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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 […]

By Lois Elfman April 21, 2019 (Women in Higher Education) — In mid‐March, indictments were handed down to 50 people involved in a far‐reaching college admissions scam. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, it is the largest such matter prosecuted in the United States to date. Operation Varsity Blues, as the investigation was […]

By Christopher Feaver Jan 23, 2015 (pressconnects) — A growing reputation for learning and research boosts enrollment on the Vestal campus The second look at Binghamton University was the charm for Kate Sherwood. After having been turned off by on-campus construction on her first visit to the Vestal campus in 2011 while a high school […]

By Daphne C. Thompson April 16, 2015 (The Harvard Crimson) — Fifty years ago, Harvard sent acceptance letters to 20 percent of roughly 6,700 applicants to the Class of 1969. By 2006, that figure had dropped to 9.7 percent for the class of 2010 and since then has continued on a downward trend overall, reaching a record-low 5.3 percent acceptance rate […]

By Sierra Knoch May 2, 2018 (HER CAMPUS) — So you’ve spent months anxiously awaiting your acceptance letters. You finally receive them and, surprise! You got into both of your dream schools! Once you’re over the initial shock of the good news, it’s time to decide. While going to two schools at once might sound fun, […]

By Andy Simmons Apr 1, 2008 (READER’S DIGEST) — If you’re on MySpace or Facebook, so is your potential boss. Time to make some changes? A New Kind of Resumé Here’s an interesting fact: Every American has, at some point, appeared naked, drunk, unconscious, rude, crude or felonious online. Okay, maybe not everyone, but surf […]

By Emily Schmitt March 26, 2009 (Forbes) — In the spring of last year, Punit Shah was preparing to attend MIT. He had sent in his deposit and confirmed his acceptance to the top-tier school. But when fall came around, Shah didnt go to MIT; he went to Harvard. Shah, now a freshman, was admitted […]

By Alex Kingsbury Aug 23, 2006 (U.S. News and World Report) — The University of La Verne sits on 26 acres of suburbia between the city of Los Angeles and the mountains. It’s a small place, with just over 1,600 students, most of whom live in three drab and boxy-looking dormitories. A decade ago, one […]