No-Nonsense College ‘Early action’ isn’t the same thing, and it gives students and parents more leverage In November, even in the midst of COVID19, high school seniors will face deadlines for submitting applications under colleges’ early admissions plans. Early admissions has become much more popular among applicants and a larger source of students, particularly for selective, brand-name colleges. According to the College Board, some 450 U.S. colleges and universities have early decision or...

In July the internet went nuts when Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, made $13 billion in one day, according to Bloomberg. Typical was the response of progressive former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who tweeted: “During the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Jeff Bezos added $13,000,000,000 to his wealth in a single day. “Tax the rich.” Indeed, American billionaires saw their wealth increase by $434 billion during the two months between mid-March and mid-May when nearly 30 million...

No-Nonsense College Nearly a third say they are more likely to attend an online-only college rather than a traditional four-year college or university Day after day we get new reports of colleges and universities that optimistically reopened their doors shutting down because of big clusters of COVID19 among their students. Some are going exclusively online again, others are adopting hybrid models, but the traditional campus ambience of crowded lecture halls, packed sports arenas, fraternity...

As COVID-19 disrupts schools and testing, ‘soft’ skills count more Parents nationwide are suffering high anxiety about the coming school year. COVID-19 has caused many school districts to go exclusively remote. For students, parents, educators and political leaders, this has become one hot mess. It’s even more complicated for rising high school seniors, now in the home stretch of the college-admissions process. This is usually when they polish off their personal statements, make one last push...

The police killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests that followed have prompted much soul searching and re-examination of racial attitudes and policies everywhere from family dinner tables to corporate boardrooms to the halls of Congress—and, maybe someday, the White House. These discussions have taken place on college campuses for years, but many American colleges and universities have made little progress in achieving true diversity and inclusion in their own student...