The College Enrollment Drop Explored
The number of undergraduates attending U.S. colleges and universities remains down by over a million since the onset of the pandemic. Many small colleges,...
Visit from Andrei Kirilenko
Last spring, Andrei Kirilenko, a professor of finance at the University of Cambridge in the UK, visited my U.S. History class via Zoom. Professor...
Transforming the Campuses with Chris Guides
Friends’ Central Upper School science teacher Chris Guides has been, for many years, quietly at work across both of the School’s campuses implementing highly...
Applying to U.S. Colleges and Universities: How competitive is it really?
Thirty years ago, with the exception of a couple of highly specialized schools, virtually no institutions admitted less than 10% of their applicants. Now...
College Costs Are Out of Control
“College Costs Are Out of Control!” and other similar headlines are a constant in the media coverage of higher education. The most expensive private...
NASA Ambassadors: Teaching Eclipse Literacy
Upper School physics teacher Deborah Skapik has recently been selected to be a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador. And Deb was thrilled to discover that...
The Contemporary Latino Experience
For students wanting to immerse themselves in Spanish while getting hands-on insight into a range of Spanish-speaking cultures, Friends’ Central Upper School’s Contemporary Latino...