Gary Stocker, Marc Deboer

Kitchen Table College Chats

Education EN ↓ 28 episodes

We all know that choosing a college is one of the biggest investments your family will ever make, but it doesn't have to be the most stressful. Each and every episode, we pull up a virtual chair to cut through the jargon and tackle the real-world questions about admissions and finances and even the financial health and viability of colleges.

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Gary Stocker, Marc Deboer

Episodes

The real costs of college at the Kitchen Table College Chats 12.02.2026 30:17

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...

The best questions to ask your college tour guide at the Kitchen Table College Chats 06.02.2026 30:50

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...

A good college decision - cutting through the marketing jargon at the Kitchen Table College Chats 05.02.2026 33:19

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.