Beyond the Rankings: Why Choosing a College Major Is Only Part of the Equation

What a new white paper reveals about college value, career preparation, affordability, and the changing world of work.  Every year, it seems that another ranking of college majors appears in the media. Some identify the majors with the highest starting salaries. Others rank majors according to unemployment rates, lifetime earnings, or the percentage of graduates […]

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Small Private Colleges in Virginia: The Impact of Scale and Selectivity

After updating my December 2025 report about a few enrollment, operating, and financial statistics for Maryland private colleges, I thought I should follow through with an update for Virginia’s private colleges. In case you missed the recent Maryland update, you can find it here. My original Virginia private colleges post was in December 2025, a […]

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Generating a Critique of The Overhang Using Different AI Tools

Since the advent of ChatGPT, I have been a fan of Wharton Professor Ethan Mollick’s One Useful Thing Substack blog. Not only am I a subscriber, but I have also recommended it to many friends. Last week, Professor Mollick posted an article titled The Overhang. After writing about a few fun projects that he used […]

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Subjects of Interest

Artificial Intelligence/AI

EdTech

Higher Education

Independent Schools

K-12

Science

Student Persistence

The Future of Work

Workforce