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	<itunes:summary>Dr. Marshall Shumsky has over 40 years of experience with college education including 2 decades as a professor and admissions committee member at  Northwestern University,  the University of Virginia, and Cal State University at Northridge. In addition, Dr. Shumsky has been an educational consultant for the Los Angeles and Houston public school districts.

As one of the first college consultants in the United States, and the very first in Houston, TX, Dr. Shumsky has 20+ years of successfully guiding students and families through the college admissions process. His successes have garnered national attention from news media such as The New York Times, Money Magazine, CBS MoneyWatch, The Houston Chronicle, and ABC Television. Dr. Shumsky’s position as an outside, objective observer of education, careers, and young adults and his insider experience and contacts with college faculty and administrators allows for an informed voice that families count on. Simply put, Dr. Shumsky will cut through the rumors and media hype to give you frank, considerate feedback about your child’s college and career plans.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>College Admissions Clinic Radio Episode #2-The Failure of Public Universities</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Marshall Shumsky and Hayden Shumsky discuss the failure of public universities to properly prepare students for 21st century jobs and graduate schools.  Topics covered include: The dangers of the &#8220;drop off&#8221; model. The failure of the idea that parents can simply drop their 18 year old off at a public university and expect the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Think a College Degree Is an Automatic Ticket to Jobs, You Are Mistaken.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 22:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study says 85% of college graduates are moving back in with mom and dad.  Recent Department of Labor employment numbers show near 50% of under 25 year olds unemployed.  Your college and career plans are not working.  Please get expert advice before blindly spending $50-200,000 on an undergraduate degree.]]></description>
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		<title>College Admissions Clinic Radio Episode #1- How we can help your family</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 16:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Marshall Shumsky and Hayden Shumsky discuss the college admission process and their method of helping find the right fit colleges for students and families. Topics covered include: Dr. Shumsky&#8217;s unique experience as a professor at Northwestern Univ. and Univ. of Virginia and the insights he gained into why students needed help with finding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Preparation Workshops for Soon to be College Freshmen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 20:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hayden Shumsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first year of college is filled with land mines that can dramatically undermine a student&#8217;s chances for graduate school or career success. Today&#8217;s students face a hyper-competitive market for graduate school admission and jobs; one where a grade point average less than 3.5 will severely restrict options. This is the harsh reality. This generation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Undergrad Business Students Work Least, Learn Least?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NY Times lambasted undergraduate business majors in a major expose on what college students are actually learning. Business majors spend less time preparing for class than do students in any other broad field, according to the most recent National Survey of Student Engagement: nearly half of seniors majoring in business say they spend fewer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Do What We Do @ College Admissions Clinic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hayden Shumsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the Winter Break is over and we&#8217;re back to work here at College Admissions Clinic. For 2011, we have many exciting things planned. You will hear about them shortly as the details become clear. In the meantime, we have a little spring in our step because the early decision/early action acceptances have rolled in. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunger Striking New Lawyer Says, &#8220;A Law Degree Does Not Guarantee Employment&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dissafected, unemployed law school grads are raising a huge stink about about being misled by law schools. One blogger, Ethan Haines, is going on a hunger strike to bring attention to the situation. Today&#8217;s Inside Higer Ed has the scoop on all the controversy. The abridged version is thus: Law degrees are expensive and law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things Are Tough All Over, Part 1,998,753</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hayden Shumsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two articles of note this morning from NY Times and the Houston Press: In response to tough job market, law schools are inflating grades.  Law students are seeing their grades rise by as much as one grade point as schools adjust their grading systems to make graduates more attractive to hiring managers.  This seems like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Stats on Class of 2010 Show Slight Improvement in Job Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, only 24.4% of the class of 2010&#8242;s college grads had jobs upon graduation. Those are not exactly stellar numbers nor a great return on a college education.  However, this is an uptick over last year&#8217;s job numbers, when only 19.7% of the class of 2009 had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving In With Mom and Dad After Graduation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hayden Shumsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s Baltimore Sun reported on the epidemic of college grads moving back in with mom and dad after graduation.  A survey of the Class of 2010 college graduates reported that 7 out of 10 will move in with parents after graduation. But more significant than the short-term inconvenience of living at home again is the [...]]]></description>
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