By Katy Oliveira August 20, 2020 (Collegehood Advice) – There is one thing I can say with certainty. This semester will be like no semester before. Navigating rapidly changing policies and enormous uncertainty can be stressful, upsetting, and overwhelming to say the least. Many universities and colleges who previously planned to bring their students back […]

This is no ordinary year as college students prepare to either start their freshmen year of college or head back to campus. Dr. Bari Norman, a former college admissions officer at Barnard College/Columbia University joins Mighty Mommy to offer guidance. By Cheryl Butler August 17, 2020 (Mighty Mommy) – Bari Norman, Ph.D., has worked in college admissions […]

By Karina Huber May 19, 2020 (CGTN AMERICA) Many colleges and universities in the United States don’t know if they will allow students to return to campus in the fall. Due to the uncertainty, many students are choosing to defer next year. College enrollment is expected to drop 15% in the next academic year. “There […]

By Elizabeth Berry July 31, 2020 (HER CAMPUS) — Four years ago, I was in a similar spot many high school juniors and rising seniors find themselves in at this very moment. I remember the stress of picking a topic for my college essay, asking teachers to write my letters of recommendation, and studying for the […]

They’re a stressful and often irrelevant component of the application process. Is it time to do away with them? By Hayley Glatter December 29, 2017 (The Atlantic) — The prospective student on the other end of the phone was frantic and desperate. She had already called my alma mater’s admissions office at least twice and […]

Mar 13, 2019 (CBS This Morning) — Celebrities and business leaders, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, are among 50 people who face criminal charges in a massive college admissions scam that was revealed on Tuesday. More arrests could come in the weeks and months ahead. Prosecutors say some of them paid millions to get […]

By Karina Huber August 15, 2019 (CGTN AMERICA) — Small colleges across the United States are closing at an unprecedented pace as they struggle to attract students and face revenue shortages. Part of the problem is demographics. The number of high school seniors is dropping – dramatically in some parts of the country – and […]

By Karina Huber MAY 29, 2019 (CGTN AMERICA) — WeWork joins other tech leaders in jumping into education by launching its own elementary school. Co-working giant WeWork is getting into the education field with a new school in New York that promises to develop a child’s entrepreneurial spirit along with traditional academics. The school’s arrival […]