University College Education in the USA

STEM majors at university

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STEM majors at university

• Video The Map of Engineering
• Article Can’t Choose? These Colleges Combine Liberal Arts and STEM Education
• Article 4 ways to help STEM majors stay the course

SAT/ACT for College Enrollment, Admissions universities

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SAT/ACT for College Enrollment, Admissions universities

• Article How the ACT and SAT exams are built to fail students
• Podcast RIP SAT - Today, Explained | Podcast on Spotify
• Article MIT - reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles

Woke, Cancel Culture and Free Speech Debate

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Woke, Cancel Culture and Free Speech Debate

• Article Cognitive Distortions - culture wars and Wikipedia
• Article The Great Awokening is transforming American politics - Vox
• Article Why the Latest Campus Cancellation Is Different - The Atlantic
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Drop in enrollment - Demographic Challenges facing Universities in the USA

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America’s total number of students has declined by an unprecedented 2.6 million, or 13 percent, over the last decade. Another drop of 15 ...

• Article Global fertility has collapsed, with profound economic consequences
• Article A Slow-Moving Storm: Why Demographic Changes Mean Tough Challenges for College Leaders | EdSurge News
• Note USA demographics shift: between 2008 and 2010, the total fertility rate fell by about ten percent
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Declining birth rates, and demographic challenges - budget, retirement, immigration and more

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Declining birth rates, and demographic challenges - budget, retirement, immigration and more

• Article The demographic time bomb that could hit America - The Washington Post
• Article Colleges face reckoning as plummeting birthrate worsens enrollment declines
• Note USA demographics shift: between 2008 and 2010, the total fertility rate fell by about ten percent
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Essay writing - College admissions, and applying to elite top universities in the USA

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Essay writing - College admissions, and applying to elite top universities in the USA

• Article Inventing the Perfect College Applicant For $120,000 a year, promises to turn any student into Ivy bait.
• Article Can ChatGPT Write a Good College-Admissions Essay?
• Book Valedictorians at the Gate
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Counseling and Coaching - College admissions, and applying to elite top universities in the USA

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Counseling and Coaching - College admissions, and applying to elite top universities in the USA

• Article Academic Research by High School Students - The Newest College Admissions Ploy
• Article Inventing the Perfect College Applicant For $120,000 a year, promises to turn any student into Ivy bait.
• Article What the admissions scandal parents got wrong about college - Washington Post

Woke, Cancel Culture, University Professors and Free Speech Debate on College Campus

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Woke, Cancel Culture, University Professors and the Free Speech Debate on College Campus

• Article Georgetown’s Cowardice on Free Speech - The Atlantic
• Podcast Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech - Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify
• Article A Medical Student Questioned Microaggressions. UVA Branded Him a Threat and Banished Him from Campus
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Graduation Speeches - motivational commencement talks for graduating students

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a short collection of funny and motivational talks to motivate students as they graduate (university)

• Video Tim Minchin - Live To Learn ( Inspirational And Motivational ) Goalcast
• Video Neil Gaiman 2012 Commencement Speech "Make Good Art"
• Video Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
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Student Debt (crisis) in the USA

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a collection of articles and videos looking at the mounting student debt crisis in the USA

• Article Student Loan Debt Is Now As Big as the U.S. Junk Market - Bloomberg
• Podcast The Student Debt Dilemma With Constantine Yannelis - Capitalisn't | Podcast on Spotify
• Article Who Really Benefits From Student-Loan Forgiveness? - The Atlantic
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Challenges facing Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the Challenges facing Universities in the USA

• Note Challenges facing public educational institutions in the US - Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence
• Article How to fix the Ivy League
• Video Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter (part 1/3)
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a16z discussion: Challenges facing Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the Challenges facing Universities in the USA

• Video Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter (part 1/3)
• Video Fixing Higher Education & New Startup Opportunities (part 2/3)
• Video Higher Ed Crisis: Ask Us Anything! (Part 3/3)

Adjunct Professors - and the Challenges facing Universities in the USA

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Adjunct Professors - and the Challenges facing Universities in the USA

