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How to Ace Your Online Classes, Amid Coronavirus
In a widespread effort to limit the impact of COVID-19, higher education institutions across the United States have decided to close down their campuses and move classes entirely online. So, if you’re a college student, chances are you’ve been asked to study remotely. And perhaps it’s your first time. Transitioning from in-person to online classes… Read More
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The 6 Main Ways Colleges are Responding to Coronavirus
As COVID-19, the new coronavirus, continues to spread throughout the United States, colleges and universities are taking action to protect their students and slow down the outbreak. Although their efforts vary based on factors like location and enrollment, nearly every higher education institution, from Harvard University to Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), is… Read More
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Students React to Campus Closures Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Amid growing concerns about the spread of COVID-19, the new coronavirus, colleges and universities across the United States are upping their precautionary measures. In addition to transitioning from in-person to online classes, an increasing number of colleges and universities are now telling students to go home. On Tuesday (March 10), Harvard University asked students not… Read More
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Meet Second Nature, the NGO Guiding Colleges to Carbon Neutrality
Colleges and universities pride themselves on being leaders in research, education and development. Their ultimate purpose is to help create a future that is brighter than the past. And today, the future faces a potentially enormous existential crisis. Decades of irresponsible energy production and consumption have caused global surface temperatures to increase, posing a threat… Read More
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How College Students Can Keep Themselves & Others Coronavirus-Free
Americans have made many efforts to slow down the nationwide spread of COVID-19, the new coronavirus sweeping across the world. Grade schools have temporarily closed their doors. Companies are increasingly asking their employees to work from home. And in highly infected areas, even storefronts have decided to shut down for the time being. Colleges and… Read More
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College Students Want Employers to Pay Off Their Loans
At this point, national student loan debt has reached more than $1.6 trillion, surpassing both credit card and auto loan debt. Roughly 70 percent of college students have to take out loans to pay for college. And after graduation, the average borrower owes nearly $30,000. This debt burden weighs heavily on recent graduates, as it… Read More
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Healthline Is Offering $20,000 in Scholarships to Students Fighting Hunger
Do good, and you just may be rewarded. Healthline.com, the familiar health news and information site, has teamed up with the nonprofit organization Feeding America to launch its fourth annual Stronger Scholarship. This year, the company is awarding $5,000 scholarships to four students helping to fight hunger in their communities. “One in seven children in… Read More
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How Colleges Are Reacting Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak
As the new strain of coronavirus, formally called COVID-19, continues to sweep across the world, American colleges and universities are taking action to protect their students and minimize the outbreak altogether. While the vast majority of campuses remain open, higher education institutions are canceling their travel programs, advising students to self-quarantine, developing precautionary plans in… Read More
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You Don’t Need to Be a Math Person to Be a Master Coder, Study Finds
It’s often assumed that to become a good coder, one needs to have a math brain, but that theory has now been debunked. New research from the University of Washington (UW) suggests that, instead, language learning skills are the strongest predictor of programming ability. “The importance of numeracy may be overestimated in modern programming education… Read More
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Quarantined and Looking for Something to Pass the Time? Why Not Help Find a Cure for Coronavirus?
The University of Washington (UW) is looking to crowdsource a cure to stop the spread of COVID-19, the highly contagious strain of coronavirus sweeping throughout the world. By way of a new online puzzle game, the university is calling on professional and citizen scientists to design a protein that could block the virus from interacting… Read More
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Ortho Dermatologics Opens $10,000 Aspire Higher Scholarship Program
Ortho Dermatologics, one of the largest prescription dermatology healthcare businesses, has opened applications for its Aspire Higher Scholarship Program. The company is looking to award nine scholarships worth up to $10,000 each to students who’ve been treated for a dermatologic condition. Those interested have until April 27, 2020 to apply. To be eligible for the… Read More
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What Inspires Women to Pursue & Stay in Tech Careers?
More women than ever before are earning STEM degrees. But when broken down by degree type, it’s clear that women are only mass migrating to a handful of disciplines. While women have already caught up to men in biology and the social sciences, they only earn 18.7 percent of the computer science degrees awarded in… Read More
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Joe Biden’s Life As a College Student
Joe Biden’s higher education story is quintessential. After graduating from the exclusive Archmere Academy, a private school in his hometown of Claymont, Delaware, the former vice president and current Democratic presidential candidate pushed his way through undergraduate and eventually law school, meeting his first wife along the way. At Archmere, Biden was a standout student… Read More
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Mike Bloomberg’s Life As a College Student
Born in 1942 into a middle-class family in Medford, Massachusetts, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s higher education story is one of hard work, ambition and certainly a bit of luck. As a high school student, he worked part-time at a small electronics company in nearby Cambridge, Massachusetts. During that time, his father was a bookkeeper… Read More
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Bernie Sanders’ Life As a College Student
College is meant to be a time of self-discovery and self-improvement. And like many students before and after him, presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) used his college years to mold himself into the man he is today. It’s not a surprise that the bulk of Sanders’ time in school was not spent on the… Read More
