Bradshaw: Colleges are starting to apply to students
Across much of the country, the balance of power is moving in the other direction. Colleges are no longer merely judging students; they are recruiting them, courting them and, increasingly,...
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Guest column: Why every high school student should write for publication
A student with three years of reporting, editing and publication experience shows persistence and responsibility. More importantly, there is an actual body of work to show for it as well...
Bradshaw: Rating the benefits of top public, private universities
The best university is not necessarily the most prestigious one but the institution offering the strongest combination of academic opportunity, personal fit and financial value.
Bradshaw: What high school students know that Yale does not
Yale should get credit for acknowledging that its grading system has lost credibility, and its proposed reforms are worth pursuing. But adjusting the average grade from an A to a...
Bradshaw: Detailed experiences can take an application from good to great
The winning application does not need to be perfect, but it needs to be coherent. By the time readers reach the end, they should see more than a collection of...
Bradshaw: There’s a new trap in college grading
Once nearly everyone receives high marks, the institution has not made everyone excellent. It has made excellence harder to identify.
Bradshaw: MBA not the go-to credential any longer
The MBA is still valuable when it teaches real skills, builds useful networks and improves career options. But it is no longer a magic stamp.
Bradshaw: How AI can become a scientific partner
Curricula and admissions systems were built for a world in which human effort was the primary input. That world is disappearing. The challenge now is to measure not what students...
Bradshaw: Personal finance class crucial in preparing for adulthood
Students who took a high school personal finance class are five times more likely to say they graduated fully prepared to handle money than those who didn’t.
Bradshaw: AI can assist kids with questions, storytelling
What makes AI uniquely suited to five-year-olds isn’t its intelligence — it’s its patience, its responsiveness, and its willingness to engage with whatever peculiar, delightful rabbit hole a small person...