In this episode you will hear:   (26:57) Mark and Vince discuss an article by Jay Matthews that appeared in the LA Times in April of 2023. The article looks at the research about whether a top tier college improves a student’s odds of making a lot of money themselves   (56:20) Mark and Lisa will answer a speakpipe question Laura from DC sent in; she wants advice for her son who is trying to find colleges but he doesn’t know what he wants to study   (01:10:05) Lisa starts a brand new interview with Dr. Louis Newman about his book,      Thinking Critically in College: The essential handbook for student success   Preview of Part 1 o   Dr. Newman shares his childhood goal and his backstory o   Louis Newman shares the epiphany he had with a student named Rachel that served as the impetus for him to write his book- o   Lisa shares what she loved about the book when she read it o   Dr. Newman shares a number of things that students need to think about when they are trying to evaluate a college, and he also encourages things students should ignore, things that are over-rated o   Dr. Newman encourages students to look at National Survey of Student Engagement data o   He also encourages families to look at the faculty and alumni research o   Dr. Newman talks about the value of the Learning and Teaching Centers many colleges have   (01:22:55) The recommended resource is Collegekickstart.com   (01:37:30) Lisa completes Part 2 of 2 of her college Spotlight on Guilford College in Greensboro, NC   You can also use this for many other purposes: 1) Send us constructive criticism about how we can improve our podcast 2) Share an encouraging word about something you like about an episode or the podcast in general 3) Share a topic or an article you would like us to address 4) Share a speaker you want us to interview 5) Leave positive feedback for one of our interviewees. We will send your verbal feedback directly to them and I can almost assure you, your positive feedback will make their day. Speakpipe.com/YCBK is our preferred method for you to ask a question and we will be prioritizing all questions sent in via Speakpipe. If you have a question for one of our upcoming interviews with admissions professionals, here is a list of admissions professionals who we will interview in 2023 or 2024 Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Bard College Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology-Ashley Pallie Colorado School of Mines Creighton University University of Puget Sound- Robin Aijian Dartmouth College-Lee Coffin   To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our new monthly admissions newsletter, delivered directly to your email once a month, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign-up popup.   Check out our new blog. We write timely and insightful articles on college admissions:   Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live. You can ask questions on T