There is a crisis on college campuses across America. Over the past decade, the share of college students experiencing depression has nearly doubled from 21% in 2014 to more than 40% in 2023, according to the Healthy Minds Network, a research organization that studies teen and young adult mental health at colleges and universities across the country. The rate […]
For Emily Kayser, the prospect of covering her son's college tuition on a teacher's salary is "scary. It's very stressful." To pay for it, "I'm thinking, what can I sell?" Kayser, who was touring Colby College in Waterville, Maine, with her high school-age son, Matt, is among the many Americans in the middle who earn […]
Government investigations are on the rise thanks to a unique fraud-fighting statute, empowering citizens armed with insider information to cry foul—and collect million-dollar settlements.
It seems like a strange moment to degrade the job of college or university presidents by imposing a cloak of silence on them when leaders of corporations and other institutions are called upon to engage in public discourse. I created and run the nation's first school for college and university presidents with roughly 100 participants […]
Dissent is thriving this fall at American colleges, and not just among student activists. With student protests limited by new restrictions, faculty have taken up the cause. To faculty, new protest rules threaten freedom of speech — and the freedom to think, both central to university life. This semester, some of the most visible demonstrations […]
See how Baylor, Bucknell and Elon universities have fortified civil dialogue initiatives on campus ahead of a hotly debated U.S. presidential election.
Regardless of an institution's policies, 82% of students surveyed by Acuity Insights believe their peers will continue to use AI in the college application process.
