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College freshmen are using Facebook to post the most bizarre messages to...
Now that the typical school year is ending, many high school seniors are excited to be heading off to college — but they've still got a few more excruciating weeks left hanging out in their hometowns...
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Here's how people around the world take exams
Examinations, tests, assessments—whatever the nomenclature, it’s hard to imagine schooling without them. Testing is the most popular method of quantifying individuals’ knowledge, often with the...
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The troubled college with a $85 million endowment will stay open one more...
Originally slated to close at the end of the summer, it appears that Sweet Briar College will stay open at least another year, after an agreement was reached between the school's leadership, activist...
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell: Here's why Harvard needs 'dumb' kids too
Author Malcolm Gladwell sat down with Jacob Weisberg at a 92Y event to discuss his latest book "David and Goliath" and Harvard admission policies. This program was originally recorded at 92Y.Watch...
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5 questions to ask yourself before applying to grad school
Do you have some vague plans to go back to school at some point and get some more education? Can’t go wrong with another degree, right?Well, no. In fact, that’s actually a pretty dangerous...
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One thing is clear now — the leaders of an imploding college didn't do nearly...
An agreement reached this weekend to keep an embattled Virginia college open for at least one more year seems to confirm accusations leveled at the school's leadership over the past few months — in...
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Cornell higher education expert: Troubled Sweet Briar College faces a 'very...
Supporters of embattled Sweet Briar College seemed to score a massive victory this weekend, as an agreement to keep the college open at least one more year thwarted an earlier decision to close the...
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Universities should ban PowerPoint — It makes students stupid and professors...
Do you really believe that watching a lecturer read hundreds of PowerPoint slides is making you smarter?I asked this of a class of 105 computer science and software engineering students last...
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To save a beloved 114-year-old college, its new leaders may need to destroy...
As the dust has settled on the 11th-hour deal that will hopefully keep Sweet Briar College alive for at least another year, it's become clear that the college's supporters are not out of the woods...
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The Obama administration has scrapped plans to rate colleges
The US Department of Education has scrapped long-standing plans to critically evaluate colleges, instead pivoting to create a consumer-focused tool with access to reams of higher ed data."The...
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Brazil has tuition-free college — but it comes with a catch
When American politicians laud free college plans overseas, they tend to identify European countries, such as Germany or Sweden, as noteworthy examples. Not as commonly discussed, Brazil also offers...
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This is how European countries pay for free college plans
While Democratic national contenders are calling for debt-free college in the US, they offer few details about how they would finance such a plan.Of course, many European countries like Germany already...
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Soon-to-be president of Sweet Briar reveals what will happen now that it's...
Sweet Briar has been saved. On Monday, a court ruled that the 114-year-old all-women's college will remain open for the next year, concluding a months long fight between Sweet Briar's Board and alumnae...
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The Supreme Court just took up a case that could end affirmative action
The Supreme Court will again consider a Texas student's challenge to the use of race in college admissions decisions, justices announced Monday.The case — Fisher v. University of Texas— centers around...
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Looming Supreme Court battle could be a major blow to affirmative action
The Supreme Court announced Monday that justices would reconsider a case on the use of race in Texas college admissions that they originally heard in 2013.The case — Fisher v. University of Texas—...
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Here's how students reacted when they learned their imploding college would...
Sweet Briar College received groundbreaking news this month when a court ruled the 114-year-old women's college will remain open for the next year.That ruling ended a months long fight between Sweet...
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These 16 insanely successful college dropouts show you don't need a degree
As a new crop of high-school grads prepares for adulthood, a life-changing decision comes into focus: when, where, and whether to go to college.Amid increasing tuition rates and growing student-loan...
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How one memo from 2002 may have helped launch the for-profit college boom
In recent years, many for-profit colleges have become known as "diploma mills" that earn huge profits at the expense of vulnerable students. But for-profit schools haven't always been so prevalent in...
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5 steps college grads can take to start making money
Graduating from college is both an exciting and stressful time as a young adult. The economy is not what it used to be, so there are a lot more unknowns about the future. On the flip side, there has...
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