• Note 50% of all teaching at US universities is now done by adjunct professors
• Video The Problem with "The College Experience" | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Challenges facing Universities in the USA - too many administrators

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Challenges facing Universities in the USA - too many administrators

• Article Stanford’s War Against Its Own Students
• Video The Problem with "The College Experience" | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Student loan industry and the Debt (crisis) in the USA

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a collection of articles and videos looking at the student loan industry and the mounting student debt crisis in the USA

• Podcast The Student Debt Dilemma With Constantine Yannelis - Capitalisn't | Podcast on Spotify
• Article Who Really Benefits From Student-Loan Forgiveness? - The Atlantic
• Article Drew Cloud Is a Well-Known Expert on Student Loans. One Problem: He’s Not Real
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Essays: tips, advice - Admissions, Application to College & University (USA)

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Essays: tips, advice - Admissions, Application to College & University (USA)

• Article 5 High Schoolers and Their College Application Essays About Work, Money and Social Class - The New York Times
• Article Can ChatGPT Write a Good College-Admissions Essay?
• Book Valedictorians at the Gate
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Harvard and Affirmative Action, Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the Affirmative Action and Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Article Affirmative Action Battle Has a New Focus: Asian-Americans - The New York Times
• Video Why You Shouldn't Go to Harvard | Malcolm Gladwell Highlights | Google Zeitgeist
• Article Harvard can use race as an admissions factor, at least for now - 2019 - The Conversation
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Rankings and Elite Top Universities in the USA

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a collection of articles about (some of the) best universities in the USA

• Article National University Rankings - including tuition - US News and World Report
• Website Free Speech Rankings - universities USA - College Pulse, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
• Article Forget ‘US News’ Rankings. For Online College Programs, Google Is Kingmaker | EdSurge News
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FIRE, Free Speech Rankings and Elite Top Universities in the USA

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FIRE, Free Speech Rankings and Elite Top Universities in the USA

• Podcast Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech - Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify
• Website Free Speech Rankings - universities USA - College Pulse, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
• Article Largest ever free speech survey of college students ranks top campuses for expression
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Ivy League Universities and other Elite Top Universities in the USA

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Ivy League Universities and other Elite Top Universities in the USA

• Article How to fix the Ivy League
• Video Why You Shouldn't Go to Harvard | Malcolm Gladwell Highlights | Google Zeitgeist
• Article Harvard, Stanford, and the Imagined Boundaries Among Elite Colleges - The Atlantic
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Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Article SchooLinks Raises $7M to Take on a Giant in K-12 College and Career Planning | EdSurge News
• Book Who Gets In and Why
• Article Prestigious colleges reveal the secret formula for deciding who gets in
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How colleges decide who to accept - Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

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How colleges decide who to accept - Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Book Valedictorians at the Gate
• Video 73 Questions With A Former IVY LEAGUE ADMISSIONS OFFICER | New York Times Published Author
• Article Dockets, ratings and ‘tips’: How Harvard admissions selects a student
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Legacy Admissions and Enrollment at Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the Affirmative Action and Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Article Why legacy places should be abolished - Exorbitant privilege - The Economist
• Article Harvard's freshman class is more than one-third legacy—here's why that's a problem - CNBC
• Article Harvard: 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staff

Beyond the Ivy League - other Elite Top Universities in the USA

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a collection of articles about (some of the) best universities in the USA

• Article Can’t Choose? These Colleges Combine Liberal Arts and STEM Education
• Article Ivy League Schools Are Overrated. Send Your Kids Elsewhere. | New Republic
• Article Top 25 Ivy League Competitors – Niche Blog
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Closing - Universities in the USA shut down amid budget cuts

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the Challenges facing Universities in the USA

• Article The looming decline of the public research university
• Article Harvard Professor Clay Christensen predicts massive college closures | Inside Higher Ed
• Article What It’s Like When Your College Shuts Down - The Atlantic
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During University - Suggestions for students -Jobs, Careers, Skills and Employment

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A collection of articles about Trends in Higher, University Education

