Test-Optional Policies Drive Increase in College Applications February 23, 2021 2:33 PM by Izzy Hall Well-known and selective colleges such as the University of Virginia, Harvard and the University of California at Berkeley are seeing a spike in college applications due to their adoption of
College Students Help Administer COVID Vaccines January 26, 2021 2:15 PM by Izzy Hall COVID-19 vaccines are in the process of being distributed across the United States. There’s much to coordinate, between delivering vaccine dosages, scheduling vaccination appointments and actually
Medical School Applications Rise Dramatically During Pandemic January 13, 2021 1:21 PM by Izzy Hall Across the country, medical schools have seen a dramatic surge in candidates applying to their programs. After almost a year of dealing with the worldwide effects of COVID-19, it appears that the
College to Offer Half Price Tuition for Fall 2021 January 7, 2021 10:44 AM by Izzy Hall Southern New Hampshire University plans to cut tuition costs by 50% beginning next fall. This deep tuition price cut is a silver lining to the economic pressure the coronavirus pandemic has put on
The College Experience in a “Resort Bubble”? December 3, 2020 10:41 AM by Izzy Hall The coronavirus pandemic has changed our perspective on education. Online education, quarantine dorms and virtual campuses have been broadly implemented in the COVID era. In the midst of this
How Promising COVID-19 Vaccines Could Affect Colleges November 17, 2020 1:38 PM by Izzy Hall In recent days, two drug manufactures, Pfizer and Moderna, have both announced that their COVID-19 vaccines have had more than a 90% success rate in clinical trials. The thought of a COVID vaccine is
Capturing Student Sentiment About Fall Semester and Beyond November 12, 2020 1:34 PM by Izzy Hall As this highly unusual Fall 2020 semester is nearing its conclusion, administrators are anxious to see how college students have responded to online learning – and how many students are likely to
What Do Americans Think About College During COVID? October 29, 2020 11:34 AM by Susan Dutca-Lovell How do Americans feel about students going back to college campuses during the coronavirus pandemic? A new report from the Pew Research Center highlights that roughly half of adults believe it was
ACT Class Action Lawsuit: $16 Million Settlement for Students with Disabilities October 23, 2020 4:07 PM by Susan Dutca-Lovell ACT, Inc., the college admissions testing company, has agreed to pay out $16 million to 65,728 California students with disabilities to settle a class-action lawsuit. The class-action federal lawsuit
Test-Optional Colleges Pledge to Judge Applications Holistically October 22, 2020 4:12 PM by Izzy Hall In response to the coronavirus pandemic and the way it has made it harder than ever to take the SAT and ACT, many colleges and universities, from large state universities to small liberal arts