According to a news release from Ball State, the revitalization plan calls for the creation of a "best-in-class, multigenerational district" driven by arts and culture, entertainment and innovation with a new select service hotel, new dining, retail, service, living and gathering options. The Performing Arts Center is that catalyst for development and will provide a modern venue […]
Murky data and secretive practices have prevented the public from understanding the true extent to which legacy admissions affect enrollment on a national scale.
Recently, criticism of global university rankings has intensified. The causes and the possible consequences of this discontent are diverse and the future is hard to see, but it is a good bet that, in a few years, the international ranking scene will look very different. For those with jaded palates, Times Higher Education (THE) is planning interdisciplinary […]
Colleges and universities could take a page out of these ten schools' books, considering that 32% of undergraduate students received Pell Grants in the 2021–22 academic year, according to NCES.
Pensacola State College is offering money-back tuition guarantees for students enrolled in certain programs: welding, registered nursing and paramedics. All three fields will grow in the coming years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. PSC and all colleges in the 28-school Florida College System are offering graduates a tuition refund as a stipulation […]
Dartmouth College announced this morning that it would again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, starting next year. Like many other colleges during the Covid pandemic, Dartmouth dropped its requirement that applicants submit an SAT or ACT score. Three Dartmouth economists and a sociologist then dug into the numbers. One of their main findings […]
In light of a successful $2.1 billion fundraising campaign, the University of Kentucky president believes the generosity is a token of confidence the community has placed in the Wildcats to uplift the commonwealth.
Clayton Justice said he answered a job listing that appeared to have been posted by a Drexel University professor in October. It offered a paid internship as a research assistant. The internship offer was supposedly being run by Drexel University Economics Professor Dr. Marco Airaudo. The Federal Trade Commissioner offered these tips when accepting offers […]
Students applying to Indiana University, the state's flagship school, don't have to submit standardized test scores to be considered for admission. But they still have to take the SAT in high school. That is because Indiana started using the College Board's SAT in spring 2022 as its way of measuring school quality under federal education law. […]
The Rural Impact Initiative plans to better leverage regional partnerships and provide more robust workforce development opportunities for rural college students.
