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Registered Rep.
December 17, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Admissions Fever The college admissions process can drive teens and their parents crazy this time of year. Here are some statistics to get clients of college-bound kids to simmer down.   |
Registered Rep.
December 19, 2011
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
8 Facts You Didn't Know About the ACT and SAT In honor of test-taking season, here are some valuable statistics to know about the two tests. |
Registered Rep.
January 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2011
Daniel Golden |
China's Test Prep Juggernaut Test preparation company New Oriental Education is helping a rising generation of Chinese students to ace U.S. college entrance exams |
BusinessWeek
February 27, 2006
William Symond |
The Thinking at Harvard, West Point, and Smith Elite colleges are looking to expand their intakes of low-income students. Here's how three big names are doing it. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How to Handle Overblown College Fears It's only natural that your clients dread the approach of this milestone, but as they prepare for it, you can help minimize their stress level. |
Registered Rep.
October 15, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College at a Discount Next year, a Minnesota-based university will cut its tuition by 33 percent for all its students. Others will likely follow. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How College Rankings Influence Scholarship Awards For your affluent clients, it's the schools that don't possess the marquee names that will be eager to award their children scholarships. The author's book, The College Solution: A Guide to Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price explains more. |
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
School's (Not) Out Parents often assume that their children are going to finish their degrees in four years. Most of the time, it doesn't happen. |
Registered Rep.
September 27, 2010
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College In Four Years, Not Six Before a teenager falls in love with any colleges be sure to check their graduation rates. It could save your clients tens of thousands of dollars. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
Rosalind Resnick |
Paying for the Old College Try Advice for small-business owners on how to finance your kids' college educations. |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2011
John Hechinger |
For-Profit College Grads Also Earn a Life of Debt The schools leave students more indebted than conventional colleges |
Registered Rep.
February 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Helping Parents Deal with College Stress The number of parents who express concern about getting their kids into college is almost as many as those who worry about paying the tab. |
Registered Rep.
September 19, 2014
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The College Illusion Are your clients, who could be paying as much as a quarter of a million dollars to send one child to college, getting their money's worth? |
Registered Rep.
October 21, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
An Important Change in Financial Aid What President Obama did by signing an executive order in September to make two seemingly simple changes to the FAFSA process can potentially reap huge benefits to your families with college applicants. |
BusinessWeek
February 3, 2011
Daniel Golden |
The SAT Is to America as ____ Is to China The College Board wants permission to offer the SAT in China, opening up a huge market for the $600 million business. |
Financial Advisor
January 2012
Jerilyn Klein Bier |
College Crunch Advisors should start asking clients where their kids may want to attend college when the kids are high school freshmen or even in middle school, says Mazareas. There's a lot to talk about. |
Registered Rep.
March 19, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The Risks of Independence When parents realize that they haven't saved nearly enough money for college, some of them start wondering how their college-bound teenagers could qualify as independent students. |
CRM
February 2012
Leonard Klie |
IVR Identifies At-Risk Students Vocantas IVR helps Avila University reach out to students in danger of transferring or dropping out. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009 |
Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students. |
Registered Rep.
November 21, 2011
Liz O'Shaughnessy |
Negotiating through the Maze of College Costs One of the biggest mistakes that families with college-bound teenagers make is looking in the wrong places for college cash. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Jessi Hempel |
College Tuition? Gumption Won't Cover It Why is it so much harder for the brightest low-income kids to afford college in the U.S.? |
Job Journal
January 11, 2009 |
The Course of Your Career Jobs may be hard to find, but opportunities to improve your job skills are not. |
Registered Rep.
February 19, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Majoring in Employment One of the top reasons students attend college is to get a good job. But just how much will schools help in the job search? |
The Motley Fool
October 29, 2009
Rich Smith |
Why Does College Cost So Much? The answer is simpler than you think. The government can improve access to higher education and reduce the price of it (not the cost, mind you, but the price students pay directly) by increasing financial aid. |
Teacher Magazine
August 2000
Robert C. Johnston |
Green Card Blues Though colleges are scrambling to recruit minorities, talented immigrant students are being turned away. |
BusinessWeek
November 11, 2010
Caroline Winter |
Harry Reid's Dream Act: Help for Undocumented Students The Dream Act could help undocumented Ivy League students apply for permanent residence. |
Salon.com
December 15, 2000
Maura Kelly |
Stop the madness Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout... |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Donald Jay Korn |
College Panic Many of your clients with teenage children may be feeling the college panic about now. They are looking at diminished net worths and an uncertain job market and economy |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009
Charlene O'Hanlon |
Credit Recovery Software: the New Summer School Districts are using online programs to get at-risk students back on track to graduation. |
Registered Rep.
August 20, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
When Dream Schools Become a Nightmare Many parents will go to great lengths to send to their children to their dream schools, but it's not always the best financial decision. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 27, 2010
Vanessa Hua |
It's All in the Preparation Three different technical tools for college entrance exam preparation. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2005
Jones & Aaronson |
Showing Some Class Universities reach out to those affected by Katrina. |
CRM
September 2013
Leonard Klie |
Schools Need to Rethink Their CRM Approaches Many colleges and universities are only using CRM for marketing, ignoring vital service and sales components. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
7 Ways to Cut the Cost of College Why pay hundreds or thousands when you could be saving that money instead? |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2012
Cori Vanchieri |
Jo Handelsman: Engage to Excel How to keep STEM students from jumping ship? |
T.H.E. Journal
January 1, 2000 |
Futureperspective - a Vision of Education for the 21st Century The creation and delivery of courses over the Web will be the driving force for educational change in the 21st century. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2011
David Juliano |
Financial Aid Pie: Getting a Big Slice Although billions of dollars in financial aid and scholarships are available, applying and qualifying remains a daunting task. Financial advisors can assist clients through it. |
Registered Rep.
November 19, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Value Investing for College Several schools recently dubbed the best value by Kiplinger's also charge the highest net prices in the nation. Shame. |
Salon.com
February 22, 2001
Amy Benfer |
After the SAT As the University of California considers dropping the test, admissions directors of two colleges talk about what happened after they made it optional... |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2011
Jason Moser |
"We Have Built Strong Relationships" Higher One COO Miles Lasater weighs in on the higher-ed payment services company. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Seven Ways to Borrow for College Look for borrower protection, consider credit unions and apply for multiple loans. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 17, 2010
David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
Reason
February 2008
Shikha Dalmia |
Legacies of Injustice Alumni preferences threaten educational equity and no one seems to care. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2009 |
Drill Down Administrators report on the obstacles they encounter in the effort to provide students with take-home technologies. |
Registered Rep.
September 21, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
An Untapped Market in College Financial Planning There is one field where you won't get jostled: The niche for good late-stage college planning. It is just about deserted. |
National Defense
May 2013
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Industry, Academia, Government Grapple With Dwindling STEM Workforce The problems associated with a weak STEM applicant pool can threaten national security, some experts have said. In response, industry, academia and the government have funneled millions of dollars into STEM-education initiatives. But the numbers aren't budging. |
HHMI Bulletin
Fall 2012 |
HHMI Awards $50 Million to Colleges Forty-seven small colleges and universities have accepted a challenge: to create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students, and increase the diversity of students who study science. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn |
Borrowing Trouble When conversations about college affordability take place, planners may be able to introduce some realities into the discussion. |
