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10 Outstanding Commencement Speeches in 2019

Thousands of students are graduating from college this month – proof that the college admissions process has a satisfying ending. At their graduation ceremonies, business leaders, journalists, politicians, and celebrities took to the stage as commencement graduation speakers.  Here are some of, what we consider, the best. Oprah Winfrey, Colorado College Global media leader Oprah Winfrey told students…

The New Environmental Context Dashboard “Adversity Score” and What this Means

The College Board (the nonprofit company that administers the SAT) announced it will provide an Environmental Context Dashboard (ECD) or what the media has labeled an “adversity score” to every SAT score report it sends to colleges in 2020. The ECD index will place students’ SAT scores in the context of their socioeconomic advantages or disadvantages. Factors that go…