Choosing which college to commit to can be very daunting. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, the Class of 2024 will not have the opportunity to attend the preview days of colleges they were admitted to. Other ways that incoming freshmen can observe the culture of their universities involve analyzing their COVID-19 response, from looking at how their administration has accommodated students, faculty, and workers to how they have handled emergency relief funding from the CARES Act.
Read MorePrateek Swain is the co-founder and CEO of GreenTiger, a startup that seeks to provide Indian citizens with the ability to invest in US capital markets with zero commission trades. In this exclusive interview, Prateek shares how the idea came together and advice for other student entrepreneurs looking to apply to Y Combinator and break into the startup world.
Read MoreThese student loan asset-backed securities, otherwise known as SLABS, provide investors with cash flow when students make payments on the loan and interest. According to Forbes Magazine, the student loan debt currently figures at $1.52 trillion dollars, behind only mortgage debt.
Read MoreI completely relish my identity as an athlete, but I am a student first. That’s why the stories of parents and counselors photoshopping kids onto water polo players, football kickers, and rowers alike, and bribing coaches and athletics officials to have their “student-athletes” admitted to college leaves me feeling disgusted.
Read MoreOn March 2nd, in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, President Donald J. Trump declared his intention to sign an executive order supporting free speech on colleges’ campuses.
Read MoreSlowly, however, a trend has emerged wherein top recruits—the kinds we associate with programs like Alabama football or University of Virginia basketball—are choosing Ivy League programs over their Power 5 alternatives once again.
Read MoreThe US News ‘Best Colleges’ rankings, which are highly anticipated within the world of higher education each September, continue to inspire controversy even 35 years after their first publication in 1983.
Read MoreIn late September of last year, the FBI … [implicated] a number of individuals in coaching and corporate pipelines who facilitated the payment [to a college recruit].
Read MoreThere is no doubt that universities have expanded resources to better serve students from lower-income backgrounds, but the greater question at hand is how these students can thrive in the environments of elite institutions.
Read MoreShould collegiate athletes be compensated for their participation in sports?
Read MoreThese college consulting companies offer to coach high school students on how to best position themselves and their applications for success during the college admissions process for the Ivy League and other top-tier schools.
Read MoreI started at Princeton in the fall of 1995 in the College of Engineering
Read MoreReplacing College Classes?
Read MoreIt is necessary to consciously prevent financial crises before they happen, hence the effort to increase students’ awareness of social values and responsibility.
Read MoreA trip to the bookstore is among a college student’s worst nightmares
Read MoreThere’s a character in AMC’s brilliant series Mad Men, Paul Kinsey, who exemplifies the definition of a college education in a time past.
Read More20 years ago, blogs did not exist.
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