As financial aid and admission counselors, who would have ever thought we would be coaching parents on the conversations they have with their students about college finance? Don’t we have enough to do just to get the financial aid in their hands? And, wouldn’t you expect the family unit to be in cahoots on these [...]

In 2009, I met with the Admissions team at Duke University. Our conversation covered many topics, including a new technology. I showed them something I was working on at the time. It was a card that tied into an early-day version of augmented reality. If a student scanned the card with a downloadable app, they [...]