(NY Times) by Rebecca Sabky HANOVER, N.H. — When I give college information sessions at high schools, I’m used to being swarmed by students. Usually, as soon as my lecture ends, they run up to hand me their résumés, fighting for my attention so that they can tell me about their internships or summer science […]
Read More »(US News) by Lauren Camera Colleges and universities in the U.S. could see a sharp decline in enrollment of international students if initial figures from a survey are an early indicator of what’s to come. Nearly 40 percent of responding U.S. institutions are reporting a drop in international student applications, particularly from students in the […]
Read More »(Business Insider) by Abby Jackson. At 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of anxious high schoolers found out if they were accepted or rejected into the Ivy League. Here’s what we know about who got in: Brown University accepted 2,722 from 32,724 applicants, according to a school representative. The admissions rate for the class of 2021 was 8.3%. Last year, Brown accepted 2,919 of 32,390 applicants, […]
Read More »(Forbes) by Richard Vedder. In dating, there are enormous information problems. A guy knows the kind of girl he wants to date, but how does he find her? Modern technology can help marvelously: my own daughter found her husband on Matchmaker.com. Similarly, there is an enormous information problem that universities and their students continually confront. […]
Read More »(Christian Science Monitor) by Natasha Warikoo. At this time of year, many high school seniors across the country are anticipating decision letters from colleges to which they’ve applied. Some have benefitted from expert coaching from parents, guidance counselors, and expensive private college counselors. Others muddled through, relying on their own instincts and perhaps the good […]
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