Beth & Tim MannersMar 54 minU of Maryland Tour: By The NumbersUniversity of Maryland gets right to the point, quantifying itself with data. Twelve colleges, 90 undergraduate majors and 4,447 total faculty. Seven librari...
Beth & Tim MannersJan 214 minPurchase Tour: An Arts-Industrial ComplexWhen Purchase College first opened its doors in 1967, Nelson Rockefeller called it “the cultural gem” of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. It c...
Beth & Tim MannersDec 13, 20191 minCollege Costs: Still Less Than the BenefitsCNBC: "During the 1978 - 1979 school year, it cost the modern equivalent of $17,680 per year to attend a private college and $8,250 per year to attend a publ...
Beth & Tim MannersMay 15, 20194 minWisconsin Tour: Small City, Big CampusLocated in a capital city and with a total student population of about 44,000, it would seem a given that the University of Wisconsin at Madison would be a b...
Beth & Tim MannersApr 30, 20194 minJMU Tour: Sweet Smell of SuccessFeels big! That was our first impression as our shuttle bus pulled up to the Festival Student Center in the Skyline area of the James Madison University camp...
Beth & Tim MannersApr 29, 20194 minUVA Tour: It Takes an Academical VillageHis name was invoked no less than four times during the first five minutes of our UVA tour. Thomas Jefferson is known for many things, and his legacy endures...
Beth & Tim MannersApr 25, 20194 minCollege Tour: William & Mary SurprisesThe most surprising thing about the College of William & Mary isn’t that it was built with pirate money (true story, look it up). Nor is it that it is the se...
Beth & Tim MannersApr 16, 20191 minTop 10: ‘Best Buys’ in Public UniversitiesCNBC: “Some public schools are far more affordable than others, particularly for those applying out of state. Personal finance site GOBankingRates ranked 100...
Beth & Tim MannersMar 19, 20192 minSticker Shock: What is the Real Cost of College?CNBC: “According to the College Board’s 2018 Trends in College Pricing Report, from 1988 to 2018, sticker prices tripled at public four-year schools and doub...
Beth & Tim MannersMar 14, 20192 minHidden Gem: Norwalk Community CollegeWith so much attention diverting to the deep, dark underside of higher education, let’s take a moment to shine a light on a hometown hidden gem: Norwalk Comm...
Beth & Tim MannersJan 9, 20192 minUMass: ‘ZooMass’ No More?The Boston Globe: “In boosting its academic profile, UMass is following the path previously taken by several local private colleges, notably Boston College, ...
Beth & Tim MannersJan 25, 20171 minPrivate Schools Like Community College TransfersThe Wall Street Journal: “Small, private colleges have found a new place to troll for prospective students: At community colleges down the road, or even acro...
Beth & Tim MannersMay 17, 20162 minShady Grove: The Future of Higher Ed?The Washington Post: The Universities at Shady Grove “is a program unlike any other, with nine state universities converging at the Rockville, Md., campus, p...
Beth & Tim MannersMay 12, 20161 minThe Convergence of Public & Private SchoolsChronicle of Higher Education: “Taken together, privatizing public institutions and publicizing private institutions suggest nothing less than a convergence ...
Beth & Tim MannersFeb 15, 20161 minSurvey: America’s Best Public CollegesBusiness Insider: “Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, ranked the best public schools in the US … To determine its rankings...
