About this item
Deluged with messages that range from "It's Ivy League or bust" to "It doesn't matter where you go," college applicants and their families often find themselves lost, adrift in a sea of information overload. Finally - a worthy life preserver has arrived. The Enlightened College Applicant presents a no-nonsense account of how students should approach the college search and admissions process. Instead of providing recycled entrance statistics or anecdotal generalizations about campus life, authors Belasco and Bergman incorporate cutting-edge data and research to pull back the curtain on critical topics such as:Whether college prestige really matters, How to maximize your college admission prospectsWhich schools and degrees provide the best return on investmentHow to minimize the costs of a college educationWhat college-related skills are valued in the job market,and much more.
About the Author
Andrew Belasco, Ph.D., a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard University, is CEO of College Transitions, an educational consulting firm, and a co-author of The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) . His work has been published in the nation's top higher education journals and featured in dozens of media outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Time, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and NPR.
