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Private School A Special Opportunity- Not A Signifier of Social Status
Peter Baron of AdmissionsQuest forwarded an e-mail to me today from a woman wondering how open her children should be with their peers about their prep school applications and asking whether I thought the parents academic credentials carried any weight in the admissions process.
The question of how open to be is a sensitive one.
Some children [...]
Subiaco Academy’s Enrollment Grows
More good news from the boarding school enrollment front. We saw recently that Subiaco Academy (Subiaco, AR) opened the school year with a 7% enrollment increase. Subiaco’s Director of Admission Scott Breed explained to the Southwest Times Record (Private Schools Growing):
Subiaco is one of the least expensive boarding schools in the country, (Breed) said. Subiaco [...]
Washington, DC Catholic Schools Find Ways to Increase Financial Aid and Reach Out to Families
From today’s Washington Post (Aid Is Increased to Help Keep Struggling Families From Removing Students)- with experience working through difficult situations over the past decade- declining enrollment, increasing costs and families electing non-catholic education options, the Catholic schools of the DC area are moving quickly and decisively to help families seeking financial aid.
As Karen Ristau, [...]
Global Financial Crisis Affecting A Traditional International Student Population?
New York Times reporter Martin Fackler quotes a phrase that many of us in the tuition driven world know but seldom utter; “Korea (South) experienced a study-abroad bubble.” In his January 10, 2009 article “Global Financial Crisis Upends the Plans of Many South Koreans to Study Abroad,” Fackler elucidates the now fading convergence of the [...]
Read MoreThe Value of Living Within One’s Means: Experience Provides Advantages for Tuition Driven Schools in Tight Times
An odd thing during these times of declining endowment income- several New England colleges are doing OK. In a Boston Globe piece several smaller tuition driven schools report that the relationship with their students and school growth haven’t yet changed much. They’re used to offering good value and opportunities- funded predominately with tuition dollars. Smaller [...]
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