Scholar Launch, which started in 2019, connects high school students with mentors who work with them on research papers that can be published and enhance their college applications. The publication touts its "thorough process of review" by "highly accomplished professors and academics," but it also displays what are known as preprints. They aren't publications "in […]
As the implementations of AI continue to stun university officials, here are some of the most prominent facets of higher education being both positively and negatively affected by the game-changing technology.
"Our findings suggest that the transfer application process reflects the inequitable state of higher education," wrote the authors of the Common App transfer report.
Applicants at Penn will no longer be exclusively considered based on their legacy status. With Harvard tied up in the Supreme Court over a similar case, Penn's decision might be the first sign of a massive shift.
South Florida State College President Thomas Leitzel is set to retire on June 30, leaving his position up for grabs. "The position remains open as a result of our three finalists all for their own personal reasons have withdrawn their names for consideration," District Board of Trustees Chairperson Terry Atchley said at a special meeting […]
Thanks to Madeline Pumariega's vision to "elevate educational offerings to raise Miami's talent base," Miami Dade College is now built out with two AI centers and a slew of cutting-edge certifications and stackable credentials to provide its students a competitive leg up.
With robust digital credential programs emerging at schools across the country, it's clear that academic records and credentials are a natural place to begin.
Along with the launch in December of a simplified Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to request financial help for the 2024-25 year, the Department of Education is also changing its formula to determine who will qualify for aid and how much they'll receive. The changes fulfill legislation passed in 2020 aiming to make student aid easier to get. While students overall will […]
According to Burning Glass' data, a degree in data science earns a student a $100,323 median salary over the first ten years. However, where they graduate from can make a $40,000 difference.
Tests will remain required at the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech, while Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville will resume a testing requirement in what Chancellor Sonny Perdue characterized as an experiment to examine how requiring the exams affects applications. Perdue left open the possibility that he could ask regents to permanently abolish testing requirements […]
