College Preparation and Advice
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Friday, May 17th, 2013An article, ‘’Montana State University Brings in Stress Dogs for Finals,” on The Huffington Post website describes the “Paws to de-Stress” program at Montana State University this past semester. The program, which was started by Jacqueline Frank, a commons assistant at the Renne Library, brings dogs to the campus during exam week to help students [...]
Help Your Child Avoid Senioritis
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013Parents of high school seniors who have been accepted into college may be breathing a sigh of relief about the decision, but they also may notice that their senior has “shut down” with an acute case of “senioritis”! Senioritis is the belief that one has, for all intents and purposes, completed all the requirements for [...]
Teachers and Professors at Odds About College Readiness
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013A guest post by Education Week’s Caralee Adams on its School Research blog describes the disconnect between high school teachers and college professors: They differ on how ready America’s high school students are for college. Amazingly, the difference is very wide. According to the 2012 ACT National Curriculum survey results, “89 percent of high school [...]
Minimizing Distractions During Virtual Classes
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013Learning online has a lot of appeal for both students and the institutions of learning. After all, the student doesn’t have to leave home, and schools can teach many more students more cheaply than they can teach in traditional classrooms. For these reasons and more, schools offer even more online courses; however, a recent article [...]
Help in Deciphering Financial Aid
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013Navigating through the financial aid maze can be a challenge for high school seniors whose hopes for a college education is dependent upon the assistance that they can receive from a financial aid award. Caralee Adams, writer for Education Week’s higher education blog College Bound, reminds readers in her article, “Helping High School Seniors Sort [...]
Colleges With Free Tuition
Friday, March 29th, 2013The cost of a college education continues to rise every year with no foreseeable end in sight, but many students and their parents see the escalating costs worth the investment because a college degree probably enhances the chances of long-term employment. It may be surprising, however, to learn that a recent slideshow article on the [...]
Changes Coming to the SAT
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013About eight years ago, the College Board unveiled a new version of the most popular college entrance exam, the SAT. This new version was longer, changed some of the question formats, and included, for the first time, an essay-writing component. A recent post, “SAT Exam to Be Redesigned,” on The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet Blog [...]
Knowing Basic Math Also an Advantage on PSAT
Friday, March 15th, 2013For decades, learning the basic math facts—especially the multiplication tables—was a hallmark of elementary school learning. The seemingly endless drills and rote memorization of those facts signaled the belief that students must know those facts and be able to recall them instantaneously in order to be successful later in higher level mathematics learning. More recently, [...]
Averting Online Cheating With Technology
Friday, March 8th, 2013No one can argue against the fact that the Internet has opened new educational opportunities for many people; consequently, many well-known colleges and universities have made free school courses online available to students anywhere in the world with massive open online courses (MOOCs). However, professors have wondered how to ensure that a student (whom they [...]
Guaranteed Employment for Some College Grads
Monday, March 4th, 2013The current economic situation has affected people from all walks of life, and there are many reports that people with a college education are faring a bit better than those who don’t. However, many college graduates have suffered long-term unemployment, and that alarms many potential and current college students and their parents. Many colleges and [...]
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