College Board Backpedals - No Adversity Score to be Added August 30, 2019 2:05 PM by Susan Dutca-Lovell College Board is ditching its previous plan to capture socioeconomic information from students with a single score - also known as an "adversity score" - when scoring their SAT college admissions
Author Argues "Assault on American Excellence" in Highly Critical Book August 15, 2019 11:01 AM by Susan Dutca-Lovell In his book "The Assault on American Excellence," author and former dean of Yale Law School Anthony Kronman is highly critical of American colleges, particularly when it comes to issues of
Carpenter Comps College Costs for 33 Iowans July 23, 2019 3:50 PM by Susan Dutca-Lovell An Iowa Carpenter sent 33 Iowan students he'd never met to college with the $3 million he had in savings. Prior to his death in 2005, Dale Schroeder told his attorney that he wanted to use the money
Apprenticeships No Longer Just for "Blue Collar" Employment June 25, 2019 11:21 AM by Susan Dutca-Lovell The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing to expand and advance the development of high-quality apprenticeship programs, run by business groups, colleges and other entities. The Department of Labor
Harvard Revokes Parkland Shooting Suvivor's Admissions Offer June 18, 2019 2:16 PM by Susan Dutca-Lovell Harvard revoked more admissions offers - this time involving 10 students who participated in a Facebook group called "Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens." Jokes about abusing children and the
China Warns Students Against Studying in the U.S. June 4, 2019 4:24 PM by Susan Dutca-Lovell China's Ministry of Education is warning its students about studying in the United States in its first "study abroad alert" of the year. Students are advised to "prepare accordingly" given the
Ciara Levels Up, Headed to Harvard Business School May 21, 2019 3:51 PM by Susan Dutca-Lovell Ciara will soon "one, two step" in the halls of Harvard University's prestigious Business School according to her latest Instagram post in which she shared the good news of being accepted into the
Graduating Grandma Garners Top Honor of Valedictorian May 14, 2019 11:14 AM by Susan Dutca-Lovell For a 72-year-old grandmother, graduating from college with a bachelor's degree from The University of New Mexico was "better late than never." To top that off, Rigina Wright also graduated at the
Protest at Johns Hopkins U Over Proposed Private Police Force May 7, 2019 10:26 AM by Susan Dutca-Lovell Photo courtesy of The Baltimore Sun. Student at Johns Hopkins University have staged a month-long sit-in at Garland Hall, JHU’s main administrative building, to protest the university's plans for
Essay Mills Providing a "Side Door" for College Students April 9, 2019 4:08 PM by Susan Dutca-Lovell Thirteen parents and one coach charged in the "Operation Varsity Blues" college cheating scandal will plead guilty in accordance with plea agreements. While elite parents implicated in the