Spark Admissions

MAY 10, 2023

Although the term comes up most often these days in the context of college admissions in the United States, affirmative action has been around since the 1960s and has affected a wide range of laws and policies. As of May 2023, there are major legal cases in front of the U.S.

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UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

We have gone from roughly 11,000 EA applicants in 2014 to almost 27,000 EA applicants this year, and we expect the overall applicant pool (EA and RD together) to show similar growth. In addition, the applicant pool has flipped from roughly 65% In-State applicants in 2013 to 42% In-State applicants this year.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The College Football Playoff committee left out undefeated ACC champion Florida State after Alabama's win over two-time national champion Georgia in the SEC Championship game. 1: Michigan Undefeated Big Ten champion Michigan, with marquee wins over Ohio State and Penn State, was ranked No. 1 Michigan will face No.

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UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

OCTOBER 25, 2024

We have gone from roughly 11,000 EA applicants in 2014 to roughly 30,400 EA applicants this year, and we expect the overall applicant pool (EA and RD together) to show similar growth. In addition, the applicant pool has flipped from roughly 65% In-State applicants in 2013 to 40% In-State applicants this year.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

AUGUST 28, 2024

Common layouts include arranging colleges alphabetically, in-state vs out-of-state school, public vs private schools, largest schools on the outside rim of the room, and sometimes, and this is a tough one, there is no specific order. Why title this “a view from the trashcan”? Sounds stressful? Ask how the tables are set up.

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

For the classes of 2014-2019, Harvard legacies were admitted at a rate of 33.6% , compared to 5.9% Legacy admissions has been highly criticized in recent years, though only a few elite colleges have jettisoned the practice. The recent Supreme Court decision to ban race-conscious admissions has reinvigorated debates around legacy admissions.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Accountability comes in many forms: to state or governing agencies, students, key performance indicators, operating measures, and more. Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate.

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BestColleges

APRIL 13, 2023

Kellyn Donahoe enrolled in career and community studies at Kent State University in fall 2022. Many flagship universities have added credential programs specifically for students with intellectual disabilities. Long-running programs have proven to be successful in helping these students secure higher-earning jobs.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

AUGUST 9, 2024

Conversations about our families, admission, the state of the world – all the things. Ten of my 17 years in admission have been here at Georgia Tech and during that time Rick Clark and I have had many a conversation. Students, counselors, and families all feel a deep pressure surrounding the college admission process.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In 2014, football players at Northwestern University tried to unionize, arguing that the current model of the NCAA "resembled a dictatorship, where the NCAA places these rules and regulations on these students without their input or their negotiation." As employees, the players have the right to hold a union election.

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Co-filed by state Rep. Simon Cataldo and state Sen. For the classes of 2014-2019, Harvard legacies were admitted at a rate of 33.6% , compared to 5.9% A pending bill in the Massachusetts Legislature seeks to eliminate legacy admissions and early decision programs at all colleges in the commonwealth. for non-legacies.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The California College Promise Grant provides free tuition to an estimated 1 million community college students in the state, almost half of the 2.1 All four-year degrees CCC offers are exclusive to the system and aren't offered at California State University (CSU) or University of California (UC) campuses.

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BestColleges

JULY 11, 2024

Students won't have to pay for the classes, and they're transferable to both the University of California and the California State University systems. All courses are tuition-free and transferable to the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) systems.

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BestColleges

APRIL 1, 2024

The CCC introduced the pilot Baccalaureate Degree Program at 15 community colleges in 2014. All four-year degrees the CCC offers are unique to the system, meaning they cannot replicate California State University (CSU) or University of California (UC) programs. In May 2023, seven bachelor's degree programs were approved.

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BestColleges

JUNE 22, 2023

The new facility is being built with state funding. The new facility is being built with state funding. Jacqueline Coleman said in the release that the new facility marks the first state-funded building at Western Kentucky University since 2014. "As Western Kentucky University broke ground in June on a $74.4 Kentucky Lt.

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Discovery College Consulting

MARCH 5, 2024

But, when administrators realized they were disadvantaging Princeton graduates when it came to landing jobs or being admitted to grad school, they reversed their policy in 2014. It seems to me that we can apply this idea to grades: when everyone has a 4.0, getting straight A’s is no longer special. If “every student has a 4.0

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Fifty-six percent of eligible students who didn't use the award in 2022 said they didn't want to attend college in the state, and 44% said they already decided on a different school outside of the state when they found out they were eligible for the merit-based scholarship.

