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Whether you have already broken your well-intended resolutions or resolve each year to not set any resolutions, the new year can be a time for reflection on the past and the chance to take stock of our personal and professional lives. This year especially, we wonder what best practices we

Have you ever asked whether there was a better way to learn? Is there a faster way to learn? Is there a way to learn that would help the information stick around for a long time and be available when you needed it? Our Director of Instructional Design, Richard Vigneault,

Our behaviors and mental states are influenced, even largely driven, by our environments. My colleague and friend Gary Glass, a clinical psychologist working for Emory University, asks that when evaluating the well-being of a student, we consider the “water,” not just the “fish,” for individual behaviors cannot be meaningfully evaluated

Female students, by and large, are outperforming males at every level of education. The data illustrating this overall phenomenon is quite compelling. Girls, as a group, tend to have higher grades, take more advanced classes, graduate high school at higher rates, and participate in higher education, both undergraduate and graduate

Like MIT, Dartmouth and Yale, Brown has now joined the ranks of top-ranking universities who are following their institutional data and reinstating test requirements for admissions. Here's what that means for you.

Know Thyself. And build a life that integrates that knowledge of self. When I work as an executive function coach, it’s important that I help students increase their awareness of how they operate, how they think, and what they need to be successful. Self-awareness is one of the keys to

At the College Consulting Collaborative, we believe every student with learning differences deserves the highest quality assistance to become college-ready and find the "best fit" college. We work exclusively with students with learning challenges--ADHD, specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia, and students on the autism spectrum. We use a strengths-based

In a recent Board of Regents meeting, UC President Janet Napolitano announced that the United States’ largest university system may drop its SAT/ACT requirement for admission. This development comes amid a growing test-optional movement among American colleges and universities. Last year, the UC Senate launched a study to test the

We know that, as IECs, you know your students best. We love that you have your eyes on them (and their goals) and can make sound and helpful suggestions to students and their families. In that spirit, here’s how Applerouth can help when students may need a little more substance in the remaining weeks of their summer.

An old friend recently confided in me about his anxieties over whether he was doing enough to prepare his 5-year old son for the future, particularly in the academic realm. He witnessed other parents who had their children doing educational activities like flashcards and learning apps. My friend, wary of