Category Archives: February 2015

When it comes to researching colleges, the plethora of numbers are enough to send one back to Instagram. College profiles, guidebooks and websites drown the researcher in statistics. What’s a student to do? College profiles obviously contain lots of useful … Continue reading →

Humanities departments at colleges across the U.S. have seen their budgets shrinking and the number of students who major in the humanities falling.  As a result, many humanities courses have been cut and faculties of these departments reduced.  For those … Continue reading →

Last month we looked at the types of merit scholarships that colleges may offer to admitted students. Colleges themselves provide the bulk of scholarship money awarded in the United States, mostly to U.S. citizens. Institutional merit scholarships can range from … Continue reading →

Want an outstanding education and lots of leadership training?  Take a look at  the U.S. Service Academies.  The four service academies offer challenging academics that emphasize engineering and history along with courses unique to their particular branch of the military.  … Continue reading →