An annual fall ritual in higher education is the release of two reports by the College Board: one about trends in college pricing, the other about trends in student aid.  If you are interested in the question “How much does college cost for students and families?” these reports will bombard you with numbers, definitions, estimates, and endless qualifiers. The most important message Continue Reading »

Today the College Board launched a new resource, BigFuture, meant to help students make better decisions about college.  Where the government’s College Navigator provides an overwhelming dashboard of mind-numbing statistics on institutions with (seemingly) little attention paid to user-friendliness, BigFuture draws you in with savvy graphics and a heavy-hitting quote:

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Two things I don’t get about Sunday’s front page WaPo story about the College Board’s initiative to audit the syllabi of courses schools are calling AP, in order to weed out classes that are AP in name only. First, I don’t really understand why this is front page news, particularly since its not actually, um, new: Schools were able to begin submitting syllabi in January Continue Reading »