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XPRIZE Looking for University Groups to Create Robotic Avatar, Win Millions
XPRIZE Foundation is looking for university groups to join its $10 million ANA Avatar XPRIZE before the September 30 deadline. To win the grand prize, teams must create a robotic avatar capable of transporting a human’s “sense, actions, and presence to a remote location in real time.” Instead of relying on a plane or a… Read More
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Brands Innovate, Create, Move Towards Sustainable Fashion
About 20 years ago, “fast fashion” took the world by storm. The fashion industry found a way to rapidly mass-produce the latest trends and sell for cheaper than ever before. And as a result, people were able to buy more and more clothing. Today, we have five times the amount of clothing that our grandparents… Read More
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Universities Are Fighting for Clean Water for All
Let us use our imagination. Three hours of walking into the Kenyan desert, but somehow, your surroundings haven’t changed. The same endless, barren land, the same piercing heat, the same girl marching in front of you with her battered water buckets rattling as they hit against each other. Suddenly, all the girls in front of… Read More
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Opinion: Free College Proposals Should Include Private Colleges
Students can use federal financial aid to attend any college they want, whether public or private. But the “free college” proposals floated by some 2020 presidential candidates would increase federal funding only for community colleges or state-run universities. Private nonprofit universities would be excluded. The question is: Why? From my vantage point as scholar of… Read More
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23 Lessons for Freshmen as They Begin College
The Class of 2023 is arriving on university campuses across the country. For the majority of new college students and their parents, they’ve been so focused on the application process and securing financial assistance that successfully transitioning from high school to college is just coming into focus. I surveyed and interviewed current college students and… Read More
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A Play Book for College Kick-Off
The end of summer as we approach the fall season is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s football season but more importantly, it’s the start of a new school year. It is particularly exciting for those entering college, especially in their freshman year or first semester in college. Just like football, everyone… Read More
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A Virtual Reality Field Trip Through South Florida’s Everglades
Before cities there were swamps. Wetlands and swamps globally have been sacrificed to pave the way for housing, agriculture and industry. Urban developers and dwellers have largely overlooked the vital role that swamps play in buffering storms, capturing carbon, fostering life and filtering water. One of the biggest threats to swamps today is a lack… Read More
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New Headphones May Train Your Brain to Stay Focused
Students know how easy it is to lose focus while studying or sitting in class. With cell phones, social media and Netflix just one search away, staying concentrated is harder than ever before. But a new pair of headphones, called “Mindset,” might be able to fix that. Along with being able to play your favorite… Read More
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College Students Want Stricter Gun Control, Survey Finds
Nearly 70 percent of college students are in favor of banning assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, according to a survey conducted by College Pulse. Weapons that fit that description were believed to be used in the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, Dayton, Ohio, and Gilroy, California. In El Paso, 22 people were… Read More
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The Lead-Up to the Proposed Rules on Title IX
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 seeks to prevent sex discrimination on any campuses that receive federal financial funding. The provision is simple: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education… Read More
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Opinion: Public vs. Private College — Key Factors to Consider
With more than 3,000 four-year college choices in the United States, parents and students often go through an extremely difficult experience when selecting a college for a four-year undergraduate degree, weighing many different factors before making a decision. Given the primacy of student debt in the national conversation about higher education, one key question is:… Read More
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How College Towns Could Benefit More From Throngs of Student Volunteers
Millions of college students volunteer at soup kitchens, animal shelters and other nonprofits near where they go to school. The arrangement gives these young adults valuable experience that can help them launch their careers while giving charities a hand. As a professor who studies nonprofits, I’m interested in the effects student volunteers have on the… Read More
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Top 10 Post-Grad Destinations for College Students
After students take off their cap and gown, they want to head to the Big Apple. Yes, New York City is where students aspire to start their working lives, according to a new survey conducted by College Pulse. Following NYC, students want to move to Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Denver… Read More
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Washington State’s Big Bet on ‘Free College’
Washington state doesn’t have a problem finding educated people to work in its booming high-tech economy – it’s just most of those people come from out of state. This is why Washington enacted the landmark Workforce Education Investment Act into law in May 2019. The main idea behind the new law is to make college… Read More
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UT Austin Now Offers Free Tuition, Joining Cohort of Other Universities
The University of Texas at Austin made recent national news by promising free tuition for in-state undergraduate students whose families make $65,000 or less per year. The initiative, which will begin in the fall of 2020, was made possible by members of the University of Texas System Board of Regents who unanimously voted to establish… Read More
