As I started looking for colleges for my son, I stumbled across something I hadn’t heard of before, “January Term.” The January term is the “1” in the “4-1-4” calendar. And the opportunities offered by January terms means that you should pay attention to a college’s calendar.
What You Need to Know About College Websites
My husband tells this story of rounding with his pharmacy students in the hospital.
In one patient’s room, he asks the students how the patient is doing.
They respond with various lab test results, what drugs have been started or stopped, and a summary of the physician notes.
College Athletic Recruiting Reading Suggestions: Recruiting Services, High School Issues, and Scholarships
Five articles for those interested in the college athletic recruiting process. Three of them have practical information for families in the recruiting process. If you’re expecting something definitive, be prepared to be disappointed. As usual, so much depends on the individual situation. And there are two “big picture” reads just so that you have no illusions as to what sort of swamp you’re entering.
50-50 Highlights: Colleges for Non-traditional Students
In case you haven’t heard, most college students aren’t the traditional 18-year-olds, starting college full-time the fall after they graduate from high school. That’s because the term college students include both part-time and full-time as well as those attending community colleges, for-profit schools, and school that don’t offer degrees.
5 Best College Admission Blogs
There are so many college admission blogs out there, it’s hard to decide which ones to read. After all, you can’t read them all and you don’t want to waste your time reading posts on the same topics. And how do you know which are any good? If you do a search on “best college blogs” you’ll find things like “50 best college admission blogs,” “Top 25 College Blogs,” and “22 College Blogs You Should be Reading.” Not very helpful.
50-50 Highlights: Availability/Attendance of Colleges with High Graduation Rates by State
Perhaps you’ve seen some variation of this headline recently: “Most colleges students don’t graduate on time.” And maybe you’ve thought, “What’s the deal with college students these days?” and just left it at that. But what if the headline was “Most colleges fail to graduate students in 4 years?” Who are you thinking about now, the college or the student?
