The future of STEM education may be at risk
It’s not every day that high school students get the chance to meet a renowned physicist. But Arkansas high school students spent Tuesday listening to Dr. James Gates,…
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‘First Generation’ documentary raises the question: Is higher education only for the wealthy?
As a former admissions officer at Columbia University, I used to spend the fall traveling to high schools and college fairs spreading the gospel of our world-class education…
These kids have high rates of homelessness, poverty, pregnancy- but almost all go to college
Kalamazoo, Mich., is home to two area high schools―Central High and Loy Norrix, TakePart reports.
Hunger University: Are college students the new face of food insecurity?
There’s a startling new trend on college campuses, and it’s sweeping the nation: hunger, TakePart reports.
Op-Ed: College students can give great schools ‘glass hallways’
Everyone knows that college can be a "melting pot" of ideas and perspectives. And at the start of my freshman year at Princeton, I was particularly excited to…
These 10 colleges leave new graduates with the most debt
Graduates aren’t just leaving college with a diploma and a dream. Many are stepping into the real world with a mountain of student loan debt, TakePart.com reports.