(Campus Technology) by Dian Schaffhauser. Ed tech company Hobsons has introduced new functionality into Naviance, a K-12 college and career “readiness” program that helps counselors match up student strengths and interests with their post-secondary goals. “Intersect,” as the new feature is named, allows college admissions offices to publish information about their institutions to the high […]
Read More »(Huffington Post) by Elizabeth Benedict. In 2014, Time published an article that shook up college-bound families: “College Application Essays Don’t Matter as Much as You Think.” It was based on research that had just come out in The New Republic challenging the conventional wisdom – that application essays are major determining factors. Said Time: “You […]
Read More »(The Washington Post) by Samantha Schmidt. The Facebook messaging group was at one point titled “Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens.” It began when about 100 members of Harvard College’s incoming freshman class contacted each other through the university’s official Class of 2021 Facebook group. They created a messaging group where students could share memes about popular culture — a growing trend […]
Read More »(Inside Philanthropy) Paul Perry and David Callahan. How broken is the U.S. education system? Very broken, if a 2016 Civic Enterprises Report is anything to go by. Today, 17 percent of high school students still don’t graduate with their class. And another 17 percent of those that do are ill-equipped for college. Add that together, and the system is […]
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