In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (25:58): Vince joins Mark to discuss an article by Stephanie Saul that appeared in the NY Times in mid-December entitled, Lawsuit Accuses Georgetown of Admitting Students Based Solely on Wealth (Length 15 minutes)

This week’s question (40:04): Hillary joins Mark to discuss a question from a school-based counselor in California who wants to know what ever happened to all of the colleges dropping out of US News and World Report’s rankings (Length 25 minutes)

This week’s interview (1:05:56): Interview: Rob Franek, Chief Editor of the Princeton Review: How can you use the research Princeton Review does through surveys every year to better understand the colleges that we are researching? (Length 19 minutes)

Mark’s recommended resource of the week : N/A

College Spotlight (1:24:26): Kevin Newton starts a four part series on Universities Overseas that are Safe to Attend

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