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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.   |
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 |
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. |
Salon.com
December 15, 2000
Maura Kelly |
Stop the madness Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout... |
Reason
February 2008
Shikha Dalmia |
Legacies of Injustice Alumni preferences threaten educational equity and no one seems to care. |
Registered Rep.
June 20, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Don't Hide the Disability While it isn't highly publicized, many colleges have resources for children with learning disabilities. |
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. |
Salon.com
April 28, 2001
Cathy Young |
Secrets and lies The most pernicious thing about racial preferences is the culture of concealment that they spawn... |
T.H.E. Journal
July 27, 2010
Vanessa Hua |
It's All in the Preparation Three different technical tools for college entrance exam preparation. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2006
Rich Smith |
SAT: Seek A Tutor? For a test that you can't technically "fail," there's an awful lot of groaning going on today over the Class of 2006 in regard to its SAT scores. Could the tutoring industry benefit? Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
April 16, 2007
Christoph Guttentag |
The College Crunch: Why Getting In Has Gotten So Tough For many American families, March Madness refers not to a basketball tournament but to the ever-increasing anxiety in the weeks before colleges mail their acceptance letters. |
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. |
Teacher Magazine
May 2000
Christopher Shea |
It's Come To This For-profit companies are selling the idea that schools should be test prep centers. And educators are buying in. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2011
Brian Stoffel |
Shame of a Nation A New York Times article ironically shows how far we still have to go. |
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. |
Fast Company
September 2008 |
Why D.C. Schools Get a Failing Grade Washington spends $16,698 per student, the second highest in the country after Boston, yet it is one of the worst school districts in America. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2005 |
EssayTech, Inc. Has Updated its Web site Essaytech Inc. has updated its Web site and expanded its online essay evaluation services to include the ACT, GED, LSAT, SAT, PRAXIS, and TOEFL exams. |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Rankings Are Not Accurate People don't appreciate that U.S. News doesn't even attempt to measure the type of learning going on at the nation's colleges and universities. |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2007
Sophia Asare |
Putting College Within Reach for Many Nonprofit programs provide intensive admissions-prep services for promising kids from low-income backgrounds. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 28, 2010
Bridget McCrea |
By the Book: Exploring One School's Success with a Technology-Based Reading Program The Web-based Lexia Reading includes three different levels (early reading, primary reading, and strategies for older students) and is designed to help students acquire and improve foundational reading skills. |
Science News
May 8, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Extra Time, Math, and the SAT Study finds extra time had a statistically significant impact on math scores, but there were no significant trends revealed in the verbal portion of the SAT. |
BusinessWeek
February 27, 2006 |
Amherst's "A" List: Affluence, Achievement, Athletics Tom Parker, Amherst's dean of admissions and financial aid, talks about how the admissions process works - and why he thinks it needs to be changed to give low-income students a better shot at getting in. |
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. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 29, 2009
David Nagel |
Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States. |
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. |
Reason
November 2000
Jerry Jesness |
Texas' Big Test As George W. Bush touts his "Texas miracle" education record and other states move to mimic his state's approach, a closer look at test scores in Texas reveals a more enigmatic picture... |
National Defense
June 2008
Alan L. Gropman |
Waning Education Standards Threaten U.S. Competitiveness High-quality education is critical to national security, and the United States must address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies. |
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? |
CRM
July 1, 2009
Christopher Musico |
Making the Grade As the higher education sector finds itself struggling under a heavy course load - short-term admissions problems made worse by a systemic financial crisis - leading-edge universities are studying up on CRM. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 1, 2010
Paul Tullis |
An 'A' in Abstractions In Tucson's Catalina Foothills School District, educators and administrators have decided to go all in on 21st century skills, and in so doing have revamped every subject area from K through 12. |
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? |
T.H.E. Journal
August 27, 2009
Bridget McCrea |
Breaking Through Reading Barriers After using a tech-based reading program with struggling readers and special education students, fourth-grade inclusion teacher Ashlee Ritzko witnessed a new phenomenon: Students that were reluctant or resistant readers were suddenly excited about reading the novels. |
CRM
August 2012
Leonard Klie |
CRM Comes to Campus at a Frantic Pace Colleges and universities are starting to use CRM solutions to manage relationships with students at every stage. |
CRM
August 27, 2015 |
Kira Talent Partners with Hobsons on Higher Education Admissions-CRM Integration Student assessment and admissions CRM software providers join forces to create a video interview admissions process for colleges and universities. |
Registered Rep.
April 22, 2011
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Online Cost Calculators May Revolutionize the College Application Process The federal government has mandated that colleges and universities must install net price calculators on their websites by the end of October. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
Rosalind Resnick |
Paying for the Old College Try Advice for small-business owners on how to finance your kids' college educations. |
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. |
Reason
April 2006
Lisa Snell |
The Agony of American Education How per-student funding can revolutionize public schools in the U.S. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2009
Christine Fox |
More Than Machines Comprehensive technology integration programs go beyond laptop initiatives to provide teachers with the support they need to improve student engagement and achievement. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 14, 2009
Ruth Reynard |
Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers. |
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. |
CRM
May 2011
Leonard Klie |
Higher Education Increases Marketing Schools shift focus to generate more inquiries in-house and boost technology investments. |
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
July 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For technologists who do their homework Technology-aided instructional practices are key to successful teaching in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. McKinley Technology High School's testing scores are proof of that |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2011
Danielle Reed |
Financial Planning Education 101: 10 Standout Schools A closer look at ten notable schools for with financial planning programs. |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
Jane Porter |
"It's Almost Like...Admitting An Impostor" MBA consultants do everything from advising to writing essays. When do they cross the line? |
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. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2000 |
Integrate SAT Prep into the Classroom Kaplan has launched an SAT preparation course that can be integrated by high school teachers into existing curricula. The course aims to develop a student's understanding of the concepts tested on the SAT and a familiarization with the test's format... |
InternetNews
October 18, 2010 |
Massive Data Breach Zings Florida University The FBI is investigating another hacking incident that exposed 106,000-plus students' most sensitive information. |
