A professor said her students think Americans make six figures on average. That’s a long way off.
The question asked by Nina Strohminger to her students at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania was straightforward: What did they ...
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Building machines that work for everyone – how diversity of test subjects is a technology blind spot, and what to do about it
Without a diverse range of test subjects, some new technologies could fail to work as intended for many people. John Paul Van Wert/Rank ...
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Beyond social mobility, college students value giving back to society
First-generation college students say higher education is a way for them to improve their families’ lives, and their own. Hispanolistic/E+ ...
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Colleges accused of conspiring to make low-income students pay more
A lawsuit claims that 16 elite U.S. universities give preference to children of donors over other applicants in their admissions. Alexi ...
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College students with young kids – especially mothers – find themselves in a time crunch
Mothers in college have less time to study than students without children. 10'000 Hours/Getty Images Claire Wladis, CUNY Graduate Center The ...
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Penn Law rebukes professor who said U.S. would be 'better off with fewer Asians'
The dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School criticized comments by a professor at the school as "thoroughly anti-intellectual ...
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Future engineers need to understand their work’s human impact – here’s how my classes prepare students to tackle problems like climate change
Engineering classes at the University of San Diego have started integrating discussions of the social impact of technology like drones. Gordon ...
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What Kwanzaa means for Black Americans
Kwanzaa celebrations. Black Hour, CC BY-NC Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African ...
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