Fantastic article in the Washington Post by Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities and a former president of Cornell University and the University of Iowa. When we talk about the value of college, it's easy to compare schools based on metrics (graduation rates, student earnings, default rates, etc.) and forget that it's the effort from individual students that makes the difference. Excerpt: Unlike a car, college requires the “buyer” to do most of the work to obtain its value. The value of a degree depends more on the student’s input than on the college’s … [Read more...] about College is Not a Commodity
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Student Turns Down Every Ivy League School for U of Alabama
Ronnie Nelson (left) turned down all eight Ivy League universities to attend the University of Alabama this fall. Nelson also declined offers from Stanford, Johns Hopkins, New York University, Vanderbilt, and Washington University in St. Louis. Why? Alabama offered him a full-ride scholarship and accepted him into their Honors Program. The Ivy's don't offer merit scholarships, nor do several other prestigious universities, such as Stanford. What about need-based aid? The Ivy's offer to meet "100 percent of a student's demonstrated financial need," but they take a comprehensive look at a … [Read more...] about Student Turns Down Every Ivy League School for U of Alabama