How More World Language Courses in High School Pays Off About this time each year, I work with high school students on their course plans for the following year. Inevitably, most students want to stop their foreign language studies as soon as they’ve completed their...
Deferred? What To Do Next As high school students anxiously await college application decisions, it’s good to be prepared for the results: acceptance, denial, or deferral. Acceptance and denial are pretty straightforward concepts – you’re either in or out. But...
A Glimpse Into the Future of Higher Education Post 2020: 5 Trends Nobody can say 2020 has been normal, and the higher education world is no different. It’s difficult to say how many of the changes in secondary and college education due to the pandemic will...
To Send Test Scores, or not to Send Test Scores – That is the Question. As the high school class of 2021 start their college application process, many are struggling to get SAT and ACT exam scores because of test date cancellations due to COVID-19. Some students...
Outside College Scholarships Part III: Time is Money…Making the Process Efficient The process of searching for outside scholarships and applying for them with the hopes of winning, can be overwhelming. But, if you can find efficiencies in the process, you can...
Nursing Student Starts Education at a Community College – A Reflection An interview with Shelby Years, a 3rd year nursing student. Shelby started her college education at Forsyth Technical College in Winston-Salem, NC and shares her path to Appalachian State. ...
