes Put Students in a Crunch
Posted on August 23, 2010 by Barry Lenson
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.
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Categories: Applying to College
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Are Colleges Pricing Themselves Out of Business?
Posted on August 22, 2010 by Barry Lenson
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.
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Categories: Cost of Education
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Back to School Sales
Posted on August 20, 2010 by Barry Lenson
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.
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Categories: College Education
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Military-Friendly Colleges for Veterans
Posted on August 18, 2010 by Barry Lenson
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.
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Categories: Online Education
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College in America is Just a Click Away
Posted on August 17, 2010 by Barry Lenson
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.
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Categories: Study in the USA
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Our College List of Lists
Posted on August 16, 2010 by Barry Lenson
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 . . .
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Categories: Applying to College
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The SAT Might Be Worthless (But You Have to Take It Anyway)
Posted on August 15, 2010 by Barry Lenson
Even though the SAT might not be a good predictor of anything, it keeps lumbering around like Frankenstein, refusing to die.
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Categories: Applying to College
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Bill Gates: Internet Learning Poised to Outpace "Place-Based" Colleges
Posted on August 12, 2010 by Barry Lenson
“. . . 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
Categories: Cost of Education
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Now StraighterLine Students Can Have Study Groups Too
Posted on August 11, 2010 by Barry Lenson
Being a distance learner doesn’t mean going it alone. Why not team up and enrich your distance learning experience?
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Categories: Study Skills
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