I've been a college professor for 15 years, but I've been helping out at public schools because of teacher shortages. I love connecting with the kids.
My twins attend Fordham, but they have little in common. My daughter filled her dorm with her favorite things, and my son took a minimalist approach.
My family started to aggressively save by avoiding vacations and big purchases. Our biggest priority was getting our adopted sons into college.
As a gifted college student, I measured my success based on my grades. But I had to find a new way to feel accomplished at my first full-time job.
After his first year of college, my son is on academic suspension. I feel like I pushed school on him and I'm finally listening to what he wants.
As a professor at Pepperdine, I know firsthand how important grades are to students. But I want them to know that a bad grade can actually be useful.
I made a surprising college decision when I enrolled in a small college in Canada after dreaming of Oxford for years. It came down to cost.
The downtown for-profit school drew celebrity kids like Suri Cruise. But some say Avenues fell short on academics and its promise of a global campus.
I've heard horror stories of kids going to college and refusing to speak to their parents. I require my son to send me a selfie every day from campus.
I felt my son's career narrowed when he decided to study philosophy in college. Others pushed me to change his mind, so he'd have a better future.
I was able to attend a college class while I was still a high school student. I learned I could handle college if I found the right one for me.
Students at Seckinger High School in Gwinnett County, Georgia, learn math, science, English, and history through an AI lens.
As a college student, I skipped studying abroad because I wanted to stay with my friends and boyfriend on campus. I now know that was a mistake.
To avoid large student loan debt after graduation, I took online classes at my local college. I then traveled while taking classes from my hostels.
I don't want my four kids to graduate college with student loan debt, so I started saving 12 years ago. I'll never have enough money to help them all.
A new study found that parents who enrolled their kids in a universal pre-K program saw increased earnings by about 20% and more working hours.
There are two tracks I recommend for non-technical professionals to gain impact with AI: skill up or become an expert in the technology in your field.
Stanford recruited my son as a college athlete. He worried he couldn't cut it at the school academically. He had plans to drop out and transfer.
Literacy rates are tumbling as kids' attention spans dwindle. Families are scraping together funds to move schools or get tutors, driving a societal divide.
Some people suggest having a four-day week for both parents and kids. Others say that year-long school would shorten time kids are off.
My son was excited to start college, thinking he found his dream school. But we didn't research the social life on campus, and he just didn't fit in.
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I wait for my son to contact me first so he has space to grow and be independent at college. But as an empty nester, the transition has been hard.
The advent of the AI degree means the computer science major, long viewed as a pipeline into Big Tech, has some more competition.
By the time I pick him up from after school activities is past 5 p.m. After dinner he tackles his school work, but we are both often up past bedtime.
My husband and I don't have any kids, so I'm saving for my nieces' and nephew's college tuition. I don't want them to have student-loan debt.
Five of the top business schools enrolled fewer underrepresented minority students in the year since the Supreme Court overturned affirmative action.
Hundreds of community college students studying healthcare in Los Angeles will get $1,000 a month for a year in a new guaranteed basic income program.
I first studied law in Mexico, where students were more open to making friends. I then moved to the US and enrolled at the costly Columbia.
I chose to graduate during junior year of high school so I could go on with my life. Teachers warned me I would regret it, but I haven't.
I always planned to pay for my kids' colleges, but my divorce forced me to go bankrupt. I can't help them financially with their education now.
My high-achieving high school senior was too overwhelmed to work on her college applications. I developed a plan to get her college-ready.
As a professor, I know college isn't for everyone. It's costly, and some careers don't require a degree. I'm fine if my son chooses a different path.
Omarni Webb, 29, left New York City to study in Sweden for a year. It was more affordable option, and she always felt safe walking outside at night.
My husband and I bought a storage-unit business that needed a lot of work. It became so successful that my daughter will graduate from college debt-free.
I told my daughter to live at home and commute to college, but she wants to live in dorms. We keep fighting, and I realize I'm scared of losing her.
The language-learning company kicked off its latest earnings call with a sarcastic chatbot who talked numbers.
After graduating from college, I was nervous about job stability and unemployment. A job in Alaska sounded perfect, but it cost me my social life.
While studying abroad as a Yale student, I toured Oxford. The historic school and gothic design made it feel like I stepped back in time. I loved it.
I'm in a lot of student loan debt — even though my degree did nothing for my career. I wish I had dropped out of college to save money.
I grew up poor and couldn't afford things my classmates could. One teacher "randomly" picked me to earn money so I could have lunch with everyone.
I want my kids to understand just how costly college really is. So I make my son pay upfront, and then I pay him back if he gets As and Bs in class.
At Yale, clubs don't allow just any student to join. You have to apply, audition, or rush. I participated in this Ivy tradition when rushing two orgs.
On a college tour, we visited the dining hall. My son walked away from me, sat at a table, and connected with students. I knew he found his school.
TikTok has emerged as a way for Gen Zs to scrutinize prospective colleges from the eyes of other students.
As a high school teacher, I worked closely with college-bound teens. They want parents to know that they're stressed about paying tuition, too.
Abby Ooi, 28, balanced a full-time flight attendant job while studying for a master's degree in counseling.