College visits: some good, bad, and ugly ideas
Valerie Strauss’s blog entry yesterday discusses the standard advice for high school students’ visiting colleges and then provides links to the College Board and ACT college-visiting pages (which are surprisingly slim). Again, Strauss is speaking directly to parents — “Be sure to contact the school in advance… If you child can sit in…” — which […]
Another stupid article on “the dating scene” in college
Some of the clues that the latest article on the “dating scence” in colleges with 60% female enrollment was written by a reporter with an axe to grind and a preset angle at which to grind: The featured photograph from a university with 60% female enrollment (a) is of college seniors (or I hope they’re seniors) […]