Higher Education
Rice Denounces State of Education
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice invoked her own life story and family in calling attention to and criticizing the state of American education.
ASU President Talks Higher Education
Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, said during a talk yesterday that universities were partially at fault for the country's biggest problems.
Science Magazine Editor-In-Chief Talks On Educational Challenges
Bruce M. Alberts ’60, editor-in-chief of Science magazine and past president of the National Academy of Science, called for a cultural change in science education.
Berkman Center's Herdict Receives $1.5M Grant
Herdict, an online Internet accessibility and censorship database run by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Omidyar Network.
Around the Ivies Plus
The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and some other schools too).
Yardfest Countdown: Around the Ivies
Yardfest is almost here—count down with us! Check out our guides to Kid Cudi, Parick Park, and Wale, then watch ...
Harvard Pays Professors Top Dollar
Harvard’s endowment might be down, but members of the Harvard faculty are still raking in cash—at least compared to their ...
Brown Pushes Engineering
Brown University is moving closer to the conversion of its existing division of engineering into a full school.
Around the Ivies Plus
The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and some other schools too).
Around the Ivies Plus
Just seven short days after FlyBy’s last exploration into life at other schools, much more has gone down at our peer institutions this week than at Harvard—which, come to think of it, isn’t really saying much.
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The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and some other schools too). Who ever said that the fashion industry can’t be academic? Just this week, Vogue Magazine seems to have been dispatching its highest-ranking editors to make the rounds to various Ivy League schools, giving talks on topics from aesthetic inspiration to eating disorders.
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After all the wonderful videos Yale made for us this year, will there ever be a DVD box set to archive these cinematic treasures for posterity? While we would certainly be willing to shell out whatever amount for such a timeless collection, we would hereby like to suggest yet another chapter to the saga, another item for inclusion in the series.
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The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and some other schools too). Oh, Yale. We love how artsy you are—frankly, it’s downright endearing. According to The New York Times, this new program will introduce students to “projection engineering, image-creation software and motion graphics,” all for the sake of transforming them into “well-rounded theater professionals.”
Get to Know Tufts Students via YouTube
Just when you thought we couldn't get enough of Tufts, we stumbled across a new set of specimens from our neighbor in Somerville: admissions videos from high school applicants for Tufts' Class of 2014. When Elle Woods applied to Harvard Law School, she hired a director to film her admissions video—which eventually got her accepted. It seems like Tufts is now encouraging students to do the same, save the hiring a director part, of course.
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The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and some other schools too). Just when you thought Yale had mastered the art of the creepy-but-loveable promotional video, Middlebury comes in with one of its own that may just take the cake. Meet “MiddKidd,” a parody of our favorite masterpiece, “That’s Why I Chose Yale.”
Around the Ivies Plus
The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and some other schools too).
Dartmouth Reintroduces Loans in Financial Aid Program
Dartmouth College will alter its no-loan financial aid program due to financial difficulties and will reintroduce loans for families whose income is between $75,000 and $200,000.
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You know how other Ivy League schools have intensive freshman humanities programs designed to teach the respective skills of suffocating pretension and talking out of your ass? Yeah. Well, apparently, students at these places are starting to realize that these breeding grounds of eternal douchebaggery might not be so worth it after all.