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Friend Your Students? New York City Schools Say No

English teacher Eleanor Terry started a Facebook page last fall for the High School for Telecommunication Arts and Technology in Brooklyn. She uses it for the school’s college office to remind seniors about things like application deadlines. The seniors use it to stay in touch with each other. “There was a student who got into [...]

Medical Marijuana 101: You Can’t Smoke That On Campus

Medical marijuana is legal in 16 states, and that number is expected to grow. But these state laws put colleges in a bind. That’s because under federal law, marijuana is still illegal. So colleges that let students make use of their pot prescription pot on campus risk losing their federal funding. For 25-year-old University of [...]

The Ten Things You Won’t Hear At Commencement

Every spring, new graduates sit through commencement addresses full of advice to seize the day, dream big and make the world a better place. Charles Wheelan says he’s sick of those speeches. When he spoke at his alma mater, Dartmouth College, he delivered what he called an “anti-commencement” speech, with straightforward advice that he wishes [...]

Help For The Economy? Not From Debt-Bound Grads

In a little more than 10 years, the total amount of student loan debt in this country has doubled to more than $1 trillion. In the not too-distant-future, student loan debt will eclipse the amount of money Americans owe on their cars and credit cards. On both television and at the University of North Carolina [...]

A Teacher’s Ultimatum Drives Student’s Success

In high school, Raul Bravo asked himself whether it was worth getting a diploma. He saw other ways of making money to buy the best Nikes. “At that age, I’ve seen many of my friends making fast money drug dealing,” he says. Now 21, Bravo is an auto mechanic in Chicago. He never thought about [...]

AP: First 10 States Granted Waivers From ‘No Child Left Behind’

Following up on a plan he unveiled last September to let states apply to be exempt from basic elements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law, President Obama will today announce the first 10 states that have qualified for such exemptions. The Associated Press, citing “a White House official … who spoke on [...]

The Impact of ArtsScience Prize

Hear from students involved in the ArtsScience Prize.

Combining Arts and Science to Solve Problems, and Inspire

Students use the creativity of the arts, based in scientific solutions, to solve real-world problems.

College Presidents Have Problems With Obama’s Message On Tuition

Taking an issue he highlighted during his State of the Union address on the road, President Obama this morning told an audience at the University of Michigan that he is “putting colleges on notice” that the era of unabated tuition hikes is over, as The Associated Press reports. His message to colleges and universities: “You [...]

Stanford Takes Online Schooling To The Next Academic Level

Last year, Stanford University computer science professor Sebastian Thrun — also known as the fellow who helped build Google’s self-driving car — got together with a small group of Stanford colleagues and they impulsively decided to open their classes to the world. They would allow anyone, anywhere to attend online, take quizzes, ask questions and [...]