Kitchen Table College Chats

What if the college you choose doesn’t make it to your graduation day? It sounds dramatic—but it’s becoming a very real question. Across the country, colleges are quietly cutting majors, merging programs, and in some cases closing altogether. In this episode, Marc and Gary talk about the question families rarely ask during campus tours: Is this college financially healthy enough to get my student...

It is not just tuition along with room & board that are cost considerations of a college education.  Here are two other items Marc and Gary talk about. Almost everyone assumes their student will graduate in 4 years.  Yet only 43% of American 4-year public and private colleges graduates students in 4 years.  Every additional year needed adds additional costs.  It also leads to  . . . .  Opportu...

As students and parents make plans for college visits, Marc and Gary offer questions to ask that many would not think to ask.  In addition, they provide expected answers to questions and how to analyze those college responses. If you are a student or parent and take a spin with the new College Viability Transparency Tool, click here . Do you want to see how many students completed your major and a...

Gary Stocker and Marc DeBoer provide the type of guidance and perspective students and their parents rarely get during the college search and decision process.  This week they share and discuss the most useful and informative questions to ask during the college tour.  Marc also offers how to get answers to questions tour guides typically don't have.