-
Ivy Tech Community College Almost Doubles Graduation Rates
Community Colleges have low graduation rates for a variety of reasons. Fewer than one out of five students at community colleges obtain their desired degree in three years or less, according to the Hechinger Report. While the graduation rates are low, they don’t tell the whole story. Some leave to enter the workforce, some start… Read More
-
Universities Help to Alleviate Water Crisis
Water makes up 65 percent of our body mass, and we can’t survive more than 3 days without it. Yet our water is in jeopardy, mostly from problems we created. In this article, we address the urgent need for action — to ensure access to safe water, to preserve the planet’s freshwater, and to fix… Read More
-
Universities Make Sustainable Energy a Priority
Universities across the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States are making sustainable energy a priority on their campuses. These environmental initiatives are reducing energy costs, countering carbon emissions, and making a visible commitment to sustainability evident to all students. Students are also actively involved in efforts to provide sustainable energy. [divider] University of… Read More
-
CUNY School of Journalism to Head Global News Integrity Initiative
Recent surveys show an erosion of public trust in the media; a significant portion of the American population does not trust the media. The Quinnipiac University poll found that 52 percent of voters trusted the media more to “tell [them] the truth about important issues,” compared to 37 percent who trusted President Donald Trump more… Read More
-
USC Students Help Solve California’s Water Crisis
California, hailed for so long as the “Promised Land,” may be seeing a new kind of promise. The state has been suffering from severe water drought the past few years; the water crisis was so serious that Gov. Jerry Brown ordered a mandatory cut of 25 percent in water usage by cities and local agencies… Read More
-
Introducing Howard West — A Positive Step Toward Tech Diversity
Howard University celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary on March 2, 2017. That’s right! It has been 150 years since its charter by U.S. Congress. Howard University is a private, research university located in Washington, DC. Notable graduates of the university include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), award-winning actor Taraji P. Henson,… Read More
-
UConn Student Makes a Splash in the Startup World
There can be no doubt that we have entered the age of startups. Each year sees more and more entrepreneurial-minded millennials striking out on their own in hopes of building their own company. Startups such as Airbnb and Uber have completely redefined their industries, helped create many new jobs, and even led to the creation… Read More
-
Schools Are Taking Action to Help Homeless and Hungry College Students
We are all aware of student debt, college affordability and job security issues; after all, these are topics that we are very concerned with. Some of us, however, may not be aware that many students are homeless and hungry. The number of college students in need has been steadily increasing. Homelessness and hunger among… Read More
-
Lafayette College Takes Action Against Travel Ban
Since the issuance of the executive order of January 27th, the ban and heavy travel regulations targeting 7 majority-Muslim countries have caused chaos and uproar nationwide. While many travelers, even those with legal visas and green cards find themselves detained at airports, others have been sent back to where they flew in from, sending waves… Read More
-
City College of San Francisco Will Offer Free Tuition to Residents
On Feb 8, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced that the city will become the first in the country to offer all of its residents tuition free community college as early as the fall 2017 semester. At a cost of $5.4 million to the city, this deal has the potential to cover up to 3,750… Read More
-
San Diego Mesa College Provides Food & Clothing to Students in Need
The costs of a college education has been steadily rising each year for many years now, and many students and their families find it more and more difficult to afford the tuition, room and board and the meal plans offered by colleges. Even students who choose to live off campus find it difficult to pay… Read More
-
Canadian Students Welcome Refugees with WUSC’s Resettlement Program
Over the past year, I have volunteered with a great organization committed to building a more equitable and sustainable world through education called the World University Service of Canada (WUSC). In the process of doing so, I have learned a lot about volunteerism and the power of people working together to make the world a… Read More
-
Wheaton College in Massachusetts Creates a Refugee Scholarship
Since Donald Trump’s administration first implemented the travel ban aimed at seven majority-Muslim countries, tempers have been high and tension has been strong. These new regulations have caused Muslims in the U.S. to rearrange their plans and lifestyles as they face the reality that traveling outside the United States may lead to serious repercussions. This… Read More
-
University of Washington’s Campus Becomes New Home for Homeless Campers
The University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, WA is home to many things, but will soon add a new group of individuals to its campus–homeless campers. On Dec. 17, Tent City 3 (TC3), a group of about 100 homeless campers, begun their 90-day stay at the university’s campus at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue NE… Read More
-
UMich Students Help Flint Residents Find Clean Water
Mywater-Flint, a joint project between University of Michigan-Flint and the Michigan Data Science Team at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, was launched December 8. The mywater-flint web app — a direct response to the Flint water crisis (in which dangerous levels of lead were found in the city’s water supply)— displays a map of the city where… Read More
