This chart from today’s Anchorage Daily News displays some SAT statistics alongside college education choices.

Alaska students are 49th out of 50 states in college enrollment. I don’t think this is necessarily a bad thing. The paradigm of the educational establishment says college is always the best choice but it seems the marketplace says otherwise. […]

Here’s a great list of things a 40-year old wishes he knew when he was 20. What stands out is this fellow still owes $20K in school loans at age 40. Yikes!
Alaska teens often look Outside for their college education. They see it as an opportunity to see the rest of the world, perhaps […]

I wrote in an earlier post about how colleges and universities are replacing loans with grants in their financial aid packages. Today’s Wall Street Journal gives insight into how the Ivy League Schools calculate financial aid. For 2006-07, colleges contributed more grant money than the federal government.
Once you figure in financial aid, "the price […]

The Wall Street Journal reports that there is an increasing number of first-year college students who head overseas to study. Many colleges and universities, including our own University of Alaska Anchorage, offer programs to enable students to learn abroad.
If you are interested in this type of study check out Maya Frost’s soon-to-be-published book, The World […]

The Wall Street Journal Online reports a welcome trend. Colleges are moving to eliminate student debt. Williams College and Amherst College are removing loans from financial aid packages replacing them with grants. Davidson College is similarly replacing loans with grants and student employment. Princeton was the first major university to replace loans with grants. Other […]

Is it possible to spend $200,000 on a college education and graduate dumber than when one started? Sadly, apparently it is not only possible but it is true.
Last week, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) released the results from their second Civil Literacy test of college freshmen and seniors. The statistically valid questions cover America’s history, […]

Bror’s Blog dives into another ACT report. In this one they determine that the level of academic skill required to be successful in college is just about the same as that necessary to enter the job market. For example, the level of math required for college is the same as that for work readiness. The […]

Bror’s Blog summarizes new research from the testing folks at ACT that indicates most students who take college prep courses are not adequately prepared for college. Disturbingly, they found that 3/4 of college-prep high school grads did not have a reasonable chance to succeed in a college course. The complete report can be found here.
How […]