Hacking College Admissions – Founder of Princeton Review
College Parents of America has long been a fan of John Katzman the founder of Princeton Review and Tutor. John Katzman has long been an advocate for transparency and increasing college completion rates for families at all socio-economic levels. Watch “Hacking college admissions: John Katzman at TEDxBeaconStreet” Video at TEDxTalks <iframe src=”https://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Hacking-college-admissions-John-/player?layout=&read_more=1″ width=”416″ height=”296″ frameborder=”0″ […]
College Safety Statistics: Dormitory Robberies and Burglaries, 2010-2012
"Burglars Burgle Elsewhere" by hobvias sudoneighm, cc license As part of our series investigating safety statistics for college campuses, College Parents of America presents our newest offering: incident rates of robberies and burglaries in student housing. Robberies and burglaries are fairly common occurrences in residence halls. Such a statement is corroborated by the Department of Education's collection of safety data on the Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool. Using that tool, one can find out that between 2010 and 2012, there were 33,883 robberies and burglaries in residence halls across the nation--an average of over 11,000 per year.
Know your College Student – the Class of 2020 Mind-set List
SInce 1998, Beloit College has published its annual "mind-set" list during the back to school season. It is filled with many helpful reminders of the differences between generations - between college students and college parents, between college students and their faculty and even between college age adults and their employers.
Urgent: Don’t Accidentally Opt Out of Student Loan Forgiveness
By: Reyna Gobel MBA, MJ Yay! The application is now available to speed up the student loan forgiveness for up to $20,000 of federal student loans. The application isn’t necessary for getting the forgiveness. It just makes it happen earlier. Here’s what else you need to now. You Could Accidentally Opt Out. You may have […]