planning
Largest number of applicants since double cohort
I couldn’t write about this yesterday since my web host was experiencing technical difficulties. But, it’s worth noting that The Globe and Mail is reporting: Approximately 83,000 high-school students submitted applications by last week’s deadline, an increase of some 4,000 from 2007. That number is second only to 2003 when two classes graduated from Ontario [...]
Can we predict the outcomes?
Ontario is one of many places where “Outcomes-based Education” has taken hold. This educational philosophy focuses on “outputs” rather than “inputs.” For example, traditional curriculum documents might be nothing more than a table of contents from a textbook, with a suggested time frame for covering each unity. This type of syllabus focuses on educational “inputs” [...]
Universities looking for a well-rounded student body, not well-rounded students?
Right on the heels of my “Spend LESS time on Academics” advice for creating an outstanding university applicant, I came across Naomi Schaefer Riley’s review of Michele Hernández’s Acing the College Application. From WSJ.com: What colleges are looking for these days, according to Ms. Hernández, is passion. “Since the late 1990s,” she writes, “the focus [...]
