The official e-newsletter of The Equestrian College Advisor.

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You would think as we made the last stop of the 2018 #NJACACBusTour at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark (yes, within the city of Newark proper – the University Heights section) that the folks there would tout their lab facilities, a variety of internship and co-op choices for students, and a slew of impressive student outcomes, all guaranteed to wow a group of school counselors and educational consultants. Read More

Since 1998, the annual Mindset List has circulated internationally as a way of reminding professors everywhere that they aren’t just teaching courses, they’re also teaching students. The list has generated several books, prompted international discussions and lists and scores of speaking appearances around the country.

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Scientists in Siberia have made an extraordinary find: the fossilised remains of an extinct baby Palaeolithic horse, in almost perfect condition.

Dug out from the permafrost in Siberia's Batagaika crater - AKA the "Doorway to the Underworld" - the tiny colt is so beautifully preserved, it looks like it could be sleeping. But the equine died a long time ago - between 30,000 and 40,000 years, during the Upper Palaeolithic.Read More

From Willard Dix:"I've experienced enough parents getting hysterical about college prospects for their children that I sometimes think there should be a new designation in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders called something like "Admission Season Affective Disorder," "Status Hysteria" or "Overachievement Hypomania." It would be characterized by (among other things) obsession with microscopic details of their children's college applications (like a missing "u" in an essay's "chauffeur"), the insistence that experienced counselors don't know what's "really" happening in college admission but they do, an irrational belief that the future can be controlled by sheer force of will, excessive interference in their children's lives and, finally, a refusal to accept reality as evidenced in grades, test scores and their children's activities or lack thereof." Read More

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