An iconic year, even by the standards of its iconic decade, 1969 teems with momentous events in America’s cultural history: the moon landing, Woodstock, the Amazin’ Mets, and the start of American withdrawal from Vietnam. That same year, events quieter, although within the narrower scope of college admissions history,...
Read MoreOur “So you want to be a…” series was designed to help career-minded high school students think about the financial, academic, and personal factors one should consider when exploring traditional professions such as engineering, law, medicine, and teaching. As a supplement, our Best Careers for 2020 and Beyond series...
Read More“Buridan’s ass” is a well-known (and unfortunately named) philosophical paradox where a famished donkey sits equidistant between two similarly delicious bales of hay and, unable to find a rational reason to select one over the other, ultimately starves to death. Strangely enough, this rather absurd and morbid 14th century...
Read MoreAtlanta, GA— The Georgia State Senate Higher Education Committee held a hearing today to discuss Senate Bill 44 and Michael Trivette was called to testify before the committee. Michael offered support for a bill that would increase college access for students in Georgia who are approved for Deferred Action for Childhood...
Read MoreA simplistic view of higher education is that people emerge from four years of college with a specific skill related to their primary area of study: Education majors learn how to teach, accounting majors learn how to crunch numbers, allied health majors learn skills particular to the healthcare profession,...
Read MoreWe’ll save the drama—even in an era of bloated tuition costs, ballooning student loan debt, and a weakened American job market, the answer to the general question of whether a college degree is still worth the investment remains a resounding, “Yes.” Yet, this affirmative answer is strapped with a...
Read MoreParticular adjectives frequently accompany sound bites and headlines on the topic of student loan debt—“crippling,” “burdensome,” and “overwhelming,” just to name a few. Student loan debt is a “crisis,” people are drowning in it, and it is seen as a threat to the economy at large. It is hard...
Read MoreWhile honors programs have existed in one form or another since the GI bill first brought an influx of talented but cost-conscious students to public universities in the post-war era, the full-blown honors college is a more recent phenomenon. The majority of honors colleges were born in the 90s,...
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