Human Services

A predicted decrease in underrepresented minority student college applications has not materialized after the Supreme Court’s decision overturning race-conscious admissions. There was a substantial rise in underrepresented minority student college…

Walk into Tamekia Davis’s 11th-grade classroom and you may see students’ desks covered in beans—but it’s not a cooking class. Davis is teaching financial literacy. “The beans will represent your…

My Dad was born in Trinidad. My mother is Polish and British. I was born with this beautiful, complicated ancestry. I am an immigrant. I am Black. I am white.…

As someone who views cooking and baking as hobbies, not chores, I follow a lot of food bloggers and recipe developers on social media. I subscribe to many of their…

The transitions from school to higher education and employment can have a significant impact on an individual’s lifetime potential. Earlier in 2023, we conducted a literature review to help us…

As universities and colleges nationwide prepare to welcome students back to campus, some facilities teams are in the midst of contract negotiations. Here’s a look at some recent and ongoing…

As a Nicaraguan, I grew up in a multiethnic, multicultural and multilingual country with a large Indigenous population. English and French were the mandatory languages in public and private schools…

As an edtech coach, I constantly seek innovative ways to deliver impactful choice-based professional development, and when our district decided to transition from Microsoft to Google, I saw an opportunity…

Western Illinois University plans to cut 57 faculty positions — 40 of which are tenured or tenure track — and 32 staff positions. Faculty layoffs are part of an effort to become more fiscally…

Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman instructs students on atoms, matter and, she says, how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman also has another responsibility in…

Roughly two-thirds of colleges are making it a priority to create virtual versions of on-campus classes and programs, according to an annual survey of chief online learning officers. College officials…

Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said Jean-Baptiste,…