Students are rejecting elite colleges like Columbia and Yale to attend southern schools like Clemson: report

Prospective students are increasingly opting for colleges in the Carolinas and Florida over elite northeastern schools due to antisemitism and COVID policies. Read More

College Uncovered

November 9, 2023 • While colleges make it seem like they choose applicants solely on their merit as students, that's not always the case. Former admissions officer Kyra Tyler shares her ... Read More

Us & Them

In this episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay remembers his dear friend Alice Moore who recently passed away. Kay talks about the gentle kindness that defined their relationship, which stretched ... Read More

$90,000 colleges, the toolbelt generation, and why high schools need a three-track system

Some Vanderbilt students will have $100,000 in total expenses for the 2024-2025 school year. And the price tag without travel will be more than $90,000 for four New England universities starting ... Read More

4-Year-College Graduation Rate

The four-year-college graduation rate metric is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology for a detailed look at the data behind the analysis. Read More

US foreign-born population shatters record as border crisis escalates

A report also said that in February 2024, the foreign-born population in the United States hit a new high of ... straining the Big Apple’s shelter system and budget. More than half of the ... Read More

What the End of ‘College for All’ Means for the Future of America’s High Schools

This essay was originally published as part of the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s 2023 “State of the American Student” report. As part of the effort, CRPE asked 14 experts from various ... Read More

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it leads to a permanent drop-off in the number of applications,” Mark Kantrowitz, a financial-aid expert, told me. With declining enrollment, small colleges with high rates of low-income or ... Read More

Watch live as Solar Eclipse 2024 begins path across the US

Follow along as the solar eclipse journeys across the United States — with the moon momentarily blocking the sun for over 180 million people living in its path, including some lucky upstate New ... Read More

Solar eclipse could see cellphone signal impacted across the US

Today's (Monday) solar eclipse could see cellphone service impacted across the US, as millions are expected ... For the latest local news and features on Irish America, visit our homepage here. Read More

See Big Sean Squeeze Himself and 12 Musicians Behind NPR’s Proudly Tiny Desk

It’s enough to make you wonder if NPR has been misleading us ... Big Sean wanted to make the event special. “[This is] something my kids can look back on, something my family can look back on ... Read More

Watch the Official Trailer for 'Alex Edelman: Just For Us'

The HBO Original comedy special "Alex Edelman: Just For Us" premieres April 6 on Max. 'The Rock' explains why he's not endorsing Biden this time, how he feels about 'woke culture' Joaquin Phoenix ... Read More