2017-04-22 Study: Female Professors Do More Service Work than Males
Susan Mackey-Kallis is a busy woman at Villanova University, outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mackey-Kallis is an Associate Professor in Villanova’s…
2017-04-23 Students Going into Debt to Pay for College
College students are facing more debt than ever before. Students who graduated from college in 2015 left school with an…
2017-04-15 Schools, Universities Teach Students the Truth About Fake News
In the past, most people received their news from newspapers, magazines and broadcasters. But now, just about anyone can report…
2017-04-18 Using VOA Learning English to Improve Listening Skills
Editor’s Note: This report is part of a series about how to use the VOA Learning English website for group…
2017-04-11 Avoid Ineffective Study Methods
Imagine you have a test in school. It could be for a class in history or mathematics. Even worse, you…
2017-04-09 Teaching American Students About US Founding Documents
Should American high school students know at least as much about their country’s historic documents as immigrants seeking citizenship? Many…
2017-04-05 Classrooms in Boston to Get Different Kind of World Map
Walk into most any classroom, and you will see a large world map hanging somewhere on the wall. Teachers use…
2017-04-08 New System to Measure Value of College Education
Each year, millions of students complete their study programs at the colleges and universities across the United States. The new…
2017-04-04 Empowering Educators through Data
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD is working with teachers and schools to reform education through data.…
2017-04-01 Online Degree Programs Face Barriers to Success
Last week, we talked about Americans taking college classes and completing study programs online – that is, with the help…
2017-04-04 Sometimes It Pays to Disobey
Most people would say they disapprove of breaking rules. But one highly respected university in America is offering a big…
2017-03-28 Three Methods to Improve Your Presentations
Giving a presentation can be a scary task. It can be even more worrisome when the presentation is not in…
2017-03-25 Online Degree Programs May Change the Future of Higher Education
The more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States offer many different educational experiences. For hundreds of years,…
2017-03-22 Number of International Students at US Colleges Likely to Drop
One-point-two million international students attended American colleges and universities in 2016. That is an increase of 6.5 percent from the…
2017-03-18 Does a College Education Help All People Equally?
Higher education has been a dream for generations of men and women all over the world. Many people consider higher…