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  • Community Work Helps Students Find Meaning in Their Major

    Community Work Helps Students Find Meaning in Their Major

    Universities are laboratories for a range of pedagogies across disciplines. Faculty experiment with various ways to deliver content, and strive to find the most effective teaching tools to reach their diverse student body. Community outreach is one such teaching method that has recently gained a lot of traction in higher education.  Bridging theory with practice,… Read More

  • Why Double-Majors Might Beat You Out of a Job

    Why Double-Majors Might Beat You Out of a Job

    Two college majors are better than one. That is the conclusion that researchers are beginning to reach. Prior research has already shown that students who double major can earn more than peers who majored in only one field. New research we conducted recently shows that double majors fare better in another way as well: They… Read More

  • Common Stereotypes Don’t Fit Today’s College Student

    Common Stereotypes Don’t Fit Today’s College Student

    When envisioning the typical college student, people may see a 20-year-old fumbling books while walking through a library, or maybe — if they have seen the movie “Animal House” too many times — they think of partygoers decked out in togas. Who they wouldn’t picture, however, is a 30-year-old mom of two or a 28-year-old… Read More

  • Majority of University Students Report Poor Quality Sleep, Putting Them at Higher Risk of Mental Health Problems

    Majority of University Students Report Poor Quality Sleep, Putting Them at Higher Risk of Mental Health Problems

    If you went to university – or are still there – think about your sleep while there. Would you say you ticked all the boxes for healthy sleep – going to bed at a reasonable hour and waking up at the same time every day, sleeping for around eight hours, and avoiding sleeping in or… Read More

  • More American Students Are Studying Abroad, New Data Show

    More American Students Are Studying Abroad, New Data Show

    Kelsey Hrubes knew she had a challenge on her hands when she visited Germany as a study abroad student back in 2015. “I was forced to adapt to cultural norms I had never considered before and try to comprehend everything in a new language,” recalls Hrubes, a software engineer at Microsoft and 2017 Iowa State… Read More

  • Why Low-Income Students Should Have the First Shot at Free College

    Why Low-Income Students Should Have the First Shot at Free College

    As the United States moves forward with making debt-free college a possibility, policymakers must prioritize making higher education accessible for low-income and historically underrepresented students, according to a recent report by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Undoubtedly, a degree in higher education, today, is more important than ever before. It is, in… Read More

  • Some Want To Get Rid of College Majors – Here’s How That Could Go Wrong

    Some Want To Get Rid of College Majors – Here’s How That Could Go Wrong

    Should college majors be a thing of the past? That idea received a fresh airing when author Jeffrey Selingo suggested that it’s “time to end college majors as we know them.” As a researcher who studies higher education, I concede that something about the way colleges and universities educate students in the United States needs… Read More

  • Supporting Mature Female Students Enrolling in University STEM Programs

    Supporting Mature Female Students Enrolling in University STEM Programs

    Women face many barriers when it comes to post-secondary education, and this is especially true in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), as well as in traditionally male-dominated trades like welding. These barriers are even higher for mature female students — those who are at least 24 years old — who are often discriminated against… Read More

  • Five Top Tips to Succeed In Your First Year of University

    Five Top Tips to Succeed In Your First Year of University

    This week, thousands of new students from around the country will be starting their first year at university. For many students and their parents, transitioning to university is an exciting but daunting experience. Here are five tips to help students succeed in their first year. 1. Find support services All universities offer student counselling, mental… Read More

  • When You Hear a Negative Statistic About Black Students, Question It

    When You Hear a Negative Statistic About Black Students, Question It

    Evidence suggests white teachers are more negative with – and have lower expectations for – black students. As a counseling professor who specializes in educating black children, these findings do not surprise me. I often hear education professionals and others use simplistic negative statistics to explain complex challenges facing black students. In my book, “No… Read More

  • 1 In 5 College Students Have Anxiety or Depression — Here’s Why

    1 In 5 College Students Have Anxiety or Depression — Here’s Why

    Many of us think of college as a wondrous time of new experiences and great freedom to explore new ideas and find one’s true self. In recent years, however, depression and anxiety have afflicted college students at alarming rates. As noted in the latest Center for Collegiate Mental Health report, anxiety and depression are the… Read More

  • First-Generation College Students Earn Less Than Graduates Whose Parents Went to College

    First-Generation College Students Earn Less Than Graduates Whose Parents Went to College

    When discussions take place about first-generation college students, often the focus is on how disadvantaged they are in comparison to their peers whose parents went to college. Research we recently conducted shows that first-generation college students experience another form of disadvantage that lasts long after they graduate – and that is: how much they earn.… Read More

  • Research Shows Students Are as Good as Professors in Tutorial Teaching

    Research Shows Students Are as Good as Professors in Tutorial Teaching

    Professors and graduate students are at opposite ends of the university hierarchy in terms of experience, qualifications and pay. But at many universities, both do the same job: they teach tutorials offered in parallel with lectures. Our research explores whether it makes sense for professors to teach tutorials – and we found it doesn’t. They… Read More

  • What Public Universities Must Do to Regain Public Support

    What Public Universities Must Do to Regain Public Support

    Universities have lost public support in recent years. In order to get it back, college presidents should worry less about how their institutions fare in college rankings and focus more on affordability, great teaching and doing research that matters most to the communities they serve. Those are among the key recommendations that various stakeholders make… Read More

  • Stony Brook Models How Universities Can Help Financially-Insecure Students Succeed

    Stony Brook Models How Universities Can Help Financially-Insecure Students Succeed

    Today, a college degree is perceived as a ticket to professional and economic opportunity. Of the 55 million job openings expected through 2020, only 36 percent of them can be earned with solely a high school diploma. And, on average, Americans with a bachelor’s degree earn 66 percent more than those whose education stopped after… Read More

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