Syracuse Launches ‘Intelligence Community Center’
The Daily Orange: “Syracuse University will receive a $1.5 million grant from the United States Intelligence Community over a five-year...
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Beth & Tim Manners
May 31, 20192 min read
Are HS College Credits a Good Investment?
Market Watch: “With college costs and student debt rising, policy makers and education leaders have touted the potential of giving...
Beth & Tim Manners
May 22, 20192 min read
Goucher Redefines Liberal Arts
Washington Post: “At Goucher College, students no longer need to take a broad range of introductory classes outside their major to...
Beth & Tim Manners
May 17, 20193 min read
DePaul Tour: A Distinctly Vincentian Education
Never afraid of getting too much of a good thing, we squeezed in one last college tour during our Chicago whirlwind. With just hours to...
Beth & Tim Manners
Apr 29, 20194 min read
UVA Tour: It Takes an Academical Village
His name was invoked no less than four times during the first five minutes of our UVA tour. Thomas Jefferson is known for many things,...
Beth & Tim Manners
Apr 12, 20192 min read
Traditional Studies are in ‘Major’ Trouble
Axios: “In 1869, at Harvard, Charles Eliot invented the college major as we know it — each student would be channeled into a specialized...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 27, 20192 min read
What Does The Ivy League Really Want?
The Washington Post: “Because of the impressive SAT scores and high grades of students admitted to Ivy League institutions, many people...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 11, 20192 min read
Some Colleges Let Students Be Teachers
Houston Chronicle: “Wearing a ‘Pursuit of Hoppiness’ T-shirt, Rebecca Lee begins a Wednesday night ‘Houston Microbreweries’ course at...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 26, 20192 min read
How to Measure ‘Performance’ for Admissions?
Education Week: “Imagine a high school where students skip standardized end-of-course tests. Instead, to pass a class or graduate, they...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 25, 20191 min read
Drexel’s New ‘Honors College’ Complex
Philadelphia Inquirer: “Joining a trend among universities across the country, Drexel University will develop a residential complex for...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 13, 20192 min read
Code Language: AP & SAT Re-think Knowledge
Thomas Friedman: “A few years ago, the leaders of the College Board, the folks who administer the SAT college entrance exam, asked...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 11, 20191 min read
I Am Williams: Voices of the Undergrads
Williams College math major Ariana Ross ’17 discusses the symmetry between diving and mathematics and the importance of respect and...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 7, 20191 min read
College Board Changes AP Offering
USA Today: “The College Board will soon offer AP teachers new practice questions, instructional videos and automated assessments that can...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 4, 20191 min read
St. Olaf College: A Holistic Health Curriculum
St. Olaf Magazine: “From 2011 to 2016, 75 percent of St. Olaf students who applied to medical school with a cumulative grade point...
Beth & Tim Manners
Jan 28, 20191 min read
Harvard & Berklee: Dual-Degree Harmony
Harvard Gazette: A “five-year program, launched in 2016, allows students to pursue a bachelor of arts (A.B.) degree at Harvard and a...
Beth & Tim Manners
Jan 14, 20191 min read
Special Programs Help Prepare Freshmen
The Washington Post: The Educational Opportunity Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, “designed to prepare students for...
Beth & Tim Manners
Jan 10, 20191 min read
Planetarium is ‘High Point’ at HPU
“The main lobby of the new science building is nearly 50 feet high, topped by a cupola. A hallway leads into the building past big...
Beth & Tim Manners
Jan 4, 20191 min read
How Many APs Is AP-propriate?
US News: “Advanced Placement classes can set applicants apart in a competitive college admissions environment, demonstrating the ability...
Beth & Tim Manners
Dec 27, 20181 min read
Major Dilemma: What to Study at College?
US News: “College majors can be conventional, such as business, or off the beaten path. California State University—Fresno, for example,...
Beth & Tim Manners
Dec 21, 20181 min read
Admissions Tip: Making the Grade with GPA
Jeffrey J. Selingo: “A recent survey of college admissions officers found that nothing carries more weight in deciding which applicants...
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