Ghost students are viewed primarily as a financial aid problem. In reality, it is an institutional cybersecurity challenge that begins during enrollment and affects every system that depends on digital identity.
For years, the college essay prompts have asked for a far too familiar story: a challenge you overcame, a person who shaped you, a belief you challenged and so on.
The liberal arts have never been about accumulating isolated bodies of knowledge. They have been about helping students recognize relationships among ideas.
Maryland's community college system is the strongest in the nation based on cost and education and career outcomes, according to ranking of over 610 schools.
