I’m Back
Nothing beats a near-death experience for revitalizing the human spirit.
The knowledge that is life is relatively short and absolutely unpredictable
is humbling and insightful.
I’m returning from a week in the hospital with a serious intestinal infection…
diverticulitis to be exact. It is eye-opening to NOT EAT or DRINK for 5 days
(not even water) and to be […]

I thought I’d do something different today and
NOT talk about student loans, financial aid and borrowing money.
I don’t know what you would really call this video.
I’ll call it a video essay.
It’s about Your Future and the future of web technology.
It’s a very cool combination of screen capture and video
which makes some really fascinating points about […]

A reader writes…
I was reading your blog a couple days ago.
Your daughter, Monique is paying over 5 grand
for summer school… Bummer!
Is it possible to take the spanish/public speaking summer
school classes at a different school (a city college) and
have the credits transferred over to St Johns?
It would be way cheaper…
Joan
Thank you for your question, Joan.
I’ll […]

Columbia University will pay $1.1 million into an education fund.
Columbia said in a statement that it “does not admit, and expressly
denies, that it has violated any law in connection with its student
loan practices.”
Under the agreement, both Columbia and the National Association
of Student Financial Aid Administrators will adopt codes of conduct
that ban such practices as lender […]