The backlash started quickly after it was announced that the College Board would offer the SAT test in the summer – but only to students taking the National Society for the Gifted and Talented’s University Prep program. The program costs $4,500, and will be held on the campus of Amherst College in Massachusetts. The National Center [...]

  Students have been hearing it non-stop for months – they are facing a mountain of debt upon graduation. However, taking a closer look at recent developments reveals that there are a lot of things that colleges can do to help out. Now’s the time to have colleges reappraise some of their practices to try [...]

  It’s not only students who are accruing huge amounts of debt these days – colleges are also suffering. Cuts in state funding for higher education combined with backlash against tuition increases have left many administrators scrambling for funds. Writing in The New York Times on Monday, Andrew Martin interviewed E. Gordon Gee, the president of Ohio State University, [...]

      Each year as the end of the high school academic year approaches, more and more senior students fall victim to the dreaded effects of “senioritis”. Although it’s just another word for laziness, or wanting to avoid work perceived as unnecessary, senioritis can have a real effect on students and on teachers. What’s [...]

    Whether you’re planning on heading to college or finding a full-time job after high school graduation, completing a summer internship can prove a hugely valuable experience. Applying for, taking part in and finishing a summer internship will give high school graduates some experience in understanding the working world. Moreover, if you’re a freshman, [...]

    With the U.S. and global economies still struggling to come to terms with the slowdown of a generation, perhaps now more than ever it’s vital for recent college graduates to go the extra mile to secure the employment they seek.  There is little doubt that in 2012, there are fewer attractive-paying jobs out [...]

  In a twist on the online dating service model, high school athletes and college coaches are meeting (if not falling in love) on beRecruited.com. This site, founded by Ryan Spoon (a former swimmer for Duke University) in 2000, was intended to make the recruitment process easier for both sides. 12 years later, the site [...]

  It was only eight years ago that the Los Angeles Board of Education decided to raise the bar for its high school students. This meant having them all take college prep courses before graduation. The intention was to raise standards in the school district, but it seems to have backfired, according to an article [...]