2017-12-10 Working Too Much Harms US College Students’ Academic Progress
Kara Rowells enjoys hard work. The native of Tarpon Springs, Florida learned to love being busy from her father. “My dad … always had a lot of different jobs at…
2017-12-13 Learn Prefixes, Suffixes to Expand Your Vocabulary
On a recent program, we explained that knowing just a few root words in English can help you understand the meaning of hundreds more words. To refresh your memory, a…
2017-12-17 College Admissions: Getting the Timing Right
Timing is everything. That is an expression people around the world use in many situations. Generally, this expression means that taking action at the right time can be just as…
2017-12-03 US, Canadian Universities Aim to Make Student Jobs More Meaningful
Steve Tracy was not looking for a job at the Community College of Baltimore County when he started taking classes there in August. But the 25 year-old from Catonsville, Maryland…
2018-02-04 Experts: Colleges Should Invest More in Research
Vaccines. Popular sports drinks. Computers. Each one of these subjects is different from the others. But all three have something in common: they were all invented by researchers working at…
2018-01-21 Most Large US Public Colleges Fail to Keep Records on Suicides
Most large public universities in the United States do not keep records of how many students have taken their own lives. Yet many American colleges and universities are making investments…
2017-11-28 Grow Your Vocabulary by Learning Root Words
English has been called one the most difficult languages for non-native speakers to learn. One reason is that English has so many rules – and almost as many exceptions of…
2017-11-26 College Admissions: Teaching Parents How to Help
For most people around the world, applying for admission to a college or university is a major event in their lives. Many young people see it as one of their…
2017-11-22 Europe’s Roma Do Not Have Equal Education
The Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority. Official reports say the group, also known as Romani people, has up to 12 million members in Europe. The Roma are among Europe’s…
2017-11-15 Fewer New International Students Attending US Colleges
For the first time in 12 years, the number of new international students attending American colleges and universities has dropped. That information comes from the 2017 Open Doors Report on…
2017-11-08 Study: Netherlands Rates Highest for English Proficiency
A new report says Europe leads the world in English language proficiency, followed closely by Asia. The Netherlands continues for the second year to have the best non-native English speakers,…
2017-11-12 Why US College Students Cheat and How to Fight It
Everyone who has been a student has probably experienced something like this: It is the night before a big test in one of your most difficult classes. You tried your…
2017-11-05 College Admissions: Learning from the Process
For most college students, the main goal of higher education is earning a degree that will lead to a successful and satisfying career. The years spent working on a program…
2017-11-01 Program Offers Job Experience, Pay for High Schoolers
At the start of the school year, Aelina Pogosian could not wait to tell her friends about the most interesting thing she had done over the summer. The 16-year-old did…
2017-10-29 Changing Colleges in the US Is Complex, Costly
Savannah College of Art and Design, or SCAD, is a private university in the American state of Georgia. In 2003, Sarah Luthans believed it would be the best place for…