July 13, 2020

What is a Land Grant University?

Visit my College Profiles and you can read about the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The first is a flagship targeting mainly the excellent students in Illinois, with sizable contingents from other countries. The second targets the very good as well as the […]
June 10, 2020

College Football Recruiting: A Look Back at the Past

Right now college football recruiting is in a dead period.” But  college football recruiting is literally a second sport after football in many states.  I though that I would take a moment to show how it was done in the past. I picked up a biography of Harold “Red” Grange, […]
June 15, 2017

Ten Questions for College Students with Physical Disabilities

There are many concerns in choosing a college–especially for students whose mobility is compromised by physical disabilities. While the newest college buildings on college campuses have been designed and built in compliance with the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act, most campuses also have older buildings that were designed over a century before. […]