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BestColleges

JULY 27, 2023

Seven proposed programs this year were flagged by California State University for having duplication concerns. Seven proposed programs this year were flagged by California State University for having duplication concerns. In 2021, the California Legislature authorized California Community Colleges to propose bachelor's degree programs.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 7, 2024

During his tenure, UC faced a weekslong strike by academic workers, boosted in-state enrollment to historic heights, and created several programs for underrepresented students. Drake also served as The Ohio State University president and chancellor at UC Irvine. University of California (UC) System President Michael V.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Notably, Texas medical schools tend to have relatively low tuition —this is especially true for in-state students but applies to out-of-state students, too. On top of this, Texas as a whole has a low cost of living, and many Texas medical schools have strong reputations and support a wide variety of communities across the state.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 24, 2023

will take over as Ohio State's next president in January 2024. will be Ohio State University's next president, school officials announced Tuesday. He will begin serving as Ohio State's next president on Jan. He will begin serving as Ohio State's next president on Jan. Walter "Ted" Carter Jr. Naval Academy.

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Admitted

MARCH 23, 2022

Postsecondary-level benefits : We all know that the cost of higher education in the United States is expensive, and the assistance available to students is linked to tax filings. Because of COVID-19, you may also be eligible to deduct some pandemic-related protective equipment. Visit the IRS website to learn more.

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Admitted

MARCH 23, 2022

Postsecondary-level benefits : We all know that the cost of higher education in the United States is expensive, and the assistance available to students is linked to tax filings. Because of COVID-19, you may also be eligible to deduct some pandemic-related protective equipment. Visit the IRS website to learn more.

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BestColleges

MARCH 5, 2024

California Community Colleges' nursing programs make up more than half of the total nursing schools in the state, a 2022 report says. In 2018, more than 85% of hospitals in California reported that the demand for registered nurses was greater than the available supply, according to a statement from a state senator. California Sen.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In 2014, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures was founded to help translate research done within the Johns Hopkins’ ecosystem into the market. The university is the alma mater of world-renowned scientists, businesspeople, and even a former U.S. president, and it should be considered by any high-performing student. Your guide is on its way.

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Humbach Education Consulting

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

In 2014, Columbia College was named a "Best Midwestern University" by The Princeton Review , a New York City -based education services company; the college is one of 159 universities in a 12-state region to receive the designation, which are selected based on academics and surveys of current students.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 8, 2024

Twenty-six states saw an increase in college completions, with nine of these 26 states reporting an increase in completion rate greater than 1 percentage point. Earlier, the state used $24 million to collect data on how college students experience food insecurity. of women completed college, while 58.4% in the 2017 cohort year.

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BestColleges

MARCH 6, 2024

In 2014, Northwestern University football players tried to unionize because they said the NCAA "resembles a dictatorship, where the NCAA places these rules and regulations on these students without their input or without their negotiation." The university can appeal the decision, a process that can take months.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 30, 2024

The applicant is a ward of the state or an orphan. The number of first-gen applicants has more than doubled since the 2014-2015 cycle. Over the 2023-2024 application season, 1,425,083 distinct first-year applicants applied to Common App member schools — a 7% increase from 2022-2023. applications — up 4% from 6.41

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 5, 2023

million Black SAT takers who turned 30 between 2014 and 2020 to examine whether HBCUs improve Black students' educational, economic, and financial outcomes in the U.S. HBCUs enroll nearly one-tenth of all Black college students in the United States at over 100 institutions.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 24, 2023

We do have a small historic system-wide fund and this semester we'll be looking at how to deploy it specifically to assist with fire impacts and we're looking at identifying some one-time funding that we can use to bring in additional assistance for our campuses across the state, Lassner said at a recent UH Board of Regents meeting.

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Tex Admissions

DECEMBER 19, 2022

International students, especially from China, South Korea, Taiwan, and India are increasingly enrolling at community colleges before finishing their bachelor’s degrees in the United States. Caving in Waitomo, New Zealand. Note: this post is for External Transfers who are not UT students. It isn’t something one can request.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, a Democrat, first introduced the bill in February 2014. workplace and our labor force undergo significant transformation, our higher education and workforce development systems must meet the demands of today's digital market and shift away from the traditional 'one-size-fits-all model,'" the letter stated.

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BestColleges

MARCH 8, 2023

Data Summary Check UCLA men's basketball and UConn women's basketball have each taken home 11 championship trophies, securing their positions as top winners in college basketball history. [1] 1] , [2] Check Since 1982, Tennessee women's basketball has appeared in every single March Madness tournament except for one. [3] 8] Sound familiar?

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BestColleges

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Medical school acceptance rates can vary based on factors like number of applicants, location, and whether the school is in-state vs. out-of-state. The number of medical school applicants has grown almost 15% in recent years, from 48,014 in 2014 to 55,188 students in 2023, according to the AAMC. Apply to multiple schools.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Four teams — Georgia, Michigan, Texas Christian University (TCU), and Ohio State — will face off in the semifinal championship games scheduled for New Year's Eve. Georgia, the current national champion, will play Ohio State, and Michigan will take on TCU. 3), and Ohio State Buckeyes (No. Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Other states are considering similar measures. 15, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill aiming to ban legacy admissions at the state's colleges and universities. All public institutions of higher education in the state would fall subject to the law if passed, as would private universities receiving state funding.

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