A New Major for Social Science and Technology students at SUNY Albany With growing concern over national security in general and cyber security in particular, University at Albany, State University of New York has become the first university to award a bachelor’s degree to majors in: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity. The College of …
High school students, especially juniors and seniors, face stress that they have never before experienced: hours of written assignments, a bevy of extracurricular activities, and fairly intensive study schedules for AP courses and accompanying exams. Overwhelmed, students try to figure out how to balance it all. As a result, high school students do not dedicate …
Why do so many college freshmen at our nation’s top universities think they’re imposters? Let me say right away that this is not some new phenomenon; nor is this state of mind sweeping all college freshmen. However, for high achieving students—especially those who gain entrance to the top rung of colleges and universities in the …
The Intellectual vitality needed for study in the liberal arts develops students who are empathic, deeply searching, enlightened, endlessly creative, and confident in their ability to lead. Liberal arts students have debated, analyzed, and, sometimes, even concurred with writers, thinkers, and leaders from so many fields of study, that they somehow feel emboldened enough to handle …
There are many ways to get a fine education in our nation; liberal arts colleges like Reed, Kenyon, St. John’s (Santa Fe or Maryland locations), Bowdoin, Middlebury, or Vassar are tough to beat for individual attention and smaller scholarly classroom experiences with close mentorship. However, because of recent backlash against the selectivity of our Ivy …
Excerpted from Getting In by Standing Out: The New Rules for Admission to America’s Best Colleges Let me say a word about AP or IB courses at this point. I understand that the new rigor of these courses and the stress placed upon the end of year standardized exams have gotten a bad rap recently. …
Clearly, in the present college environment, STEM Majors are the “favorite children” for internships and first job opportunities. Here are the top ten most employable STEM majors and some professional options within each major: Information Technology is presently considered the most valuable major, with a #1 national ranking for employability. A degree in Info Tech …
Online learning has faced a steep climb in terms of receiving respect from universities and recruiters. There are questions about the level of curriculum rigor, lack of in-class collaboration and intellectual give and take in such courses. All of these issues lead to a tough sell when an on-line student applies for a professional internship …
So Many Tests, So Little Time. How do I Choose between the SAT and ACT? I know, I know, students can just go nuts trying to decide which of these two “adorable” standardized exams will best demonstrate their natural intelligence and analytical ability. Let’s break it all down: 1) THE SAT format has three sections: …
Remember that the college major or concentration you think you want as a freshman may very well not be the one you graduate with. Be open to trying a number of different fields in your first two years. Most students do not proclaim a major until the end of sophomore year—how wonderful that you get …