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College Students to Administrators: Let’s Talk About Mental Health
Covid has cracked open a conversation students are desperate to have.
The Hechinger Report
March 3, 2022
Pandemic Leads Colleges to Revise, Improve Mental Health Efforts
Students want to raise the profile of mental health talk on college campuses
The Washington Post
March 3, 2022
More Students Question College, Putting Counselors in a Quandary
Is it time to re-think what “success” looks like and how to help students achieve it?
The Hechinger Report | USA Today
January 3, 2022
For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough
States and colleges are pressing to get more adults to complete degrees, but many programs are not structured to serve them.
The Hechinger Report | USA Today
August 5, 2021
‘Right now is not my time’: How Covid dimmed college prospects for students who need help most
A perfect storm of remote school and complexity of applying to college leaves low-income and first generation students short on help
The Hechinger Report
March 4, 2021
A ‘gobsmacking number’ of students in need aren’t applying to college. Are we missing ‘an entire generation’?
The low-income and first generation students who need college help most are not getting it.
USA Today
March 4, 2021
How to Raise Rural Enrollment in Higher Education? Go Local.
Given the rural-nonrural divide in America, this may be the most important college access program you’ve never heard of.
The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
December 13, 2020
A Regional Public University’s Identity Crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has hastened a reckoning for non-flagship public campuses in Ohio and across the Midwest: Who should they serve?
NBC News | The Hechinger Report
August 19, 2020
With dorms shut and classes online, college students DIY campus life
Students create quarantine campuses because college is more than classes.
The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
May 18, 2020
College is Hard. Iggy, Pounce, Cowboy Joe and Sunny are Here to Help.
Campuses are using AI-enabled chatbots to help students navigate and connect.
New York Times
April 8, 2020
On College Campuses, Social Media Provides Private Spaces for Thousands
Campus-specific social media is a running conversation, as real as what’s happening face to face.
New York Times
March 1, 2020
What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?
Language course enrollments are plummeting. Is teaching foreign language sections of English courses an answer?
The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
November 19, 2019
Where 4-Year Schools Find a Pool of Applicants: 2-Year Schools
Community college students are feeding a counter-narrative to the jostle for prestige in admissions. And it’s compelling.
New York Times
October 11, 2019
From Albania to Singapore, U.S. Students Look For Tailored Experiences Abroad
More students than ever are studying abroad. But they are doing it differently. It’s brief, structured and in English.
New York Times
June 12, 2019
Forget the Shouting and Demonizing: College Students Organize Civil Discussions
Kids on campus are doing what adults can’t seem to: Talk politics, nicely. With both sides at the table.
The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
April 5, 2019
For Many Poor Students, the Ivy League is Culture Shock
Behind the viral videos of poor kids getting into Ivies is the hard challenge of surviving and belonging.
The Washington Post
March 1, 2019
America’s Colleges Struggle to Envision the Future of Diversity on Campus
In the midst of application season and the Harvard admissions trial, campuses want “diversity” but aren’t certain what it is — or how to get it.
The Christian Science Monitor | The Hechinger Report
January 16, 2019
Training the Next Generation of Doctors and Nurses
Can tech in medical education make time to build other skills, like helping patients navigate a complicated system?
New York Times
November 9, 2018