With thousands of colleges in the U.S., the sprawling landscape of higher education means a multitude of options for prospective students. Academic calendars are among the many variables that they may ...

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) must be submitted for each year of enrollment. One form covers both semesters of the school year with payments issued every quarter or semester.

For more than a decade and a half, people have predicted nearly total, or at least fundamental, changes in higher education. For the most part, these predictions and warnings have fizzled. Whether you ...

Guided by a commitment to innovation and the evolving needs of future generations, Drexel will transition to a semester calendar for all undergraduate and graduate programs beginning in August 2027.

Among life's many ironies, one of the most interesting is that for many of the college students I treat, the period in which they experience the most anxiety occurs shortly after they finish the ...

Credit hour is the unit by which an institution measures its course work. The number of credit hours assigned to a course quantitatively reflects the outcomes expected, the mode of instruction, the ...

What Is the Washington Semester? The Lutheran College Washington Semester (LCWS) is a small, personalized internship program where you live, study, and intern while earning a full semester of academic ...

For most college students, studying abroad typically entails being immersed in the culture, history and languages of one country. But for avid travelers and students looking to spend a semester ...

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On the first day of the spring semester, which now seems a lifetime away, I handed out index cards and asked students to respond to the usual suite of getting-to-know-you questions: name, hometown, ...