(The Atlantic) By Anna Diamond — On Thursday in South Korea, hundreds of thousands of high-school seniors sat down to take the Suneung, or the College Scholastic Ability Test. As students walked to the exam centers, well-wishers handed out “yut”—a type of taffy and a sign of good luck, so that test-takers would “stick” to the […]
Read More »Graham Holdings Company Reports Third Quarter Earnings ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 2, 2016– Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) today reported income from continuing operations attributable to common shares of $33.1 million ($5.87 per share) for the third quarter of 2016, compared to a loss of $231.2 million ($40.32 per share) for the third quarter of 2015. Net loss attributable to common shares was $230.8 million ($40.25 per […]
Read More »(New York Times) By Frank Bruni — Willard Dix is one of the crankiest observers of the college admissions process I know; he’s also one of the smartest. He worked at Amherst, his alma mater, then advised college-bound students at a private secondary school in Chicago. He now blogs about higher education. I asked him on the […]
Read More »(The Daily Pennsylvanian) By Julia Bell — Penn is encouraging other universities to pilot a team admissions strategy that Penn implemented four years ago — and Swarthmore has already adopted it. The tactic is used to increase efficiency, fairness and morale among college admission officers. Under the old system, admissions staff would divide applications and […]
Read More »(The Wall Street Journal) By Georgia Wells — Match Group, the owner of online dating apps such as Tinder and Plenty of Fish, reported a profit of $56.4 million, compared with a profit of $35.3 million a year earlier. Analysts had projected profit of $40 million, according to a survey by FactSet. Dating revenue increased […]
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