Higher Education

Engineers spend much of their time absorbed in the technical aspects of problems, whether they’re designing the next generation of smartphones or building a subway. As recent news stories attest,…

College athletes face a lot of stressors alongside high rates of stigma surrounding mental health issues, new research shows.

Some 28% of women working for colleges believe they have been passed over for a promotion because of their gender, according to new survey data from Gallup. Hispanic and Asian women were…

Nonprofits and for-profit businesses alike have an obligation to listen to what this generation has to say. Doing so can impact the future workforce and overall economy.

College students who postpone medical care to save money end up paying for it down the line in the form of worse health, a researcher contends.

A backlash has begun against scholarship displacement, under which universities substitute outside scholarships for already-promised institutional financial aid, resulting in a zero net gain for recipients.

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Debates over whether colleges can award scholarships that consider a student’s race are creating uncertainty for students and schools.

“Adolescents who grow up encapsulated in privilege develop a naïve understanding of American meritocracy.”…

But as consumers increasingly call for educations that lead more directly to jobs, trends in other countries suggest that this could change, especially with the adoption of a new word, “pracademic,” to describe them.

“Andrew” grew up in poverty, and neither of his parents went to college. “Carl” grew up in an affluent and well-educated family, with a father who rose …

Lewis: What schools can do to help student-parents earn a degree and get a leg up on the socioeconomic ladder.