Everything You Need to Know About Medical School Interviews
Prospective medical school students should prepare for their interview as if it were a full-time job. That means dressing professionally, avoiding speaking too casually and preparing for prompts and questions. “The interview day is very important in the process, and of course, you have to get invited for an interview,” says Beth Piraino, associate dean…
Everything You Need to Know About Medical School Interviews
Prospective medical school students should prepare for their interview as if it were a full-time job. That means dressing professionally, avoiding speaking too casually and preparing for prompts and questions. “The interview day is very important in the process, and of course, you have to get invited for an interview,” says Beth Piraino, associate dean…
Biden Administration Cancels $5 Billion in Federal Student Aid for 80,000 Borrowers
The move is the latest in a series to provide relief to as many borrowers as possible in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to block the president’s sweeping debt cancellation plan. The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it approved an additional $4.8 billion in federal student loan debt cancellation for roughly 80,000…
University Presidents Are Failing to Lead
A congressional hearing showed a glaring lack of leadership from college presidents. Our schools need honest, trustworthy, empathetic leaders. When the presidents of Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania appeared before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, it was an opportunity to defend their respective responses to antisemitism…
Medical Schools Warm to Curriculum Changes as Climate Threats Grow
Schools training the nation’s future physicians are incorporating climate change into courses, preparing students for challenges posed by the planet’s shifting patterns. Hugh Shirley recalls that much of the talk about the effects of climate change he heard during his first year at Harvard Medical School came within the context of broader discussions about social…
The War on College Campuses
Shortly after the militant group Hamas mounted a surprise attack killing 1,400 in Israel, the National Students for Justice in Palestine released a “toolkit” to help chapters across America organize a day of resistance on college campuses. Their materials called the rampage, in which the overwhelming number of dead were civilians and hundreds more were…
The Keys to Leadership in Higher Education
In order to address declining confidence in a college degree, rising debt and other issues on college campuses, higher education leaders should look holistically at their students needs and teach students the importance of civil debate, experts convened at U.S. News & World Report’s “The Evolution of Leadership: Education” said. And those leaders must be…
Global Assessment Reveals Historic Setbacks in Student Learning
In the first student assessment measuring math, reading and science achievement in dozens of countries since the pandemic, U.S. scores fell – even though it rose in international rankings. American students gained ground on their international counterparts in reading and math, according to results of an internationally benchmarked exam – but only because other countries’…
Schools Stock Overdose Reversal Meds, but Some Worry About Stigma
More than 30 states have laws allowing schools or school employees to carry, store or administer naloxone, but concerns about being a ‘bad school’ have fueled a reluctance among some officials to stock it. By Rae Ellen Bichell and Virginia Garcia Pivik | KFF Health News Last year, a student fell unconscious after walking out…
Poll: Americans Have Lost Faith in University Leaders
Americans are experiencing a crisis of faith in college and university leaders amid a volatile moment for the higher education sector, with more than half not trusting them to do the right thing for students. Nearly 80% of Americans surveyed in a new U.S. News-Harris Poll survey say that higher education institutions are more worried…
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