Great College Advice
JUNE 24, 2023
Which is Better: High GPA or Hard Classes? The question that parents and students most often ask me is, “which is better: getting a high GPA or hard classes?” The humorous, accurate, but not always helpful response is: “Take the hardest course you can and get an ‘A’ in it.” Here’s the scoop: this is not an easy question to answer categorically.
The Guardian Higher Education
JUNE 24, 2023
Students claim conflict of interest because universities have financial interests in language tests, while Greens argue system has ‘xenophobic undertones’ Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast International students are spending hundreds of dollars on mandatory English language tests that expire after two years – even if they have completed degrees in English and lived in Australia for years.
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Ray Schroeder
JUNE 24, 2023
The website − decker.edu.eu − says the college is “charming,” surrounded by "handsome Victorian homes, red brick main street and, lovely Georgian buildings on the Decker College quadrangle.” And that’s not all. Decker boasts it is “committed to academic excellence,” that it is has NCAA Division III teams in 24 sports and has formal ties with the “European Independent University.
Great College Advice
JUNE 24, 2023
Find the Right Fit: Start with Academics Finding the right college fit is tough. About as tough as finding a good pair of shoes. I recently bought a pair of shoes. I’m hard to fit. I have small feet for a guy (7.5). My feet are pretty wide. And they pronate, or roll in when I walk. Add to the fit issue, I’m pretty picky. Not just any shoe that fits will do.
Ray Schroeder
JUNE 24, 2023
Unity College enrolled well under 1,000 students a decade ago. Now, renamed Unity Environmental University, enrollment has soared to more than 7,500, thanks to its emphasis on online education. Unity began rethinking its offerings in 2012, leading to the launch of its first fully online program in 2016. Since then, the college has welcomed a larger class each year, with an estimated 95 percent of students taking courses online.
The Guardian Higher Education
JUNE 24, 2023
An unlucky cohort of undergraduates has been plagued by Covid restrictions, education strikes and finally a marking boycott Emily Smith, a final-year geography student at Durham University, never imagined her already heavily disrupted university experience could end like this. She won’t be graduating this summer because half her work remains unmarked owing to a national marking boycott by lecturers.
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