If you’ve been paying attention to the news for the past day or so, you may have seen reports with headlines like, “College Costs Slow Down,” “Are Soaring College Costs Finally Leveling Off?” and “Annual Rise in Cost of Public College Slows.” All of these articles focus on a new report from the College Board showing that on average, tuition and fees at four-year public schools rose just a hair under 3% this year, the…
NPR reports on research from Georgetown University, presenting information the most and least lucrative majors in two convenient graphs. It’s useful information and it’s…
So the Common App and its technological challenges are still in the news this week. After reading a ton of articles on the topic,…
Welcome to the first of what will be an ongoing weekly feature here at the Peterson’s Newswire: our Monday Link Roundup. Every week we’ll…
A new article on Forbes is all about how the need for workers who’ve studied STEM (that is, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects…
There’s an article on TeachingChannel.org all about “Writing to Learn.” Give it a read if you’ve got a few minutes — it’s got some…
Last week, Peterson’s introduced a brand new scholarship search tool that makes it easier than ever to search for and find scholarships that help…
Yesterday in an article on CNN.com, teacher and educational consultant David Marcus responded to the recent technical difficulties on the Common App website by…
Most students are well aware of the existence of scholarships, yet ignorant of how best to seek them. Searching for scholarships can be a…