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This post is portion of Employ Education, an ongoing series in which ReadWrite examines technological innovation in education and how it’s reshaping universities that are preparing students for a transformed workforce. Why pay thousands of dollars...

On August 1 the 2015-16 Common Application will be released; however, several colleges have already released their supplemental essay prompts, and the new essay prompts for the Common Application are also available. The summer is an opportune time to...

Looking to end “a system of privilege and oppression,” Northwestern University announced last week that most student groups on campus must begin admitting any interested students by next year or they will lose university funding. That could mean groups...

Earlier this month I was in Cambridge, Massachusetts, giving a lecture on arts and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Policy. In lieu of standard hotel accommodations, I was offered the chance to stay in John F. Kennedy's senior...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Sexual assault is a major problem on college campuses. One in five women, and one in sixteen men will be sexually assaulted before they graduate from college. A U.S. Senate subcommittee reported in 2014 that 40% of colleges...