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Why Inequalities Resurface When Students Earn Advanced Degrees
There’s a long-standing belief that college is “the great equalizer.” For students from low-income families, it’s seen as their way out of intergenerational poverty. To a certain extent, that’s true. But only when comparing students with a bachelor’s degree. Once students go on to earn more advanced degrees, wealth-based inequalities reemerge, as those from low-income… Read More
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Students Who Are Better at Managing Their Emotions Earn Higher Grades
Students know many factors can affect the grades they earn, including their natural intelligence, how hard they work, their test-taking skills, their sleep habits and even their diet. But new research suggests there’s another component to academic success — emotional intelligence. Students who are better able to understand and manage their emotions earn higher grades,… Read More
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How Sustainable Is Your Jewelry?
“A diamond is forever,” is the iconic tagline from De Beers. But, as we approach 2020, over 70 years after the tagline was first used, consumers are responding, “so is our Earth.” Younger consumers are asking the jewelry industry how they are making their jewelry, where the materials come from, whose lives the process affected… Read More
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14% of College Students Are Vegans or Vegetarians, Study Finds
Far more college students follow a plant-based diet than adults across the United States. The number stands at 14 percent of college students, according to a recent College Pulse survey of 2,001 students, compared to 4 percent of U.S. adults. Of the 14 percent of students who said they follow a vegetarian, vegan or plant-based… Read More
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How Colleges Advance Environmental Sustainability in Their Greater Communities
With the United Nations warning that humanity has less than 11 years to prevent climate change from causing irreversible damage to the planet, immediate and accelerated climate action is necessary. The upcoming decade is “the most pivotal decade in human history,” said Fiona Wilson, the director of the Sustainability Institute at the University of New… Read More
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Americans Are Relying on News They Know Isn’t Trustworthy
Despite years of educating people on the dangers of fake news and encouraging them to seek out accurate stories, a third of Americans are still willingly relying on sources that they know are less than trustworthy, such as social media and peers, for their news. That’s the key takeaway from a RAND Corporation report meant… Read More
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Colleges Can Retain STEM Majors by Changing Teaching Methods
To support the industries of the future, there’s an estimated need for a 33-percent increase in the number of STEM-degree holders. But right now, roughly half of first-year STEM majors are choosing to drop out or change their course of study before graduating. For many, the decision to leave STEM fields is rooted in feelings… Read More
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Brands Respond to Demand for Sustainable Skincare
From Kesha revealing her natural face full of freckles to Kardashians sharing no-makeup videos, 2019 is the year for a natural, makeup-free kind of beauty. As celebrities embraced their natural selves online, social media soon followed and hashtags like #nomakeup, #nofilter went buzzing. Naturally, consumers started to invest in skincare, but not just any skincare.… Read More
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Hydroponics Club Grows Food for the Hungry, Educates Local Kids
With the global population approaching 8 billion and more people migrating to urban areas, it’s become clear that traditional agriculture is not the most sustainable way to grow produce. Simply put, to feed the rising population, the world is going to need to start growing significantly more food. And doing so through traditional farming would… Read More
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Walking in the Shoes of a First-Generation College Student
Being a trailblazer is exciting and something to be proud of, but it isn’t always easy. Just ask Andrea Reino, a senior at Princeton University and the daughter of Spanish immigrants. Like many first-generation Americans, she’s the first in her family to go to college. Currently, Reino’s father works as a landscaper and her mother… Read More
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Report: The Most In-Demand Jobs and Skills
Which jobs are trending and which are disappearing? Which skills are becoming more in-demand and which will soon be out-of-date? These are the questions that many students, job seekers and employers are asking, and a recent report by Burning Glass Technologies and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) provides the answers. “A vibrant economy and, by extension,… Read More
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Across U.S., Women Are Choosing Less Financially Rewarding Majors
Female students are more inclined to select a major with lower earnings prospects than their male counterparts, a new study finds. This is true even in cases when both female and male students prioritize income potential in their choice of a major. Why is this the case? Natasha Quadlin, an assistant professor of sociology at… Read More
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Without Local News, Americans Are Left Severely Uninformed
All across the United States, local news sources are being gutted and shut down. As a result, Americans are left woefully uninformed. They’re shorted valuable information about how their taxes are being spent, what is said at local school board meetings, and whether their government officials and neighboring corporations are acting ethically, efficiently and responsibly. … Read More
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Innovative Ideas in Sustainable Fashion
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than 65 percent of all types of textiles generated in 2015 ended up in landfills, meaning they were unable to be composted or recycled among humans. Think of it like this — if your room were the Earth, your entire floor would be piled with trash that… Read More
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A Student Guide to Sustainable Living
With a garbage patch twice the size of Texas sitting in the Pacific Ocean and less than 11 years left to prevent climate change from irreversibly damaging our planet, the Earth needs all the help it can get. It’s true, the most effective way to save the planet comes through governmental action and international law.… Read More
