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  • Life on Hold – Coronavirus In South Korea

    Life on Hold – Coronavirus In South Korea

    On a lazy Sunday afternoon, the sun felt too warm and the spring breeze too fresh to stay indoors. For the first time in a long time, Eunji Kim, 31, who lives in South Korea, drove in her new MINI Cooper (in pretty solaris orange) to grab a late lunch with a few friends. Before… 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

  • You Don’t Need to Be a Math Person to Be a Master Coder, Study Finds

    You Don’t Need to Be a Math Person to Be a Master Coder, Study Finds

    It’s often assumed that to become a good coder, one needs to have a math brain, but that theory has now been debunked. New research from the University of Washington (UW) suggests that, instead, language learning skills are the strongest predictor of programming ability.   “The importance of numeracy may be overestimated in modern programming education… 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

  • Stay in School and You May Live Longer, Study Finds

    Stay in School and You May Live Longer, Study Finds

    There’s yet another reason to stay in school. Having a college education just might help you live a longer life, new research suggests.  After years of increase, life expectancy in the United States is currently on the decline. A rise in drug overdoses, suicides, widespread obesity and inaccessible health care are mostly to blame. And… 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

  • Experts Launch Free Online Course to Tackle Coronavirus

    Experts Launch Free Online Course to Tackle Coronavirus

    Experts from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have launched a free online coronavirus course, uncovering some of the mysteries behind the virus and providing solutions going forward.  The course, which is available through the online facilitator FutureLearn, offers the latest information on coronavirus and includes details on how it spreads, how… 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

  • More High Schoolers Are Taking, Passing AP Courses

    More High Schoolers Are Taking, Passing AP Courses

    More than 1.2 million public high school seniors took an Advanced Placement (AP) course last year, an increase of 57 percent over the past decade. Over that same time period, the number of students who scored high enough on their AP exams to earn college credit increased by 60 percent, according to a new College… 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

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