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10 Hardest College Majors in 2023

College Transitions

If college is an obstacle course, you will have plenty of moments when you’re leaping from rope bridge to rope bridge like a cat and countless others when you’re flailing upside down in your harness.

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Texas Roadhouse ‘Steaks’ Claim on University of Louisville Study Lounge

BestColleges

The Texas Roadhouse Student Center at the University of Louisville opened in 2010. The Western-themed space includes the restaurant's trademark interior design and signature lighted signs inside, but it doesn’t serve the chain's iconic food. The Louisville-based restaurant paid for and constructed the space. Students in the College of Business at the University of Louisville (UofL) may have bragging rights for the most unique place to study.

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New Appointment for Penn Nursing Professor

Penn Nursing

George Demiris, PhD, FACMI , the Mary Alice Bennett University Professor and Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has been appointed Penn Nursing 's next Associate Dean for Research and Innovation. This appointment will begin on June 1, 2023.

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Teen Jobs May Come With a Bonus: Scholarships

road2college

This story was originally published in our Paying for College 101 (PFC 101) group. It has been edited for clarity The post Teen Jobs May Come With a Bonus: Scholarships appeared first on Road2College.

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Emergency SNAP Benefits End: Here’s What College Students Need to Know

BestColleges

A temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as food stamps, ended after February. Congress authorized SNAP emergency allotments to help people through the pandemic. Congress also temporarily widened SNAP eligibility, a measure set to end later this year. Advocates warn that the end of additional benefits and widened eligibility could increase food insecurity on college campuses, particularly among historically underserved students.

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Meet The Heller Career Development Center: Nijimbere Lahayiloyi

Heller Admissions Blog

Ronunique Clark, MPP’23 First, I graced you all with the presence of my current classmates in my mini blog series: Meet My Cohort. Today… well, let’s just say I’m introducing a slight spin off. In this blog post, we will be chatting with a graduate assistant in the Heller Career Development Center. Let’s welcome Nijimbere Lahayiloyi to the Heller Admissions Blog room!

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These Are the Biggest and Coolest NIL Deals in College Basketball

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College athletes have been able to profit off their name, image, and likeness since July 2021. The 2022-23 college basketball season was the second full season in which players have been able to make NIL deals. This year saw big bucks, unique partnerships, and the extension of NIL deals into private philanthropy. March Madness is here, ushering in the season of office pools, bracket-busting buzzer beaters, Cinderella stories, and “ One Shining Moment ” is finally upon us.

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Temple University Graduate Students Ratify New Agreement, End Strike

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The six-week strike ended Mar. 9 with a ratified agreement between the union and the university. The new four-year agreement goes into effect immediately and includes significant wage increases. The union rejected the first agreement Temple proposed last month. Graduate students at Temple University voted to approve a new collective bargaining agreement with the university, ending a 42-day strike.

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Best Colleges for European History

The Koppelman Group

Europe is big. That may be an absurd sentence, but it’s worth stating twice: Europe is big. If you are looking to study Europe in college, there’s a lot of literal ground to cover. As you look into major programs, you’ll see that some programs focus on a particular geographic area, others gravitate around particular social issues, while still others are rooted firmly in language.

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5 Common Questions About Niche Direct Admissions™

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Want to keep updated about the blog? Sign up for the newsletter! Direct admissions has been covered extensively in the news over the past year. Students are excited about it , and many universities are too. For students, it removes common barriers like application fees, the anxious wait for a decision, and then hoping for financial aid. “Applying to college is a very expensive, long, and cumbersome process that takes hours of your time.

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Better CRM Tools Key to Reversing Enrollment Declines at CCs

EAB

Podcast Better CRM Tools Key to Reversing Enrollment Declines at CCs Episode 142. March 14, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes.

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Common Facebook Scams That Target Schools & How to Spot Them

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 6 minutes Scams are unfortunately a part of our increasingly digital world and they won’t be disappearing any time soon. While in the old days, many scams came in the form of typo-riddled emails, scammers have become much more creative and sophisticated in their activities. If your school has a presence on Facebook, there is a good possibility that you or one of your colleagues will be (if it has not happened already) targeted by scammers.

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Why you should have a virtual Family Orientation Hub – and how to pull it off

CampusESP

40% of families want to be more meaningfully connected and involved with their students’ institutions. The best way to jumpstart that connection? Parent and Family Orientation. Hosting orientation helps families feel connected and part of the campus community from the get-go. By reality-setting parents for the highs and lows of college life and drawing attention to important campus resources, families are equipped with the tools to best support their students from day one.

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Kentucky Bill Would Allow Concealed Carry Guns on College Campuses

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The bill allows concealed firearms at all public higher education institutions. The University of Kentucky's president and the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education oppose the bill. Students interviewed by Lex18.com had mixed opinions on the new bill. Kentucky is contemplating a campus concealed carry law similar to the one signed into law March 1 in neighboring West Virginia.