Archive for December, 2008
Numbers that matter: college graduation rates
Another ranking system. the College Grid After helping numerous students with their college applications, we noticed a lack of useful tools to help manage the school selection process. We decided to build a website with a “top-down” approach to researching colleges. Within a week, the College Grid was born. It is improvement over the Princeton [...]
Cynthia Dunbar is scary
Educator ripped for her book criticizing public schools | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle In her book, One Nation Under God, Dunbar argues that the country’s founding fathers created “an emphatically Christian government” and believed that government should be guided by a “biblical litmus test.” Dunbar endorses a belief system requiring [...]
Colleges with 4-1-4 schedules
For those interested in colleges with a January term or “J” term, here’s a list based on information reported to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). I’ll work on getting the table cleaned up and completed as I can. Name ST Total Undergrads Graduate Rate Web Albright College PA 2165 50.9% www.albright.edu Alma College [...]