• Article SchooLinks Raises $7M to Take on a Giant in K-12 College and Career Planning | EdSurge News
• Article 7 things everyone should do while they’re in college that can help them in the future - TED Ideas
• Article Should I Major in the Humanities? - The Atlantic
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Bribery and scandals - Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Article Opinion | Bribes to Get Into Yale and Stanford? What Else Is New? - The New York Times
• Article FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery scheme - 2019 - Washington Post
• Article What the admissions scandal parents got wrong about college - Washington Post
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Scholarships and Grants for University College Education - in Florida, USA

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A collection about Scholarships and Grants for University College Education

• Note How much does Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Pay?
• Article FAQs On Bright Futures Scholarship - Score At The Top - South Florida
• Website Florida Student Scholarship & Grant Programs
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Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - parenting advice for middle and high school

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a collection of articles about Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - parenting advice for middle and high school

• Note Merit aid and financial aid for university
• Article MIT - reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles
• Video Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting | TED Talk
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Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - problems, scandals and gaming the system

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Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - problems, scandals and gaming the system

• Article Harvard's freshman class is more than one-third legacy—here's why that's a problem - CNBC
• Article Inventing the Perfect College Applicant For $120,000 a year, promises to turn any student into Ivy bait.
• Article Dockets, ratings and ‘tips’: How Harvard admissions selects a student
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Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - advice for high school students applying to college

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Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - advice for high school students applying to college

• Book Valedictorians at the Gate
• Video 73 Questions With A Former IVY LEAGUE ADMISSIONS OFFICER | New York Times Published Author
• Book Who Gets In and Why
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Understanding University Endowments- for students Applying to University

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A collection of articles to help Understanding University Endowments- for students Applying to University

• Article Brown University raising $120 million to eliminate all student loans
• Article 5 ways to check a college's financial health

Public land-grant universities in the USA

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Public land-grant universities in the USA

• Article All public universities get private money, but some get much more than the rest - The Conversation
• Note Challenges facing public educational institutions in the US - Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence
• Article Land-grab universities — High Country News
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Research universities in the USA

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Research universities in the USA

• Article The looming decline of the public research university
• Article Ivory sour. Universities are failing to boost economic growth
• Article National University Rankings - including tuition - US News and World Report
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University budget challenges after COVID19 Coronavirus

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University budget challenges after COVID19 Coronavirus

• Article UW System calls for academic cuts, layoffs, online advances to survive post-pandemic world
• Article Colleges spend $2.2 billion + marketing themselves to attract students
• Article These Four States Account For Half Of The Recent College Enrollment Decline
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Universities in the USA and budget cuts

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Universities in the USA and budget cuts

• Article 6 ways a drop in international students could set back US higher education
• Article Colleges spend $2.2 billion + marketing themselves to attract students
• Article US will allow entry for fully vaccinated travellers beginning in November - ICEF Monitor
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College Sports and University budget challenges after COVID19 Coronavirus

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College Sports and all University budget challenges after COVID19 Coronavirus

• Article An open letter to the Stanford community and the Stanford Athletics family
• Article Pac-12 rescue: Coronavirus loan program to bail out athletic departments if football canceled
• Article Pac-12 football shuts down: Coronavirus forces first canceled fall season in more than 100 years
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Elite Top Universities - Global

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A collection of resources about elite top universities globally, this compilation offers comprehensive insights into the characteristics,...

• Article Saclay sacré - How France created a university to rival MIT
• Article Tech hotspots. A new Silicon Valley. Behind DeepSeek lies a dazzling Chinese university

Rankings and Elite Top Universities - Global

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Rankings and Elite Top Universities - Global

• Article Researcher finds link between university rankings and QS contracts
• Article National University Rankings - including tuition - US News and World Report

SAT preparation for College Enrollment, Admissions - University USA

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SAT preparation for College Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

• Website Khan Academy - SAT Practice
• Article SAT Exam Review 2021 | Study Guides, Trivia, Lives | Fiveable
• Video Understanding Your PSAT/NMSQT Score Report
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No-limit Parent Plus loans, and the University student debt crisis in the USA

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No-limit Parent Plus loans, and the University student debt crisis in the USA