For Ben Williams, college had to wait."I just wasn't ready to go to school," Williams said.
The expansion of the Internet into people's daily lives is resulting in radical changes in the college admissions process, as institutions have been forced to add another dimension to recruiting.But the Web's expanding role in college recruiting raises questions about whether students are really benefiting from the new technology.According to a recent report conducted by Stamats Communications, a higher education marketing firm, more than 80 percent of college-bound seniors used the Internet to research colleges last year, a jump from 57 percent three years ago."We're seeing (top
Signaling a growing concern over the fairness of university admissions criteria, Texas lawmakers recently proposed a bill that aims to reduce the importance of standardized tests for admittance to state colleges and universities. If enacted, the bill would limit the weight standardized high school and graduate tests, such as the SAT, ACT and LSAT carry in the admissions process to no more than 20 percent.Depending on the school, the current weight for standardized tests is 50-75 percent, said Texas Rep.
A survey of ranked colleges conducted by The Boston Globe found that top schools do not necessarily suffer from above-average suicide rates, despite their supposed stressful and competitive environments.Of the 11 colleges surveyed, eight had suicide rates below the national average for college students.Only two schools exceeded the average -- the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which topped the list with 10.2 suicides per 100,000 students per year, and Harvard University, with a rate of 7.4 suicides.Cornell University, with the fourth highest rate of suicide in the survey, was
North Carolina's air quality is among the most dangerous in the nation, according to a report recently released by two environmental groups."Danger in the Air," a joint publication of the N.C.
