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My dad isn’t exactly a pessimist – but he isn’t exactly an optimist either. He likes to refer to himself as a realist and the older I get, the more I realize he’s probably right. (And he’s probably also more of a pessimist than he likes to readily admit, but that’s another blog for another day.) As such, it should surprise no one that the mantra he lives by (and which we jokingly say will one day be carved on his tombstone) is the following:

No good deed goes unpunished.

(See why we call him a pessimist?) Read More

COLLEGE STUDENTS RELY on tidy categories to organize their social and academic lives, identifying themselves and others by the dorms they live in and fraternities and sororities they belong to. Perhaps the brightest stamps young scholars use to label themselves are the subjects they study.

But as soon as they step off campus and into the job market, these classifications lose relevance. That's because your college major does not determine your career. Read More

The great college admissions bribery scandal of 2019 reminded us how disastrous over-parenting can be.

We've all heard of helicopter parenting, but the concept has elevated to lawnmower or snowplow parenting. The parenting styles all generally mean the same thing – moms and dads who are over-involved, hovering over their kids and clearing out any obstacles they may face. Read More

A SCHOOL'S STICKER price is rarely the actual amount families will pay for college, and many are often unsure of the true cost of college.

Colleges participating in federal financial aid programs are required to supply families with a net price calculator on their website. Schools have the option to use a federal template or create their own calculator. Since the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 first mandated their inclusion by the end of October 2011, legislators have moved to improve the implementation of net price calculators. In March, a bipartisan group presented an amendment to the Higher Education Act aimed at making net price calculators easier to find and use. Read More

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