To give themselves more breathing room, colleges have tried instead to spread out the process with multiple submission deadlines over several months. While some colleges like the University of Virginia published their deferral numbers right after decisions went out (it pushed 21 percent, or 7,707 early applicants, to regular), most don't, leaving applicants in the dark about […]
First-time undergraduate earners made up 86% of the 58,800 drop in total credential earners, which "marks the largest decline in first-time graduates since 2012-13," according to the report.
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita's aviation success and the need for more trained aviation workers got some attention on Capitol Hill Thursday morning. The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing about strengthening the aviation workforce. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas is on the committee. In her testimony, Utash told the […]
The 1988 political science Colorado College graduate will speak at the college's 149th commencement ceremony on May 28, according to a news release. Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, served as a Republican representative of Wyoming from 2017 until 2023 and chaired the House Republican Conference for two of those years. She […]
Until this year, the University of Kentucky's William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology had never returned any of the more than 4,500 Native American human remains in its collections. That is about to change. Weeks after ProPublica published the "Repatriation Project," the university told federal officials that 138 ancestral remains in its collection could be repatriated to […]
More respondents chose a "college with the best program for my (my child's) career interests" (38%) than they did a "college with the best academic reputation" (11%) as the two top factors in the selection process, according to The Princeton Review's 2023 College Hopes & Worries Survey Report.
Famous for their tendency to buck tradition, many Gen Zers don't think a successful career necessarily requires a college degree, or even a 9-to-5 job. Forty percent believe college degrees aren't necessary, finds a global study of more than 7,000 Gen Z workers conducted by freelancing job platform Fiverr in partnership with Censuswide. And 70% said they […]
The University is the last Ivy League college to announce test-optional extensions through 2024. Harvard, Princeton and Dartmouth all extended their test-optional policy beyond the upcoming admissions cycle, and Columbia announced March 1 it would permanently switch to test-optional admissions. Penn and Yale have confirmed that they will be test-optional for the 2023-24 cycle, while Cornell has extended the policy through the next two cycles. Of the students […]
