The FAFSA is now open. Learn how to avoid costly mistakes, maximize FAFSA and scholarship/merit opportunities, and get the ...

Life is decidedly unfair. Five years ago, your child (and you!) faced the social and educational upheavals of the pandemic. Now those college-bound students confront a higher education landscape ...

There I was, sitting on a bench in the fitting room, watching my daughter and her best friend twirl in front of the mirror. They were trying on dresses for homecoming—*HOCO*, as they call it now—and ...

I was amazed to find that my son, who is in his 20s, and many of his friends track not only their families and significant others, but also share locations with a large circle of friends. Not being a ...

We just dropped our oldest off for freshman year of college. A day we have planned and planned for. The move-in could not have gone smoother. He is happy. His roommates are great. He is a ...

According to a new statement released by the ACT, the test will be changing in two fundamental ways. First, it will be approximately one-third shorter, so that the new core test will run about 2 hours ...

You might think that since I’m a dean of admissions at a university, that my kids’ experience of applying to college would have been friction free. No. Teenage development includes a predictable ...

Grown and Flown was where I first saw the advice about how often to communicate with my college freshman. It was 2018, and we were just about to send the guinea pig off to a university three hours ...

Before a child heads out the door to move to college, a parent might take stock to make sure that they have parented adequately. It seems like there are so many boxes to check off: Items to order for ...

Year after year young voters (18-29) cast ballots in lower numbers than their older counterparts. According to Sunshine Hillygus, a professor at Duke University, despite their high interest in civic ...

I found my people in college, but I’m pretty sure everything has changed. Yale, New Paltz, University of Colorado, Syracuse, U Mass: The universities my family and I visited were vastly different, but ...