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News/Travel:For those who are interested in attending an equestrian recruiting showcase but don't have the time or financial ability to attend the College Preparatory Invitational Horse Show in Wellington next year, there's another opportunity on the calendar through the Junior Equestrian Festival.  It will be held in Connecticut this fall.More details can be found here. Seniors:Are you deciding between a smaller school and a large research university?  Here's the skinny on the big research schools to help inform your choice.Juniors:As you prepare for not only college applications this fall, but the decisions that accompany them, here's some insight into how the selection process works on the college end.Underclassmen:If we don't have your late spring/early summer meeting on the calendar, get in contact and let's get you scheduled soon!Parents:There are a lot of so-called experts out there who claim to know why college tuition continues to rise (along with student debt and a few other associated costs), but this article from The New York Times seemed to hit closest to the mark, in my opinion.  Administrative bloat is a rising concern and a cost that families are being expected to shoulder.Related to that article, Mandel of The Boston Globe points out that colleges today are expected to look and feel more like country clubs than bastions of higher learning. From the blog:Longtime readers of this blog will recall that I’ve written rather extensively about basic considerations that all students and parents should bear in mind when planning and going on campus visits.  I’ve also made no secret of the fact that I love a good campus visit (and, as an educational consultant, I’m in the right job because part of what I do includes visiting upwards of 20 college and university campuses each year)!But in poring over those previous blog entries and planning for my own upcoming tours this spring and summer (watch this space for recaps and photos), I realized that the one item I’ve never previously touched on is one of the most important parts of any campus tour.  Have I mentioned it in passing?  Absolutely.  Have I stressed that it’s an important component of the visit?  You bet!  But I haven’t taken the time to break this particular piece out into it’s own blog entry and, with everything you’re undoubtedly hearing and reading about higher education in the media at the moment, I think it’s a topic whose time has clearly come.  Read More