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Groovy Findings: Researching How and Why Music Moves You
When Stevie Wonder’s 1972 hit “Superstition” comes on, you might find yourself bobbing your head, tapping your feet and maybe even dancing along. This phenomenon is widespread and seemingly automatic, but why humans consistently react this way to certain music is still unclear. The questions of why and how music can make us want to… Read More
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The Key to Finding Your Ideal Job After Graduation
Today, career pressure starts early for students. The excitement that comes from stepping onto campus for the first time, being handed a dorm room key and meeting neighbors in a residence hall is too short-lived. As soon as midterm exams swing around and career fairs start popping up, those feelings of excitement can quickly turn… Read More
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Donald Trump 2020 Re-Election — On Higher Education and 6 Other Key Issues
While most of our 2020 coverage sheds light on the presidential challengers, we would be amiss if we didn’t do the same for the incumbent, President Donald J. Trump, who is running for re-election. Without further adieu, here are President Trump’s positions on higher education and other important issues. Here is what Donald Trump stands… Read More
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Amy Klobuchar 2020 — On Higher Education and 6 Other Key Issues
In 2006, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) became Minnesota’s first female U.S. senator, and she has held onto that position ever since. As the daughter of a teacher and sportswriter, Klobuchar is a product of middle-class America. Her grandfather, who was a coal miner, saved up money in a tin can to send Klobuchar’s father to college.… Read More
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Bernie Sanders 2020 — On Higher Education and 6 Other Key Issues
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made income inequality a buzzword of the Democratic primaries in 2016, and now is seeking the nomination once more in what looks to be a more competitive field in 2020. The independent senator and self-described democratic socialist from Vermont made waves three years ago when he mounted a surprisingly strong challenge… Read More
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Beto O’Rourke 2020 — On Higher Education and 6 Other Key Issues
Beto O’Rourke, a former Democratic congressman from Texas, made a name for himself during the 2018 midterm elections, in which he almost stole a Texas Senate race from the Republican incumbent Ted Cruz. Before entering the political sphere, O’Rourke spent his high school and college days playing in punk-rock bands, as a member of a… Read More
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Cory Booker 2020 — On Higher Education and 6 Other Key Issues
Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is quite the Renaissance man. Before he became the first African American U.S. senator from the state of New Jersey, he was an elite college football recruit who signed to play at Stanford, a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, a graduate of Yale Law School and the mayor of… Read More
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Elizabeth Warren 2020 — On Higher Education and 6 Other Key Issues
*Updated April 23, 2019 As an Oklahoma native with middle-class roots, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has dedicated her political career to, primarily, protecting what she calls “America’s promise” — the promise that anyone who works hard and does what they are supposed to should be able to support themselves and the ones they love. But… Read More
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Kamala Harris 2020 — On Higher Education and 6 Other Key Issues
Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has quickly established herself as one of the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination in 2020. The daughter of Jamaican and Tamil Indian immigrants, Harris in many ways embodies the American dream. After graduating from Hastings College of the Law in 1989, Harris worked her way through the San Francisco District… Read More
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Trump’s Executive Order Is About More Than Free Speech on Campus
*Updated March 25, 2019 On March 21, President Trump signed an executive order, which, in part, aims to protect free speech on college campuses by threatening to withhold federal research funding to public colleges and universities that don’t give a stage to controversial speakers. “We will not stand idly by and allow public institutions to… Read More
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What Will Make College Students Vote in 2020?
There is no question that today’s college students are deeply invested in politics. They are taking to the streets of their campuses in historically large numbers to protest against gun violence, racial injustice and climate change, among other issues. But when it comes to voting, young Americans haven’t shown up at the same rate as… Read More
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Top Universities Join to Address the Need for Ethics in Technology
In 2019, a year where people spend most of their waking hours looking at screens, it is safe to say that society evolves around technology. And for the first time, nearly everyone is dependent on creations — devices, applications and software — that they have no idea how to construct or even operate. So people… Read More
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Teaching in America’s Prisons Has Taught Me to Believe in Second Chances
In 2007, I gave someone a second chance. I was in Danbury Federal Correctional Institution recruiting women for a new program for people returning from prison that I was running in New York City. A woman approached me and handed me her portfolio. It was basically a detailed resume of her accomplishments, skills and goals… Read More
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Skeptics Claim Changes to AP Exams Are ‘All About Money’
Skeptics are fighting back against the College Board’s proposed changes to AP exams, which they claim could make things more stressful and expensive for high school students. Traditionally, students register to take AP exams in March, but the proposed changes, which would go into effect before the 2019-20 school year, would force students to register… Read More
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College Admission Scheme Busted
An indictment in Massachusetts, which was unsealed today, reads like a Hollywood mobster movie. There are rich, unscrupulous parents desperate to place their children in prestigious schools, fixers and university athletic coaches. And like many mobster movies, it ends with the wise guys being hauled away in handcuffs and charged under the Racketeer Influenced and… Read More
