Education Top Ten

Many MBA candidates come to business school with hopes of launching a business, yet few take the leap. This post provides an overview of the resources an MBA may have access to and how they can help supercharge a founder's entrepreneurial journey. from Forbes Education

As lawmakers prepare to debate forcing universities to offer refunds, more than nine out of 10 students say tuition fees are not worth the cost. from Forbes Education

You have only to imagine a conversation between Jill Biden and Betsy DeVos to presage the priorities of this new administration. But that's not enough to save American higher education. from Forbes Education

Forced by Trump’s refusal to facilitate a normal presidential transition, the Biden team has had to resort to a do-it-yourself approach, in which subject matter experts fill in the gaps historically provided by the exiting administration. College faculty are playing a lead role in this process. from Forbes Education

Demystifying AI for our children in all its complexity while providing them with an early insight into its promises and perils will make them confident in their ability to understand and control this incredible technology, as it is bound to develop rapidly within their lifetimes. from Forbes Education

It may be hard to remember now, with New York City on the verge of shutting down, but there was a period of time earlier this fall when an ever-growing number of schools were starting to offer in-person options, and more seemed on the verge. from Forbes Education

In a 104 page decision, a federal appellate court has held that Harvard does not intentionally discriminate against Asian American applicants. The Supreme Court will likely overrule them. from Forbes Education

The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston agreed with a lower court that Harvard’s admissions process does not discriminate against Asian-American applicants from Forbes Education

In the next two months, President-elect Biden and his team will have to choose someone to follow Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. Frederick Hess identifies six qualities that the ideal candidate should possess. from Forbes Education

Against a backdrop of historic unemployment and high uncertainty for America’s employers, savvy and forward-thinking employers are doubling down on education right now because it’s a strategic move with a clear return on investment. And it's not just about retention. It's also about upskilling. from Forbes Education

U.S. undergraduate enrollment is now down 4.4%, and graduate enrollment is up 2.9% compared to last fall. But an ominous trend involves first-year students, whose enrollment has plummeted by 13% from Forbes Education

But all of these reactions were missing a key datum: how many families are actually participating in pandemic pods? from Forbes Education

Students will be offered coronavirus tests and allocated a departure date, in an effort to stop them spreading Covid-19 around the country when they return home for Christmas. from Forbes Education

The election appears to be over, but how might the distrust and vitriol that has so infected our civic life of late recede? It turns out that history is our guide. Our history - one that is rarely taught, dissected or relished. from Forbes Education

It’s not good for our body politic that so few Americans understand our form of government and our history. There’s a simple solution. from Forbes Education

Calderon coined the term Hypercultural Latinx to help her, and others, shed a light on a massive population often overlooked by marketing dollars and American culture, U.S. Latinx youth. from Forbes Education

In this post, I explore the importance of soft skills, including empathy and kindness. I also share the four steps I'm taking as part of my deliberate practice to develop this soft skill of kindness. from Forbes Education

As the new surge in the coronavirus intensifies, now reaching more than 100,000 cases a day in the U.S., American colleges and universities are taking new measures to contain the spread and protect their communities from what health experts are predicting could be an even more deadly winter. from Forbes Education

Joe Biden promised two years of "free college." A Georgetown University thinktank suggests that the cost of that in the long run is zero. I am very skeptical of that. from Forbes Education

With the departure of President Trump, teachers unions are about to lose the bogeyman that has allowed them to play the adults in the room on school reopening. from Forbes Education