Why go the wrong way if you don’t have to? CollegePlus! and Life Purpose Planning

CollegePlus! – March 2010
Life Purpose Planning Helps a Student Find Her Calling
By Linnea Caswell

“Why am I here?”
It’s a big, scary question. It’s a question everyone asks at some point. It’s a question CollegePlus! helps students answer using a technique called “Life Purpose Planning”. CollegePlus! graduate Elizabeth Hougland, from Illinois, shares how Life Purpose Planning helped her take a big, broad goal to “glorify God” and distill it into a purpose statement that infuses life with an eternal perspective.  Read more... (927 words, estimated 3:42 mins reading time)

Choose CollegePlus! to reduce impact of stridently liberal colleges

OneNewsNow – April 14, 2010
Commencements tilting decidedly left
By Bill Bumpas and Jody Brown

As colleges and universities across the country get ready for spring graduation ceremonies, one conservative organization is releasing data it says shows a “clear liberal bias” in schools’ selection of commencement speakers.  Read more... (177 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)

Obamacare may spike college costs

CollegePlus!™ – March 2010
Health Care Bill May Spike College Costs

CollegePlus! staff have been sifting through the details of the student loan program that was stuffed into the health care bill, and we’ve made some alarming discoveries which could lead to costly consequences for college students. Democrats in the House attached a student loan program to the health care reform bill which will vastly expand the amount of money taken from taxpayers to subsidize government-run student lending programs, thus creating a bureaucratic government lending network, squeezing out more efficient private-sector programs for college students.  Read more... (155 words, estimated 37 secs reading time)

CollegePlus! – The best option for your undergrad degree

CollegePlus! – The Best Way For Many Homeschoolers To Earn Their Undergrad
By Tim Bloedow

(This was first published in the Learning at Home (March 2010), the monthly newsletter for the Rideau Valley Home Educators’ Assocation.)

Home schoolers are already bold and innovative thinkers. They are walking against the crowd and have stepped outside their own comfort zone. And your decision has probably proven successful – meeting your goals for superior or preferable education and socialization for your children.  Read more... (1164 words, estimated 4:39 mins reading time)