This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new national survey commissioned by Northeastern University and conducted by Gallup finds most U.S. adults have an overall positive view of artificial intelligence, but believe they are ill-prepared to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The ability of disadvantaged students to navigate a path to and through college has never been more critical in an era with a broad wage gap based on post-secondary educational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “I think of engineers as boys, but since there’s a girl engineer [in my classroom], it opens up my life so I can be one.” Mya, a fifth-grade student in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sports are often cited as a unifying force in society with the power to bring strangers together to cheer for their hometown team (or help each other climb greased-up light poles).…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After settling into his dorm this past fall, John McGrath, a freshman at Rutgers University, took the campus shuttle to the school bookstore. He waited in line for 40 minutes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nitzan Pelman was in her twenties when she began to teach herself the basics. How to write a coherent sentence. How to think critically. Labeled a special needs student at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Welcome to 2018. We’ve been provided with plenty of predictions for the year ahead in higher ed. Here are three more for you to consider. New pricing models will emerge as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many of the nation’s best public universities are enrolling disproportionately few African-American and Latino students. Flagship universities are the jewels in the crown of public higher education systems. They stand as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the age of 21, Robyn Young was in and out of jobs, living on friends’ couches, and struggling to take care of her daughter. “I recognized that education was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the fall, the staggering cascade of sexual-misconduct allegations waged against powerful men—from Hollywood moguls to prominent politicians—has mostly centered on the workplace. But as the nation fixated on the downfalls of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Washington D.C. is slowly turning its attention to higher education. In December, on a party-line vote, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce released the PROSPER Act, a bill to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students of color studying science, technology, engineering and math (collectively known as STEM) are underrepresented at schools around the country and even though most don’t face overt racism they face…