Actress Emma Watson is embarking on a new adventure: the college search. Apparently she is considering a liberal arts degree from one of the Ivies. She was spotted this week visiting Yale University, Harvard University, and Brown University.
While it was difficult for her to maintain a low profile amid the throngs of Harry Potter fans [...]
Read full post...The Los Angeles Times ran an opinion piece today written by Anthony W. Marx, the president of Amherst College, in which he eloquently defended independent decision-making by independent colleges. In the past year or so, Congress has had its knickers in a twist about the rising value of college endowments at some private colleges–even as [...]
Read full post...President Richard C. Levin of Yale University has announced that the University will construct two new residential college and “expand its footprint” in New Haven. This expansion will alleviate some overcrowding in the current residential colleges, and it will allow the undergraduate student body to grow by about 13 percent. You can read [...]
Read full post...Bowdoin College announced that it has joined the ranks of colleges that have eliminated loans from their financial aid packages. These loans are being replaced by outright grants (or need-based scholarships) to its current and incoming students. It is the first college with an endowment of under $1 billion.
Others that have made similar [...]
As the January admissions deadlines roll by, high school seniors are now starting to feel anxious.
As if the whole past year of selecting colleges and filling out applications wasn’t enough. Now seniors have to try to relax as admissions officers across the country decide their fate: admitted, denied, or (gasp!) wait listed.
An article [...]
An article in today’s New York Times reports that Yale University has followed the lead of Harvard in pumping $24 million into its financial aid budget. This will help reduce the squeeze on middle income families with incomes of less than $200,000. Financial aid packages for a large portion of current and future [...]
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