Mark Wahlberg has simple advice for any parent sending a child off to college in the fall. "It’s a beautiful thing just encouraging them to pursue their dreams, to take a chance on themselves and to ...

“Hi guys, it’s Remi,” begins another introduction of Weinberg sophomore Remi Furuto’s YouTube vlogs, or video blogs. After watching countless college “day in the life” videos herself, Furuto embarked ...

Nearly 50 years ago, my parents dropped me off for my freshman year of college, beginning my life in the world of higher education. Over the decades, I’ve been an undergraduate, a graduate student, a ...

It’s nowhere near revolutionary to say that moving to college is a major adjustment. We are thrown into an entirely new world. For the first time in most of our lives, it is completely up to us to ...

Getting into college is one of students’ most exciting rites of passage. However, that doesn’t mean that it can’t seem daunting. From 74% for grades to 4% for interviews, college stats show that there ...

In a new episode of Voices of Student Success, hear from two college leaders about how they’re integrating life design principles into students’ learning and career preparation for holistic support.

There’s a moment in every college orientation when you look around and think, “this is it, my new life.” The college experience is universally considered to be some of the best years of most people’s ...

While doing research for my brand-new book on college, I interviewed many students, recent graduates, current parents of college students, and veteran parents of recent graduates. In this post, I will ...

When the federal government passed the Higher Education Act (HEA) in 1965, politicians acknowledged an obvious fact: pursuing a college education can be difficult. The act’s federal grants and loan ...

That sums up the gist of what many people wanted to know from me, since I transferred from community college to the University. That emphasis on “real” was fascinating to me, as if the first two years ...

Boston's NewsCenter 5 team likes to trade the newsroom for a classroom once in a while, especially when it means mentoring ...

AROUND 30 DEGREES ERIKA. OKAY. THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR THAT. OUR NEWSCENTER FIVE TEAM LIKES TO TRADE THE NEWSROOM FOR A CLASSROOM ONCE IN A WHILE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT MEANS MENTORING FUTURE BROADCASTERS.