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  • Nonprofits Team Up to Help Students Left Jobless, Homeless by COVID-19

    Nonprofits Team Up to Help Students Left Jobless, Homeless by COVID-19

    In early March, colleges and universities across the United States shut down their campuses and transitioned to online classes. Although they were acting to slow down the spread of COVID-19, the closures have negatively impacted hundreds of thousands of students, leaving many jobless, homeless or struggling to access the internet. Students depend on their campuses… Read More

  • COVID-19 Is Destroying Internship Opportunities at an Epidemic Pace – How Students Can Adapt

    COVID-19 Is Destroying Internship Opportunities at an Epidemic Pace – How Students Can Adapt

    As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the United States, companies are taking precautionary measures. They’re postponing events, freezing hiring and laying off employees. Some have even canceled their internship programs.  Yelp, for example, recently announced it won’t hold its internship program this summer, and more than 2,200 college students and recent graduates participating in Disney’s… Read More

  • The 6 Main Ways Colleges are Responding to Coronavirus

    The 6 Main Ways Colleges are Responding to Coronavirus

    As COVID-19, the new coronavirus, continues to spread throughout the United States, colleges and universities are taking action to protect their students and slow down the outbreak.  Although their efforts vary based on factors like location and enrollment, nearly every higher education institution, from Harvard University to Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), is… Read More

  • Students React to Campus Closures Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

    Students React to Campus Closures Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

    Amid growing concerns about the spread of COVID-19, the new coronavirus, colleges and universities across the United States are upping their precautionary measures. In addition to transitioning from in-person to online classes, an increasing number of colleges and universities are now telling students to go home.  On Tuesday (March 10), Harvard University asked students not… Read More

  • How College Students Can Keep Themselves & Others Coronavirus-Free

    How College Students Can Keep Themselves & Others Coronavirus-Free

    Americans have made many efforts to slow down the nationwide spread of COVID-19, the new coronavirus sweeping across the world. Grade schools have temporarily closed their doors. Companies are increasingly asking their employees to work from home. And in highly infected areas, even storefronts have decided to shut down for the time being.  Colleges and… Read More

  • College Students Want Employers to Pay Off Their Loans

    College Students Want Employers to Pay Off Their Loans

    At this point, national student loan debt has reached more than $1.6 trillion, surpassing both credit card and auto loan debt. Roughly 70 percent of college students have to take out loans to pay for college. And after graduation, the average borrower owes nearly $30,000. This debt burden weighs heavily on recent graduates, as it… Read More

  • How Colleges Are Reacting Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak

    How Colleges Are Reacting Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak

    As the new strain of coronavirus, formally called COVID-19, continues to sweep across the world, American colleges and universities are taking action to protect their students and minimize the outbreak altogether.  While the vast majority of campuses remain open, higher education institutions are canceling their travel programs, advising students to self-quarantine, developing precautionary plans in… Read More

  • What Inspires Women to Pursue & Stay in Tech Careers?

    What Inspires Women to Pursue & Stay in Tech Careers?

    More women than ever before are earning STEM degrees. But when broken down by degree type, it’s clear that women are only mass migrating to a handful of disciplines. While women have already caught up to men in biology and the social sciences, they only earn 18.7 percent of the computer science degrees awarded in… Read More

  • 4 in 10 Recent College Grads Are Underemployed

    4 in 10 Recent College Grads Are Underemployed

    The unemployment rate for recent college graduates is much lower than it was 10 years ago. But, too often, recent graduates struggle to land positions in line with their degrees. To support themselves, some are forced to take jobs they’re considered to be overqualified for.  Currently, 41 percent of bachelor’s degree holders ages 22-27 are… Read More

  • Nearly 4 in 10 College Students Struggle to Afford Food

    Nearly 4 in 10 College Students Struggle to Afford Food

    In today’s job market, a college degree is next to essential. But students are struggling to pay for their education, forcing many to sacrifice some of life’s basic necessities. Nearly 40 percent of U.S. college students can’t regularly afford nutritious food, leaving them hungry and malnourished. On top of that, 46 percent report either falling… Read More

  • Report Explores Solutions for Gender Equity In Academia

    Report Explores Solutions for Gender Equity In Academia

    Women now make up a large share of the academic talent pool and receive more than half of all awarded doctoral degrees. Yet, they’re vastly underrepresented in the highest levels of academia, making up just one-third of full professors in the United States.  A new report published in the Journal of Women’s Health explores this… Read More

  • Researchers Show Climate Education Leads to Smaller Carbon Footprints

    Researchers Show Climate Education Leads to Smaller Carbon Footprints

    Researchers at San Jose State University (SJSU) have evidence that climate change education leads directly to smaller individual carbon footprints. Educating society, they claim, could be one of the most effective ways to mitigate climate change.  Through comparisons with other solutions, the study shows “at scale, climate change education can be as effective in reducing… Read More

  • Nearly 10% of NC State Students Were Homeless Last Year

    Nearly 10% of NC State Students Were Homeless Last Year

    As students struggle to afford the cost of tuition and books, some are forced to sacrifice the very things they need to survive. At North Carolina State University alone, about 10 percent of students experienced homelessness last year, and more than 14 percent have dealt with food insecurity in the past 30 days, a new… Read More

  • UC Should Keep ACT/SAT Requirement, Task Force Recommends

    UC Should Keep ACT/SAT Requirement, Task Force Recommends

    A faculty task force from the Academic Council of the University of California (UC) has released a report recommending that the UC system continue to use the SAT and ACT as an admissions requirement, following its year-long investigation.  Already, more than 1,000 colleges and universities, including the University of Texas, the University of Chicago, New… Read More

  • Most College Students Plan to Leave Their First Job Within 2 Years

    Most College Students Plan to Leave Their First Job Within 2 Years

    Whether they’re ambitious or just plain restless, today’s college students don’t plan on staying at their first post-grad jobs for very long.  A recent College Pulse survey of 1,500 U.S. undergrads found that a majority (56 percent) expect to stay at their first post-grad jobs for less than two years before they either leave the… Read More

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