Unless you reared an exceptionally delightful, well-adjusted child, the post-high school summer is filled with unbearable conflict.
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St. Patrick's Day. A Short Story.
For years, I've been offering assorted explanations for why I spent three years in Dublin during the early 1980s: To cover a war without going to the Middle East. To avoid appearing in public in a bathing suit. To cure a case of unsightly hand warts. To date guys with Irish accents.
The list changes but almost always contains a kernel of truth.
Hey, College Kids: Take A Gap Year
Why would any parent pay tuition for their kid to take online classes from a dorm room or from an off-campus apartment?
More than $1 Billion in Out-of-State Tuition Dollars at Risk
fter U.S. higher-ed institutions sent students home during the COVID-19 epidemic this spring, families were having second thoughts about sending their children back to college this fall — and paying big dollars for the privilege of possibly seeing them sent home again.
Millions More for Higher Ed — with Strings Attached
Among the billions of additional spending for traditional Democratic-leaning constituencies in the next two-year budget, the General Assembly is ladling out $80 million more in state support for higher education.
College Acceptance Scams: Part 2
The College Board - the outfit that runs the SAT testing - needs to lose its non-profit status.
March Madness: Slacker Time In America
Everyone’s secretly watching college basketball. On company time.