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2025 Higher Education Trends
2025 Higher Education Trends The U.S. higher education landscape is undergoing significant transformations. Declining enrollments, financial constraints, and urgency to adapt to technological advancements are the challenges faced by Institutions. Deloitte’s recent report, “2025 Higher Education Trends,” provides valuable insights into these developments. Using the research findings, this blog explores the key factors shaping this…
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Top Summer Programs: Summer Science Program (SSP)
The Summer Science Program (SSP) is a non-profit organization that provides hands-on research experience to high school seniors. It is one of the oldest pre-college enrichment programs that is run and supported by its alumni.
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Yale Summer Program in Astrophysics (YSPA)
The Yale Summer Program in Astrophysics (YSPA) is a research and enrichment program hosted at Yale’s Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium (LFOP) for 36 rising high school seniors. YSPA students learn practical skills in computer programming, data analysis, statistics, writing, and other research methods.
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Gearing Up for a New Academic Year
Entering a new year at school can be daunting, especially if it is high school. While ‘High School’ is a term synonymous with an overload of academics for most students, it is also a turning point for exploring your interests and career choices through extracurricular activities. That is why it is important for you to plan…
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The New Ivies in 2025- A Forbes Study
The Rise of the New Ivies The March issue of Forbes has published an article, “The New Ivies 2025: 20 Great Colleges Employers Love.” The Forbes list reassesses America’s higher education institutions’ hierarchy. There are the traditional Ivy League institutions like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton etc. that have been historically regarded as prestigious, providing intellectual…
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Planning for College: A Guide for High School Students
These first few months of the school year are busy, busy, busy! For those entering their freshman year/Grade 9 it can be a new start to their learning while for those entering their senior year, it can very much feel like the beginning of the end. Whether you are in Grade 9, 10, 11 or…
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Acceptance Rates of Colleges at a Glance-Class of 2029
Acceptance Rates of Colleges at a Glance- Class of 2029 Introduction The 2025 college admissions cycle has seen both record-breaking application numbers and historically low acceptance rates across top universities in the U.S. While some institutions experienced an increase in acceptance rates, others became even more selective. Let us look at what the figures say…
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Public versus Private Universities?
The simple difference between Public and Private Universities is that Public universities are paid for by the state’s taxpayers and private universities run on endowments from alumni etc. This changes the way resources are allocated, and mainly the way students get admitted. For all public universities, the Common Data Set would say that the criteria…
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The Top 10 Christian Colleges Shaping Students’ Future
Christian Colleges in the USA Students searching for colleges mainly look at colleges for their academic rigor, extracurricular activities, and research opportunities. They often overlook the deep-seated role of faith and religion in many institutions in the U.S.A. It is common knowledge that the earliest institutions in the U.S were modelled after Oxford and Cambridge…
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Top 15 Party Schools in the U.S.
Party Schools in the U.S. College life is touted as the best four years of your life. The thrill of being independent, excited about exploring new opportunities, going for sporting events, and the late-night chats all add up to you graduating as a confident person, ready for the world of work. These transformative years bridge…