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Recently, “several private colleges and universities in New England will cost more than $90,000” to attend. This is an insane amount of money to pay for simply going to school. A lot of people have different opinions regarding why college has gotten so expensive, but at the end of the day, one of the key…
Applications are up and acceptance rates are down after a chaotic year in college admissions. But a number of factors could dampen enrollment optimism. Members of the class of 2028 began receiving their college acceptance (and rejection) letters last week. Acceptance rates at highly selective institutions continued their plunge into the low single digits, with a few notable exceptions. And many public flagships and mid-sized private universities increased their selectivity as well.
The shortage of educators and school staffers has reached a crisis level in some Pennsylvania public schools. The state will need to fill thousands of vacancies for teachers, principals and administrative staff by August of 2025 - according to a report from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Billy Hileman, president of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, said there's been a decline in enrollment for teacher education programs at universities in the past decade. ...
By Olivia Sanchez for The Hechinger Report.Broadcast version by Terri Dee for Indiana News Service reporting for The Hechinger Report-Public News Service Collaboration People who read college applications are a lot like detectives. Without having been there for the event (the student's K-12 education and life), they must find clues in documents (high school transcripts and student essays) and eyewitness accounts (letters of recommendation) to solve the case (decide whether a student might be able to thrive at the college). But even with the extensive applications that each student submits, t...
The number of applicants to four-year college as of March 1 has increased by 6% over the same time last year, according to the latest update from the Common Application.