Research indicates that students studying abroad often experience competency growth in developmental stages, from feeling stretched by the novelty, to reaching out and connecting, and finally to gaining confidence through persistence.

The inclination to buy small but lavishly doesn’t reflect irresponsibility as much as the need to have some agency in an economy that has outpaced young people’s means.

The Trump administration has opened admissions investigations into the medical schools of Stanford University, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego. The move broadens its scrutiny of how colleges are complying with the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action.