(The Boston Globe) By Curt Woodward — Billionaire investor Gerald Chan has already made his mark buying up much of the real estate in Harvard Square. Now he’s backing an education startup that took root in a Harvard University dorm. Chan’s Morningside Technology Ventures is leading a $3.1 million investment in CollegeVine, a Cambridge company that recruits college […]
Read More »(The Atlantic ) By Rose Corteau — Shortly after moving to New York two years ago, I began volunteering as a writing mentor at Minds Matter, a large, multi-city nonprofit that helps prepare underserved high-school students for college. Just a few months earlier, I’d graduated from a liberal-arts college I’d attended after participating in a […]
Read More »(Business Insider) By Abby Jackson — Standardized test scores, grade point averages, and teacher recommendations are well-known components of college applications. But schools use other less-discussed factors in admissions decisions as well: where and to whom you were born. Students’ demographic information is used for “predictive analytics,” a little-known x-factor that colleges often use for enrollment management. The […]
Read More »( US News ) By Farran Powell Mississippi is a long way from Upstate New York, but Allie Hanson wanted to attend a public university out of state and chose her school based on its aid award. “Mississippi State has awesome merit-based packages,” says the 19-year-old sophomore, of Clifton Park, New York. “Because I got a 30 on my […]
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