Nanette Asimov

higher education reporter at the SF Chronicle

Nanette Asimov on KCRW

AI could make human college counselors obsolete. But it may help students and families who can’t afford a higher education coach.

AI could upend $3 billion college application industry

AI could make human college counselors obsolete. But it may help students and families who can’t afford a higher education coach.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

In California, an estimated 1 in 5 community college applications are scams, amounting to hundreds of thousands of "ghost students” who are trying to steal financial aid.

College instructors are ‘crime fighters’ in financial aid scam

In California, an estimated 1 in 5 community college applications are scams, amounting to hundreds of thousands of "ghost students” who are trying to steal financial aid.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The deadline to apply for any University of California school was last Sunday.

UC admission rates have plummeted, so what should anxious students and parents do?

The deadline to apply for any University of California school was last Sunday.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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