Undergraduate education is on the verge of a radical reordering. Colleges, like newspapers, will be torn apart by new ways of sharing information enab...
Brandon Mendelson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy
After Dudemeister suffocated my belief in the value of this degree, the professor and the department gathered for the funeral.
Holly Robinson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
Except for our youngest child, who just started middle school, my husband and I are almost alone. When you're used to raising a loving family, the house feels huge and empty without it.
nytimes.com | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business
At its top levels, the American system of higher education may be the best in the world. Yet in terms of its core mission -- turning teenagers into ed...
The Wall Street Journal | ANNE MARIE CHAKER | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home
Students are borrowing dramatically more to pay for college, accelerating a trend that has wide-ranging implications for a generation of young people....
Washington Monthly | Steve Benen | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home
Today the Washington Monthly releases its annual College Rankings. It's our alternative to U.S. News & World Report's rankings, which we find objectio...
Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
Say positive things about your children. Tell them you believe in them. If you let them know that they can accomplish anything if they put their minds to it, they will.
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
In my personal fairytale I have always imagined a black prince charming at the end of the aisle, and that has influenced my choices in terms of dating.
Gay Browne | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green
Greenopia announces its environmental ratings for the 100 largest schools in the US. At the top of the list were the University of Washington and the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Sharon Waxman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
Of all the many things they don't tell you when you have children, here's a new one I've learned: They will eventually leave you. If you're lucky. And you're gonna hate it.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living
For both newbies and soon-to-be graduates alike, the one thing that seems to get the best of them every single year is sleep. Translation: serious deprivation.
AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
Through the early 1990s and early 2000s, average scores on the SAT college entrance exam moved steadily upward. Now, for the last five years, they've ...
Mark Levine | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
Students are being hurt already and will suffer even more, while the state will find itself short hundreds of thousands of college-educated workers necessary to move back toward prosperity.
thedailygreen.com | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green
Big-name schools are overhauling their food services by buying local and organic ingredients, catering to vegetarians, composting waste, saving energy...
Barbara Schroeder | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
I'm realizing, it's not just my son I'm saying good-bye to, it's my motherhood.
Karen Stabiner | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
It's that time of year again. All over the country, people are loading up the family car, paying airline overage for heavy suitcases, or shi...
Ann Leary | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living
Hands on laps. No talking, no eye contact. Follow the example of your kids. Just sign in and follow the leader of the tour. Then go online. It's all there.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green
While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.
The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
On Monday night, Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) appeared in a segment of "The Colbert Report." Stephen Colbert paid the openly gay freshman congressman a...
Danny Groner | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media
The acts of reading the newspaper and participating in conversation about current affairs are worth more to young college students than interpreting foreign works, no matter their messages.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.14.2009 | Technology
There's more to the Mills College 2013 group than just making virtual friends. It's changed the business of admissions at Mills.
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living
Mental illnesses, including alcohol and drug abuse, are the conditions that arise and may affect your child as he takes on the developmental steps of leaving home to go off to school.
Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics
I can't afford to volunteer for the community anymore. Got to spend every free moment earning money or taking care of my mom and son.
usatoday.com | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green
With an increased interest in the environment and growth in the "green collar" job sector, colleges and universities are beginning to incorporate sust...
Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green
The Princeton Review just came out with a list of the green honor roll for 15 colleges across the country based on their eco-friendly practices and su...
washingtonpost.com | Zephyr Teachout | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology