AI is scoring college essays and conducting interviews, a new layer in admissions stress

Applicants are not supposed to use AI to write college essays. But colleges are using AI to help assess applications. At ...
KSMU

What you need to know about massive changes to the federal student loan system

2025 was a tumultuous year for federal student loan borrowers. NPR breaks down the most important changes borrowers should understand as they head into 2026.
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Why California colleges can no longer withhold transcripts over unpaid fees

California led the nation in 2020, outlawing a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. But five years later, 24 of the state’s ...
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5 years after California banned holding college students’ transcripts hostage for unpaid debt, some colleges neglect the law

Students need transcripts to prove they’ve earned their credentials when they apply for a job or for transfer to different college, but colleges have often withheld them over unpaid debt. California ...
The Conversation

A, B, C or D – grades might not say all that much about what students are actually learning

Joshua Rowe Eyler does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
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Goodbye, Report Cards? Why Grades Might Not Say All That Much About What Students Are Actually Learning

Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted. But what if students didn’t have just one shot at acing a midterm, or even could talk ...
The Harvard Crimson

Students Feel Less Supported After Diversity Office Closures, HUA Survey Says

Nearly two-thirds of the respondents to a Harvard Undergraduate Association survey said they feel less supported by the Office of Culture and Community than the three Harvard College diversity offices ...
New York Post

Harvard students unload on school over new stricter grading policy: ‘The whole day I was crying’

Harvard students are in an uproar after the school’s Office of Undergraduate Education released a report last week saying the Ivy League school is “failing to perform the key functions of grading,” ...
Fox News

Harvard students unload on school over prospect of stricter grading after inflation report: 'I was crying'

Harvard students are in an uproar after the school's Office of Undergraduate Education released a report last week saying the Ivy League school is "failing to perform the key functions of grading," ...
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Student Transcription Portal: Redefining How Ghana Measures Learning

Accra, Oct. 25, GNA – A quiet revolution is unfolding in Ghana’s classrooms. With the introduction of the Student Transcript Portal (STP), assessment in Senior High Schools (SHS) is shifting from ...
Happy Ghana

The new Student Transcript Portal – Revolutionising how Senior High School (SHS) Students are assessed in Ghana

At the start of the 2024/2025 academic year, Ghana’s secondary education sector saw a massive reform with the introduction of a new SHS curriculum by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment ...