Surprisingly, Colleges See Boost in Early-Decision Applications
By now college admissions officers are used to their schools taking a hit because of the economy. A complete campus power-down? If we must. Fewer TAs and books, and brown lawns? Anything to stay within budget. So you can imagine their surprise when they checked out early-decision stats and actually saw a rise in fall […]
Princeton Simulates Poverty in “Realville”
What better way to understand poverty than by playing pretend?
Last year, Princeton ran a month-long simulation called “Realville.” Participants were assigned families and budgets — and even given paper money! Starting tomorrow, you can follow Realville: The Sequel.
Maybe this is a good idea. After all, Barbara Ehrenreich wrote Nickel and Dimed — a super […]
GradeFund Helps Stellar Students Pay for College
Tuition increases. Budget cuts. How are college students suppose to pay for college while times are rough? Maybe it’s time for some donations. According to the
Yes We Can!…Have a College Football Playoff
It’s no surprise that college students went overwhelmingly for Big Barry Obama in this month’s presidential election. Was it his refreshing take on foreign policy? College debt programs? Or was it his strong support of a college football playoff system?
On the campaign trail, and in his 60 Minutes interview last Sunday, […]
It’s Lights Out for Western Kentucky University
Just how far are schools willing to go to combat budget crunches? For two weeks in December and July, Western Kentucky University will shut down completely. Western’s VP of finance and administration hopes this measure will cover a little over $100,000, or 20%, of the $500+ hike in energy bills.
Hey do you think if energy […]
Getting an A at Brown: Easier than Finding Free Food
Yeah, burn.
Last year, Brown profs went for the free-for-all approach: the majority of grades administered were As. What happened to working for it?
Also…sign me up, please.
(Source: Brown’s Office of Institutional Research via Inside Higher Ed)
Tufts Paper Unclogs Joe the Plumber’s Story
Mighty Joe the Plumber was being feted for a while on TV, right wing radio, the blogosphere, and even in Nashville, TN, where he was rumored to be considering a country music career. But the media got distracted when the next bumblebee flew by. As his latest chitchat with the Tufts student newspaper shows though, […]
Survey Shows Things are Tougher for Transfers
Not everyone gets their college choice right the first time around. But is transferring to another school really going to solve all your problems? A new study from the National Survey of Student Engagement (via the Chronicle of Higher Ed) found that transfer students have a harder time getting involved and interacting on […]
Virginia Tech Students Make April 16 Documents Accessible
The whole truth, and nothing but the truth. This is what compelled Virginia Tech engineering student Justin Harrison to scan and post online thousands of documents relating to the April 16, 2007 campus shooting that resulted in the deaths of 32 students and teachers, reports The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Harrison got access to the boxes of […]
mtvU Honors Cutting-Edge College Music
Vampire Weekend. Asher Roth. Santogold. The Cool Kids. Lykke Li. What kind of event brings out such cool-power on a Thursday night? Why, the 2008 mtvU Woodie Awards, of course! MTV’s all-things-college channel honored the best college bands, performers, and music innovators last night at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC. No one […]
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