Beth & Tim MannersFeb 8, 20212 minSelective Schools Value Elective ChoicesUniversity of Rochester: "Selecting only the courses that would be most impressive to a selective admissions committee would be fairly...
Beth & Tim MannersOct 28, 20201 minAuburn: 'Urban Studio' Develops DowntownBahm Now: "Located in downtown Birmingham, the Auburn University Urban Studio is a teaching & outreach program of Auburn’s College of...
Beth & Tim MannersApr 21, 20202 minCollege & Careers in the ArtsVanderbilt: "What you do in college has a surprising impact on your ability to sustain a career in the arts long-term, according to a new...
Beth & Tim MannersJan 28, 20201 minCornell 'College Scholars' Invent MajorsDaily Sun: "From tackling the economics of Uber to diving deep into Latin American politics, the College Scholar students plan to push...
Beth & Tim MannersJan 9, 20201 minLehigh Plans Business College ExpansionThe Morning Call: "A place for young companies to grow. Big data labs. Technological-equipped classrooms that will attract students and...
Beth & Tim MannersJan 8, 20201 minOberlin Transcends Traditional StudiesCrain's Cleveland Business: "Oberlin announced that in fall 2020, it will introduce five new programs of study 'that transcend...
Beth & Tim MannersDec 5, 20191 minPurdue to Build Data-Science FlagshipPurdue: "Purdue University will build a new $40 million facility dedicated to data science, designed to help the university meet its goal...
Beth & Tim MannersNov 12, 20192 minPre-Med Majors: Think Outside the SciencesUS News: "When Pre-Meds are comparing and contrasting college majors, they should understand that medical schools admit students with...
Beth & Tim MannersJun 26, 20191 minWhen Minor Interests Are Major StudiesCheatSheet: “Don’t you wish you could have studied in The Beatles in college? Believe it or not, majoring in this English rock band is a...
Beth & Tim MannersMay 22, 20192 minGoucher Redefines Liberal ArtsWashington Post: “At Goucher College, students no longer need to take a broad range of introductory classes outside their major to...
Beth & Tim MannersApr 12, 20192 minTraditional Studies are in ‘Major’ TroubleAxios: “In 1869, at Harvard, Charles Eliot invented the college major as we know it — each student would be channeled into a specialized...
Beth & Tim MannersApr 11, 20193 minPenn Tour: Be What You Seem, ReallyYes, it exhibits everything one would expect at an “ivy league” school: a grand, bustling green campus, suitably majestic and imposing...
Beth & Tim MannersFeb 4, 20191 minSt. Olaf College: A Holistic Health CurriculumSt. Olaf Magazine: “From 2011 to 2016, 75 percent of St. Olaf students who applied to medical school with a cumulative grade point...
Beth & Tim MannersJan 10, 20191 minPlanetarium is ‘High Point’ at HPU“The main lobby of the new science building is nearly 50 feet high, topped by a cupola. A hallway leads into the building past big...
Beth & Tim MannersDec 27, 20181 minMajor Dilemma: What to Study at College?US News: “College majors can be conventional, such as business, or off the beaten path. California State University—Fresno, for example,...
Beth & Tim MannersDec 7, 20181 minHow to Study for Jobs of the Future?NPR: “Eighty-five percent of the jobs that today’s students will do in 2030 don’t exist yet, the Institute for the Future has predicted....
Beth & Tim MannersOct 16, 20181 minMIT Launches Billion-Dollar AI IntitiativeThe Verge: “MIT has announced a $1 billion initiative to … establish a new college of computing to train the next generation of machine...
Beth & Tim MannersOct 1, 20181 minWhich Majors Pay Off Biggest?CBS: “A student’s major as well as their college can make a significant impact on their career earnings, according to a new study from...
Beth & Tim MannersAug 16, 20181 minGoucher Announces ‘Major’ CutbacksBaltimore Sun: “Math majors at Goucher College will soon be a thing of the past. Gone, too, will be physics majors, music majors and...
Beth & Tim MannersOct 17, 20171 minIvy League: What Are The Most Popular Majors?Business Insider: “So what do undergraduates at the eight Ivy League schools like to study? Turns out, it’s surprisingly similar no...