Posted on: 09 Mar 2026
So you’ve decided (or you’re seriously considering) taking a gap year. Maybe you’re burned out after years of pushing through an increasingly high-stakes academic grind. Maybe a rare opportunity landed in your lap. Maybe you’re just not ready, and you’re honest enough to admit it. Whatever the reason, the next question is the one that […]
Posted on: 09 Mar 2026
An analysis of 744 occupations reveals that the relationship between education and career outcomes is more complicated than the conventional wisdom suggests, especially when artificial intelligence enters the equation. For decades, the advice given to high school students has been remarkably consistent: get a four-year degree, and you’ll be set. The data supported it. College […]
Posted on: 08 Mar 2026
Most adults comparing online degree programs make the same mistake: they compare marketing materials. They look at which program sounds more flexible, which website is cleaner, which enrollment counselor was more responsive. None of those things predict whether the degree will open the door they need, cost what they expect, or take the time they […]
Posted on: 08 Mar 2026
The University of Utah is the flagship public research university of the Utah System of Higher Education, founded in 1850 in Salt Lake City. Its online division, UOnline, delivers a focused portfolio of graduate and select undergraduate programs that carry the institutional credential and programmatic accreditations of one of the nation’s R1 research universities. Unlike […]
Posted on: 06 Mar 2026
Here is a thought experiment. Take two high school seniors, both with SAT scores around 1480. One comes from a family earning $30,000 a year. The other comes from a family in the top one-tenth of one percent, earning several million. Both score identically on the test that elite colleges use as their primary academic […]
Posted on: 05 Mar 2026
How a well-intentioned policy shift created a statistical illusion and what it means for your college search. Here is something that should not be possible: over the past five years, the percentage of enrolled students at selective colleges who submit SAT scores dropped nearly in half, from about 66 percent to 37 percent. In any […]
Posted on: 05 Mar 2026
New York Life supports employee education with an unusual two-pillar approach that addresses both sides of the education-finance equation. The tuition reimbursement program helps employees pay for new coursework, undergraduate and graduate degrees, and professional development. Separately, the Student Loan Repayment Program helps employees pay down debt from education they’ve already completed. Most employers offer […]
Posted on: 04 Mar 2026
Zions Bancorporation reimburses up to $3,000 per year in tuition for undergraduate programs and up to $5,250 per year for graduate programs, with the graduate cap aligning with the federal Section 127 tax-free maximum. The graduate-cap-higher-than-undergraduate structure is unusual among major employer programs (most employers use equal or higher undergraduate caps), and reflects Zions’s strategic […]