Most NYU Langone employees know about the tuition reimbursement program for outside schools. Fewer realize that the bigger education benefit might be tuition remission at NYU itself, where employees, spouses, registered domestic partners, and dependent children can take classes at one of the country’s top private research universities at...
Read MoreIf you are a Tenet Healthcare employee researching how to use the company’s tuition reimbursement program, the honest opening point is this: Tenet’s education benefit is real, but it is structurally weaker than what employees at peer non-profit health systems receive, and the financial plan that makes sense for...
Read MoreAn analysis of 1,202 four-year institutions reveals that prestige commands a real ROI premium. Dozens of overlooked colleges deliver even greater returns for the investment. Every spring, as acceptance letters arrive and tuition bills loom, millions of families face the same gut-level question: is a more prestigious college actually...
Read MoreCornell University spent the last five admissions cycles doing something none of its Ivy peers has matched. Three different testing regimes ran at once across its undergraduate divisions, and then the university announced a return to test-required admission for the next cycle. Three of Cornell’s eight colleges (Agriculture and...
Read MoreDoes Apple actually pay for your degree? If you have ever scrolled the Glassdoor benefits page or the threads where Apple employees argue about what the company will and will not cover, you have probably noticed how often the answer comes back as a shrug. Some employees say yes....
Read MoreDid you know that college enrollment numbers have followed a complicated path over the past 15 years? Total undergraduate enrollment peaked in 2010 at about 18.1 million, declined steadily through 2021, and is now staging a modest recovery, with Fall 2025 enrollment reaching about 16.2 million undergraduates (and 19.4...
Read MoreCommunity service projects can look great on college applications. But the difference between a worthwhile community service project and a flimsy excuse to check a box is not only vast but easily recognizable by college admissions officers. Before you start adding new commitments to your schedule, take some time...
Read MoreAs we continue along in the 2025-26 cycle, the American college admissions process continues to be insanely competitive at the very top. Schools that are considered “elite” and “prestigious” are attracting more applicants than ever before. The end of pandemic-era test-optional policies at schools like Brown, Caltech, Dartmouth, Harvard,...
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