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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 19, 20242 min read
Vo-tech is STEM prep: Needy kids can't get in to learn a trade
High-needs students have a hard time getting into vocational-tech schools in Massachusetts, reports the Boston Globe. Most of the highly...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 17, 20242 min read
Biden forgives college loans, but young voters move right
Forgiving student loans -- more than $160 million so far -- and lowering monthly payments doesn't seem to be helping Biden very much with...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 12, 20241 min read
From Walmart Academy to a bachelor's degree in business
With credit for workplace training and Walmart’s tuition-assistance program, Bonnie Boop earned an online business degree, reports NPR's...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 11, 20243 min read
Conservative students learn to argue in college -- liberals stay in their bubble
Conservative students sharpen their ideas and listen to alternative perspectives -- they learn -- on very liberal college campuses,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 10, 20243 min read
Up, up and away: 'Recalibration' is raising AP exam scores
Advanced Placement scores were released this week, and they're higher than ever. But not necessarily because students are learning more....
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 6, 20241 min read
Tests may be 'optional,' but not if you want to get in to an elite college
Yale is not “being honest about the reality of our admissions process” because the university is “denying 98 percent of the students who...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 5, 20242 min read
The college pitch: How students write personal essays
Minority students are only slightly less likely to write about their racial or ethnic identity in college admissions essays, according to...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 22, 20242 min read
Politicizing humanities leaves grads still seeking deep, impractical learning
Colleges have politicized the humanities, leaving graduates feeling cheated of a liberal arts education.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 18, 20242 min read
Who's burning Berkeley?
A self-declared "scholar activist" who campaigned for prison abolition may get firsthand experience with the prison system. Casey Goonan,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 17, 20241 min read
Bobo: Don't talk about Harvard's faults, no, no, no
A Harvard dean wants to punish professors who criticize Harvard.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 9, 20243 min read
Elite angst: The privileged hate (and hoard) privilege
Privileged college students accuse others of "privilege."
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 8, 20241 min read
Young and gay
The Ivy League is not very heterosexual, notes Rod Dreher. You'll see that the percentages of LGBTQ+ students nearly tripled at Brown...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 6, 20241 min read
How to lose friends and influence nobody
Stanford students who occupied the president's office were arrested within a few hours and will be suspended.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 3, 20241 min read
Do you want a scone with your cappucino? '24 grads are struggling to find jobs
College graduates are finding it hard to get their first professional job.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Off with the keffiyeh, on with the job search: Employers 'resist' hiring activists
Ivy League graduates who've been resisting "late-stage capitalism" want jobs, but employers are resisting hiring them.
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Joanne Jacobs
May 30, 20241 min read
'Performance of Self' as a college major? No, it's not a parody
Parody or reality? Yes, these are real New York University graduates who've designed their own majors. "The Performance of Self" is my...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 30, 20242 min read
Is college worth it if you have to borrow? Only 22% say 'yes'
Most Americans don't think borrowing to go to college is worth it.
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Joanne Jacobs
May 29, 20242 min read
Why top college students don't read or go to class: Resume polishing is #1
At Harvard and other elite universities, students spend more time and energy on resume-polishing extracurriculars than classwork.
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Joanne Jacobs
May 28, 20242 min read
UCLA med school puts 'diversity' first, sees failure rates soar
UCLA has become a"failed medical school" because it "cut corners" to achieve racial diversity, a former admissions staffer says. Failure...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 27, 20242 min read
Yale wants science profs to 'promote DEI through teaching'
"Diversity" statements are out for job applicants at MIT: Would-professors won't have to pledge their loyalty to Diversity Equity and...
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