Will you be celebrating with us on May 1st, the National Deadline Day for college enrollment? Will you be celebrating with us in May next year and the year after? Are you setting up your university for enrollment success for the future? You need to know what is coming. Clayton Christensen, "The Father of Disruptive Innovation," a professor at Harvard Business School has predicted that by 2027 half of the colleges and universities will close or merge with another. Predictions drive me crazy, BUT if you look at the reasons and the statistics, maybe it has some truth to it, and we should prepare. He convinces us that industry creates cheaper methods to evolve and in education the introduc
Is your family conflicted over which college to choose? I realize you don't have all of your offers yet, but do you agree on your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice colleges? Do you even know which ones to apply to at this point. These are difficult decisions that are coming your way. And, there are lots of easy questions to use to solve this dilemma. For starters, what is most important to you? Is it location; proximity to family. Is it years to degree completion because you plan to go to professional school. Or, is it affordability or safety? I have a long list of questions that I use with families. Join my mailing list, and I will send it along to you. A very long time ago, one of my son's
It is early morning and I am noticing a trend. Early morning seems to be the only time that I can really research scholarship deadlines for my clients. It is quiet, and I have a good cup of coffee with some peppermint flavoring, and I am scouring my sources for the best scholarships. I have already found several for my family in Georgia who thought the only award they might be eligible for was the Hope. I also have an athlete in Texas who is working hard on her applications. She is a senior and she is running out of time. Actually, many of these scholarships have deadlines in January, February, and even May. She has enough time but I do wish she had started this in her junior year. She
What does success look like for you? Are you confident in your path holistically as a person? It is January 2019, and we have all made those resolutions that this year will be different. How? What will we plan to do this year to change everything about the way that we do business or interact with each other? How much thought have you put into it? Thought leaders spend days, weeks, and sometimes months deciding how and why they will make a difference in the world. Have you spent the time to actually decide what your definition of success looks like to you? This year, I plan to connect, really connect more with the people who matter the most to me, and some of the people who don't but real
