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Stuart Nachbar

July 10, 2026

Published by Stuart Nachbar at July 10, 2026

Meet Peter Pitts, The ‘Small College Guy’

Peter Pitts, like me, writes about colleges. Only his special focus is on smaller colleges that are not as well known to families and counselors. A former regional director of admissions at Monmouth College (IL), a school that I covered here, Peter has become a prolific author about small colleges […]

May 18, 2026

Published by Stuart Nachbar at May 18, 2026

Assumption University Made Me Think About The Average College Applicant

I recently posted my thoughts about a visit that I took to Assumption University (MA) in late March as part of a Worcester area college tour. Assumption is a Catholic, largely residential college with approximately 1,800 undergraduates and slightly less than 500 graduate students. It offers liberal arts majors and […]