By Editorial Staff Earlier this year, these six students presented MakeMIT’s hackathon judges with a prototype that wasn’t pretty—picture a tangled mess of colored wires and cardboard fragments—but it was game changing. The device, which [...]

By Adelia Humme These students may have additional commitments beyond their careers. Texas State University professor  Jovita M. Ross-Gordon notes that “a key characteristic distinguishing re-entry adults from other college students is the high likelihood [...]

By Kat Londsdorf Ever heard that term? It's used for a student who is also a parent, and there are nearly 5 million of them in colleges around the country. That's over a quarter of [...]

By Matt Krupnick Forty percent of U.S. university and college undergraduate and graduate students are, like Nalesnik, 25 and older, according to  U.S. Education Department data . Even among undergraduates alone, the figure is  higher [...]

By Mary Babic and Barbara Gault The recent campaign trained a spotlight on the economic anxiety that plagues millions of workers who have seen their wages steadily erode. The surprising reality is that the majority [...]

More than one-quarter of all employed working women are in one of 22 jobs that are growing fast, pay less than $15 an hour and are female-dominated, according to a report released Wednesday by the [...]