I’m a writer. Given that you’re reading this, you probably already figured that out. Maybe I should’ve planned the introduction to this post a little more carefully… oh well, going with it at this point. Onwards! Why am I emphasizing the obvious fact that I’m a writer? Because today I want to talk about something related to writing, especially for those authoring admissions essays, personal statements, statements of purpose, or any other piece of written…
We’ve seen several articles over the past weeks focusing on college choices as they relate to career success, including which majors lead to the…
It’s Monday and you know what that means: only 5 more days until the weekend! It’s also Halloween week, so hopefully most of you have…
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…
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…