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  • University, Business and Government IMPACT Champions Gather at Third Annual UN Women HeForShe Event

    University, Business and Government IMPACT Champions Gather at Third Annual UN Women HeForShe Event

    Today marks the third anniversary of the launch of the HeForShe movement, which was created by UN Women, the UN entity for gender equality and empowerment of women. The movement takes a unique approach in that it specifically includes men and boys as partners in women’s fight for gender equality around the world, motivating them… Read More

  • Eastern Michigan University Raises International Students Welcome Banners

    Eastern Michigan University Raises International Students Welcome Banners

    Universities in the U.S. have long been a preferred destination for many of the world’s brightest students. Unfortunately, with increasingly vocal calls against immigration and the Trump administration’s attempted ban in January this year, some international students are questioning if they should risk attending universities in this country. Eastern Michigan University (EMU), like many other… Read More

  • Stony Brook University Goes All-Out with Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

    Stony Brook University Goes All-Out with Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

    Diversity in higher education is crucial for the development of young adults. It enables young adults to enter the global workforce with a pre-instilled understanding of people and all of their differences. The ability to work with, conversate, respect and relate to people of every cultural, sexual, or ethnic background is essential to the growth… Read More

  • Universities Introduce Media Literacy Courses to Combat Fake News

    Universities Introduce Media Literacy Courses to Combat Fake News

    Politics and media have always been surrounded by falsehoods, conspiracies and dishonesty. But with the rise of widespread communications tools, like the Internet and social media, we have reached a state of emergency. Now, in an effort to combat the spread of lies, universities and schools across the country are taking steps to make media… Read More

  • Universities That Offer Free Undergraduate Tuition

    Universities That Offer Free Undergraduate Tuition

    Education is one of the most important assets anyone can have. With rising costs of tuition and fees in the U.S., however, many students may not view higher education as an option for them. If you are considering higher education, don’t let the cost intimidate you. While the costs of education has been rising in… Read More

  • Balancing Free Speech and the Right to Protest on U.S. College Campuses

    Balancing Free Speech and the Right to Protest on U.S. College Campuses

    If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought — not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice in United States v. Schwimmer… Read More

  • Universities Affirm Their Commitment to the Paris Agreement

    Universities Affirm Their Commitment to the Paris Agreement

    Despite President Trump’s decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris accord, 1,219 U.S. colleges, universities, governors, mayors, businesses, and investors have proclaimed: “We Are Still In.” That number already includes 183 colleges and universities, which is not a surprise, since colleges and institutions have been on the forefront of research and development in the… Read More

  • Stigma Surrounding Community College Totally Undeserved

    Stigma Surrounding Community College Totally Undeserved

    Education is known internationally as one of the most important components for success. And in today’s world, more than ever before, a degree from an accredited university is seen as a necessary key to unlock future opportunities. Each year, an average of 1.3 million high school students in the U.S. will not graduate on time.… Read More

  • OWN IT Summit Bridges the Female Leadership Gap

    OWN IT Summit Bridges the Female Leadership Gap

    As of fall 2014, women account for 55 percent of undergraduates enrolled at four-year colleges in the U.S. Women continue to break barriers, but often their successes are still cut short. Despite women leading the country’s percentage of college graduates and making up a larger portion of the workforce, there are not many women in… Read More

  • Free Speech on College Campuses

    Free Speech on College Campuses

    Activism is a staple of the modern college campus. Colleges and universities are some of the most politically charged environments where political expression of clashing ideas and views are usually encouraged. For more than 400 schools across the country, however, the right to stand up for those views is limited to an area set by… Read More

  • Georgetown Course on ‘Launching the Venture’ Launches New Student Authors

    Georgetown Course on ‘Launching the Venture’ Launches New Student Authors

    The business world is changing, as more and more college students seem to be steering themselves away from the world of big corporations and big business and opting to start their own business. This entrepreneurial mindset is spreading like wildfire, fueling creative visions and helping create employment opportunities across the country. The term ‘startup’ has… Read More

  • 9 Colleges With Equity Membership Candidate Programs for Theater Students

    9 Colleges With Equity Membership Candidate Programs for Theater Students

    Anyone in the field of arts knows how difficult it is to get a head start in such a competitive line of work. In the world of theatre, those opportunities are just as slim. But some colleges are making it easier for students. These colleges are not traditional theatre arts schools, but are creating pathways… Read More

  • Research Papers: Go Above and Beyond!

    Research Papers: Go Above and Beyond!

    As undergraduate students, we are often faced with few choices for research topics for our course assignments. Although this is to be expected, it shouldn’t stop us from reaching beyond the assigned work to research topics that interest us. Remember, although we are not professors, we are still academics. And as academics, we have the agency and the access to… Read More

  • Future Leaders with Big Ideas Get Full Ride to Dartmouth College

    Future Leaders with Big Ideas Get Full Ride to Dartmouth College

    Imagine a program where low-income students from developing nations interested in eliminating poverty in their home countries could have opportunities to learn and grow, without having to worry about the costs of education. This is exactly the purpose of the King Scholar Leadership Program at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Students accepted into the… Read More

  • Trump Administration Creates Education Exemption to Travel Ban – March 6, 2017

    Trump Administration Creates Education Exemption to Travel Ban – March 6, 2017

    The higher education community has been in an uproar since the issuance of President Trump’s January 27 Executive Order cutting off the flow of students and scholars from 7 Muslim-majority countries (the “Initial Order”). Many universities issued statements expressing concern, educators circulated petitions, and rallies took place at campuses across the United States. For our part, on… Read More

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