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Glendale Girl Scout Kaitlyn Van Der Werf has been named the top cookie seller this season by Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council as the 14-year-old of Troop 2232 sold 7,788 boxes
New data from Georgetown show that nearly a third of colleges and universities leave most students worse off 10 years after enrolling than their peers with only a high school diploma.
Creating sea change: why ocean literacy is key to protecting our marine ecosystems?
Competition among U.S. colleges to win an increasing share of the billions of dollars in federal and private research funding available annually has reached a fever pitch in recent years, as schools look to boost their reputation, recruit top talent and use the money to spur economic development, including potential startup companies. UConn has put itself squarely in the middle of that battle, and has seemingly doubled down on efforts to raise its profile as a research university by recently naming Radenka Maric interim president.
The number of all-women colleges in the United States stood at more than 100 in 1961. Today, there are less than 50 with that number expected to shrink further in the years ahead, experts said. While some elite, well-known all-women colleges — Mount Holyoke, Smith, Barnard College of Columbia University, and Wellesely — may never go extinct, lesser-known institutions have faced hard times in recent years related to declining enrollments and greater competition.