Americans use more than 500 million straws every day — more than one per man, woman, and child. Most of them end up in the landfill or in the ocean, endangering sea creatures, as this heartbreaking viral video of a sea turtle illustrates. Numerous campaigns in England and some U.S. cities have sprung up to ban these sucky polluters. More...
Pros, cons of online learning for students with disabilities
Online learning can provide a practical, workable option for diverse populations of learners, including students with various kinds of disabilities. More...
Unlike Mount Ida, Quincy College took the high road
The traumatic shutdown of Mount Ida College in Newton didn’t have to cause as much turmoil as it did for students. A few towns away, another college faced its own crisis — and handled it much better. More...
Portfolium chosen by Rochester Institute of Technology
Portfolium, the only Student Success Network that connects teachers, students and employers has partnered with the Rochester Institute of technology to help students increase their odds of landing an interview or job offer by strengthening their skills-based portfolios. More...
Why is undergraduate college enrollment declining?
Undergrad enrollment in the U.S. is down for the sixth straight year. Women enrolling in higher education saved colleges in the 1980s. So who can save colleges today. More...
Types of safety resources at U.S. colleges
Safety concerns are often front of mind for parents whose children plan to leave home to study at a U.S. university. More...
Colleges offer mixed reactions on proposed PROSPER Act
A proposed bill in Congress is generating a lot of discussion among the higher education community, including here in the north country. More...
University of Memphis to offer free tuition to fallen service members' children, spouses
Next year, the University of Memphis in Tennessee will help cover the tuition of children and spouses of fallen service members. More...
New federal policy would hike student spacecraft costs
There are only a handful of astronauts, but every year thousands of high school and college students get to visit space vicariously, by launching their own satellites. Students design, build and test each one, and then work with space industry professionals to get them loaded on rockets and launched into orbit. More...
Re-examining developmental education
State community college systems and their two-year colleges have spent the 2010s re-examining and redesigning decades-old developmental education tracks to ensure students get what they need — and only what they need — with an eye toward moving them more quickly into college-level courses and, eventually, the degree or certificate they want. More...