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10,000 Hour Rule

10,000 Hour Rule

| April 12, 2017

In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell examines the factors that contribute to high levels of success. Gladwell asserts that it takes roughly 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to achieve mastery in a field. Researchers, time and again, reached the same conclusion: it takes a lot of practice to be good at complex tasks. According to […]

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Testing Out: Best Kept Secret in Higher Education

Testing Out: Best Kept Secret in Higher Education

| January 24, 2017

Your high school student plans on attending college. Most will start with their “general education” credits, the core courses that are not major-specific, such as English, science, humanities, history and algebra. There are up to 20 general education courses students will take to meet the requirements of most 4-year degrees. Option #1: Attend classes, taking […]

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When You Let God Be Your Travel Buddy

When You Let God Be Your Travel Buddy

| October 7, 2016

When you encourage your kids to choose their own adventure, crazy things happen. My now-graduated daughter offered to share her CLEP experience and where college without debt has taken her. by Katie Frame (22 and a traveling!) “I have an adventure prepared for us to go on and we’re going to do it together … […]

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What Will $400,000 Buy?

What Will $400,000 Buy?

| August 22, 2016

I met Mariah a week before she was departing for her first year of college. I had just finished giving a presentation titled “Getting Out, Not Just In” to a group of high school students who were attending a week-long summer residential business camp. As I wrapped things up, she shared her plans of studying […]

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Great First Jobs

Great First Jobs

| July 15, 2016

Last week I had the opportunity to consult with a family that attended one of my workshops. They shared that their daughter just started working as a barista at a local coffee shop and was loving it! I have often said that “front-end jobs” are my favorite first jobs for students. Whether that is truly […]

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What $100 Will Buy

What $100 Will Buy

| June 25, 2016

Two tickets to a sporting event. Sushi for four. A fantastically fun day with friends. Three college credits. Which would your student choose? Why CLEP? Because when you suggest CLEP, you are promoting a debt-free lifestyle. Sometimes parents have to carry the vision for their student until they are mature enough to understand the freedom […]

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Avoiding Identity Theft

Avoiding Identity Theft

| April 8, 2016

Lori started her conversation with me discouraged. “I didn’t think it would be this hard. I thought, by now, I wouldn’t have to defend our decision to homeschool.” For her 9th grade son, there was a pull to not just play on the high school sports team, but to feel a complete part of the […]

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Earning College Credit in High School

Earning College Credit in High School

| January 30, 2016

This article was written for and first published on the MACHE website, January 2012 Earning College Credit in High School With the increasing challenge for students to afford a college degree, families are searching for options.  There are several ways students can earn college credit while in high school, reducing their college costs.  Most of […]

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Choose Your Own Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure

| January 5, 2016

What can our kids do when they accelerate their bachelor’s degree by combining their high school studies and CLEPing their college gen eds? Plenty! I recently returned from a two-week visit with my 21-year-old daughter, Kate. She left just two months ago to live/work/travel in New Zealand for a year. It was seven years ago […]

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7 Why’s to CLEP

7 Why’s to CLEP

| October 1, 2015

Why CLEP? Reason #1 COST: It is one of the only cost-saving college solutions that YOU have control of. Don’t assume it will all work out. Your grand children’s future depends on it. Financial aid (aka loans) and scholarships are determined by factors outside of your control and the decision to award them comes too […]

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Preparing your Online Learner

Preparing your Online Learner

| August 8, 2015

Getting rear ended on a winding road is not usually the way I meet students. Thankfully, no one was hurt and the other car’s driver, Christina, 17, will forever know that instructing her passenger on how to use the CD player while driving is not the best move. The car I was in, made of […]

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I Believe in You Gift

I Believe in You Gift

| December 26, 2014

A holiday tradition our family has enjoyed for years is waking up on Christmas morning and with all in pj’s, opening the small thoughtful gifts we tucked into each others’ stockings. Sometimes these gifts are more special than spectacular, sometimes they are practical (doesn’t everyone need a pair of toe socks!), and other times they […]

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