In these days of shifting college admissions criteria, interviews can be more important than ever. With test-optional policies, grade inflation, and other trends disrupting how admissions offices make their decisions, the importance of … [Read more...]
As a professional consultant working with corporate, non-profit and governmental organizations within the college admissions sector, I am offering this article to support awareness and encourage student-centered decisions at a time when … [Read more...]
Author’s note—This is the final installation in a IV-part series of research articles: Parts I & II explored why and how US public high school students face significant inequity when aspiring to attain college and career readiness, … [Read more...]
Author’s note—This is part III in a IV-part series of research articles: Parts I & II explored why and how US public high school students face significant inequity when aspiring to attain college and career readiness, and Part IV … [Read more...]
Author’s note—This is part II in a IV-part series of research articles: Parts I & II explore why and how US public high school students face significant inequity when aspiring to attain college and career readiness, and Parts III & … [Read more...]
Author’s note—This begins a 4-part series of research articles: Parts I & II will explore why and how US public high school students face significant inequity in terms of attaining college and career readiness, and Parts III & IV … [Read more...]
My 11th grade daughter recently had the sort of epiphany many teenagers experience—some sooner, some later. Although she has been hearing about the college admissions process for many years, it was only in her drama class that it struck … [Read more...]
Q: What are college-bound teens to do when the adults in charge of guiding their futures behave less maturely than they do? A: Get informed! Confession: I am a standardized test agnostic. That is, I equally doubt that anything is … [Read more...]
Standardized college assessment giant ACT Inc. recently announced that it has released a new test as part of an apparent student bidding war between ACT Inc. and The College Board’s SAT college preparatory system. According to Education … [Read more...]
The College Board has just announced that only college-bound students can take the new SAT on March 5. No longer can professional tutors come in, take the test, and apply what they see to their for-profit businesses. The fact that the … [Read more...]
