Posted on: 06 Mar 2026
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university founded in 1911 in University Park, Texas, a municipality within the Dallas metro area. Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU is now non-sectarian in its teaching and enrolls students of all religious backgrounds. It is classified R1 (very high research activity) by the Carnegie […]
Posted on: 06 Mar 2026
Denver–the Mile High City–is perched just east of the Rocky Mountains. Famous for its 300 days a year of sunshine, it’s an outdoor lover’s paradise with enough hiking, biking, and climbing to keep you busy for a lifetime. Within the city itself, you’ll find multiple museums, including the acclaimed Denver Art Museum, the Museum of […]
Posted on: 06 Mar 2026
Houston–the largest city in Texas and fourth-largest in the United States–is colloquially known as Space City. That’s for good reason, as it houses the Johnson Space Center, NASA’s hub for human spaceflight. (Hence, the Houston Astros.) In addition, Houston is renowned for its art scene. The Museum District is one of the largest in the […]
Posted on: 05 Mar 2026
Walmart and Amazon together employ more than 3 million Americans. Both companies offer fully-funded education programs to their hourly workforce. Both pay tuition prepaid to partner schools rather than reimbursing employees after the fact. Both let employees pursue a degree without a work commitment after graduation. From the outside, the programs look similar. They are […]
Posted on: 05 Mar 2026
Berkshire Health Systems operates one of the most comprehensive employer-funded clinical training programs in New England. The signature program is the BHS Career Pathways, which pays for tuition, fees, books, supplies, uniforms, and a laptop while paying participants 40 hours of weekly wages for 8 to 16 hours of actual nursing assistant work during training. […]
Posted on: 05 Mar 2026
Concord Hospital Health System reimburses tuition up to approximately $2,000 per year and $10,000 lifetime for full-time and part-time employees taking courses at accredited colleges and universities, per employee accounts. Beyond the standard reimbursement program, Concord Hospital operates the Community Health Investment Program (CHIP), a scholarship that provides tuition assistance for both current employees pursuing […]
Posted on: 05 Mar 2026
The folks at the Common Application have officially announced that the Common App essay prompt menu for the upcoming 2026-27 admissions cycle will remain exactly the same as it was the previous year. In the opinion of the College Transitions staff, the decision to stay the course was a wise one—it was based on the […]
Posted on: 04 Mar 2026
Sixty credits is roughly two years of full-time college coursework — half of a bachelor’s degree. If you earned them and then stopped out, those credits are still on your transcript. They have not expired. But whether they will count toward a degree at the institution you are now considering is a completely separate question, […]