BestColleges
JANUARY 30, 2024
Drew Johnston thought his education was a lost cause until he took a business course in a prison education program — the Next Phase Program. In addition to a business course, the Next Phase Program offers a course in welding. All participants in the program take courses that promote successful reentry and offer reentry resources and support services.
DC College Counseling
JANUARY 30, 2024
Welcome to our last post of January - although it is hard to believe it is the end of January, with recent temperatures in the mid-70s! BIGGEST COLLEGE-RELATED NEWS OF THE WEEK JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS TOP 40,000 JMU received a total of 40,232 undergraduate applications for the class of 2028, an increase of 78% over the 22,603 applications they received in 2021.
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BestColleges
JANUARY 30, 2024
The journalism school was named after Craig Newmark after his philanthropic organization donated $20 million to the school in 2018. The journalism school began its journey to free tuition by eliminating tuition costs for 25% of the class of 2024 and offering partial scholarships to 65% of the students. A 2022 Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce study projected the journalism workforce will dwindle by 3% by 2031.
JON BOECKENSTEDT'S ADMISSIONS WEBLOG
JANUARY 30, 2024
Two quick stories might help you understand how the FAFSA delays and how you deal with them are not just mechanical or operational: They’re cultural.
Dr. Paul Lowe – Admissions Expert
JANUARY 30, 2024
The Pingry School is ranked by Niche as: 1st on its list of 2024 Best Private K-12 Schools in New Jersey and #2 Best Private K-12 Schools in America! Pingry has a Niche grade of A+. With three campuses totaling 303 acres in New Jersey (Short Hills-Lower School: grades K-5, Basking Ridge-Middle/Upper School: grades 6-12 and the Pottersville Campus-Experiential Learning: grades K-12), Pingry provides an unmatched learning environment and experience to its over 1200 students.
BestColleges
JANUARY 30, 2024
Video Transcript Nicole Schultz, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (NP): We spend most of our life at work. I didn't want these years to go by so quickly that I didn't feel like I had meaningful time with our children, and one of our values that we had always discussed as a couple was being able to spend time with the children especially when they were young.
Top Tier Admissions
JANUARY 30, 2024
As we turn the calendar to 2024, it’s hard to believe it’s already time to plan for the summer. Colleges care about how you spend your free time: are you golfing and sunbathing at the beach, or are you cultivating your intellectual curiosity by delving more deeply into your areas of academic interest? The Common App has space for describing your summer activities, and some colleges, like Stanford and Georgetown , explicitly ask you to write supplemental essays about how you spent your summers.
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iSchoolConnect
JANUARY 30, 2024
Why Ontario is taking action Amidst a housing affordability crisis, Ontario aims to uphold the integrity of its post-secondary higher education system. Minister of Colleges and Universities Jill Dunlop announced these measures, addressing concerns about predatory practices by recruiters and misinformation surrounding student visas and residency. What measures are being implemented Ontario has placed a […] The post Higher education system introduced by Ontario to safeguard appeared first on
The Koppelman Group
JANUARY 30, 2024
Yale is one of the most prestigious colleges in the world, and a member of the Ivy League. It’s also one of the hardest colleges to get into in the United States. It is known as a place where people who are going to go on to do big things in the humanities and sciences get their start. So, it’s nearly as valuable as a networking hub as it is as a degree-granting institution.
iSchoolConnect
JANUARY 30, 2024
Setting the stage for global education Ireland, renowned for its strong educational system, is organizing a virtual education fair targeting students from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Scheduled for February 8, the event will showcase Ireland’s educational strengths. It will focus on the country’s two-year stay-back visa. Additionally, the fair will highlight industry-led courses […] The post Virtual Education Fair to study in Ireland appeared first on Study Abroad B
College Transitions
JANUARY 30, 2024
Whether you are a lifelong Francophile or just hoping to become one of the 320 million French speakers around the world, taking AP French Language and Culture is an excellent way to boost your language skills. However, achieving a high score on your AP French exam will require more than basic language proficiency.
iSchoolConnect
JANUARY 30, 2024
Why the excitement? The EdTech sector in India eagerly awaits the upcoming Union Budget 2024 (Interim), with expectations set on potential support for its burgeoning growth. This anticipation stems from the sector’s recent surge, fueled by factors like increased internet accessibility. Also a growing demand for high-quality education, and governmental efforts to promote digital learning. […] The post Union Budget 2024 | Anticipating the EdTech wish list appeared first on Study Abroad
College Transitions
JANUARY 30, 2024
Exam season is right around the corner. Tick, tock, tick, tock…Before you let anxiety get the best of you, here’s a wealth of helpful information and tips and tricks to set you up for success. Let’s get started.
UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A
JANUARY 30, 2024
While the focus this time of year seems to be all about freshman admission, January/February is the time of year when we receive a majority of our transfer applications and our Evaluation Team begins to work on our transfer reviews, posting credit for work and helping students with any transfer issues. As such, here is some detailed information on the transfer process and the reasons for our deadlines, consideration levels and timelines.
College Transitions
JANUARY 30, 2024
If partway through college, you realize that a different school would be a better fit, this is by no means a failure on your part. There are many valid reasons why students transfer to different schools, including Ivy League schools.
Admissions Mom
JANUARY 30, 2024
❓I receive tons of questions about how many extracurriculars are necessary and whether a kid’s chances will be hurt because they haven’t performed at Carnegie Hall, been speaking Mandarin since they were five, or cured cancer. I get it. It’s an important part of your application. It’s also a broad category, and as a result, there’s a lot of room for creativity and individuality.
BestColleges
JANUARY 30, 2024
Video Transcript Meg Embry, Writer, BestColleges: Here at BestColleges, we talk about the gender pay gap a lot. One of my colleagues [ Evan Thompson ], who's this super-kind, 20-something-year-old guy, just did a bunch of research on woman-dominated careers where men outearn women. If you're a woman who's ever had a job, it probably comes as no surprise to you that men often pull higher salaries than us, even in fields where we reign supreme.
BestColleges
JANUARY 30, 2024
The new FAFSA launched Dec. 30 with limited availability until Jan. 8. Lawmakers questioned whether this rollout met Congress' requirements for the Simplified FAFSA. The financial aid application process has been mired in other issues since the launch, too. Leaders called on the Government Accountability Office to investigate the launch. Two prominent Republican lawmakers requested an investigation into how the Department of Education (ED) launched the new Free Application for Federal Student Ai
BestColleges
JANUARY 30, 2024
A Harvard-based study says high standardized test scores equate to greater academic success at Ivy-Plus colleges. By contrast, high school GPAs have less predictive power. Most highly selective colleges remain temporarily test-optional. Emphasizing test scores can impede efforts to maintain economic and racial diversity. When the COVID-19 pandemic upended higher education in 2020, one of the monumental changes was the widespread suspension of standardized testing.
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