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Gearing up for students heading back to school next week, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released its annual back-to-school facts and figures for the coming school year in… Continue reading "Nearly 20 million expected to attend U.S. colleges, universities: report"
Less than two months after the College Board’s June SAT controversy, another issue has left students and parents venting their frustrations on social media.
Accounting, Chemistry, and Computer Science are all ranked highly in a list of undergraduate college majors with the best career prospects, according to a job search website.
Researchers at MIT are now exploring “machine-learning strategies” as a means of regulating dosages of chemotherapy and radiotherapy administered to cancer patients, writes Rob Matheson in a recently published article… Continue reading "Can machine-learning help make cancer treatment less toxic?"
Harvard University put forth lengthy legal arguments this past Friday in response to a group suing the Ivy League school for alleged discrimination against Asian-American applicants in the college admissions process.… Continue reading "Lawsuit against Harvard continues with university filing legal arguments"
The petition to rescore the June SAT surpassed its original goal of 25,000 signatures less than two weeks after the petition went live. Affected students continue to speak out on social media.… Continue reading "College Board adamant June SAT will not be rescored"
Toronto created more than 82,000 technology jobs from 2012 to 2017, which is more than the nearly 78,000 added in the San Francisco Bay Area over the same time period,… Continue reading "Toronto beats out Silicon Valley in tech job creation over past 5 years: report"
Starting in September of 2018, all students taking the ACT outside of the U.S. will be taking the computer-based test. According to the ACT FAQ, testing centres can “decide which… Continue reading "International students to take computer-based ACT starting September of 2018"
In a recent article for Inside Higher Ed, author Scott Jaschik discusses the recent wave of colleges dropping the SAT/ACT Essay requirement. The essay portion “has never been a requirement… Continue reading "College Board looks to University of California for guidance on SAT Essay"
Brown University followed other prestigious schools, such as Stanford and Princeton in dropping the SAT and ACT essay requirement for applicants, becoming the last Ivy League college to do so.… Continue reading "Brown University the last Ivy League school to drop SAT/ACT essay"
