By . During his weekly address, President Obama on Sept. 12 announced a new College Scorecard designed to connect students and parents to accessible data about college costs. More...
21 septembre 2015
21 septembre 2015
What are innovation spaces, and do you need one?
By . Designated spaces for “tinkering” at some of the country’s most prestigious institutions may not only spur lifelong learning habits, but also produce social and technological innovations critical to today’s economy, says a new report. More...
21 septembre 2015
State appeals to high school students with 'Go Higher!' campaign
By Stefanie Botelho. State officials on Wednesday launched a website, campaign and event series to help high school students prepare for college and careers and make them more aware of opportunities in public higher education. According to the Department of Higher Education, the "Go Higher!" campaign will facilitate discussions about college decisions and campus life between students from the University of Massachusetts, state universities and community colleges and more than 8,000 high school students. More...
21 septembre 2015
Unity offers ‘Instant Admissions Day’ for top students
By Stefanie Botelho. Responding to a multi-year spike in demand, Unity College is offering top students instant admissions decisions on Sept. 19. More...
21 septembre 2015
Classting brings social based adaptive learning to the U.S.
By Stefanie Botelho. The most successful ed-tech startup in Korea with over 2 million users, is now bringing its social based adaptive learning platform to the United States. More...
21 septembre 2015
College scorecard sandbags equity in higher education
By Stefanie Botelho. In the tsunami of data about higher education that the Obama administration unleashed on an unsuspecting nation late last Friday, one fact emerges that was already painfully clear: the "haves" in higher education have quite a lot; the "have nots" struggle mightily. And this economic chasm is seriously influenced by gender, race and social class -- issues on which the College Scorecard is silent, but which affect just about every factoid presented. More...
21 septembre 2015
Judge refuses to stop name change for New York college
By Stefanie Botelho. An alumni group at Paul Smith's College didn't want the name to change. A judge denied the group's petition. After a $20M pledge, the school will now be called: Joan Weill-Paul Smith's College. More...
21 septembre 2015
Feds moving up college loan form schedule to ease aid
By Stefanie Botelho. Federal officials are making it easier for students and their families to apply for federal loans and grants for college, allowing them to complete the forms starting in October, rather than January. More...
21 septembre 2015
A prescription for more black doctors
By Stefanie Botelho. It was the 1970s, at the tail end of the civil rights movement. Francis, a black man in his early 40s, had spent most of his life under the suffocating apartheid of the Jim Crow South. But after decades of hard-fought battles and the passage of three major civil rights laws, doors were supposed to be opening, not closing. More...
21 septembre 2015
Making sure college is worth the cost
By Stefanie Botelho. The US News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, the leaderboard of competitive college admissions, are out this week. And all this week on All Things Considered, we've been talking with students who graduated from high school in Montgomery County, Md., four or five years ago. More...
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