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Today Florida A&M University is graduating more students with baccalaureate degrees than at any point in its 128-year history. During the 2015–2016 academic year, FAMU awarded 1,653… Read more »

The standard assessment and placement process works well for students, but not for all students, according to Courtney Adkins of the Center for Community College Student Engagement (… Read more »

The first six weeks on campus has come to be known as the “Red Zone” for college freshman. Their newfound freedom, an abundance of campus social events to begin the year, and lots of new faces are… Read more »

Stanford's undergraduate students will no longer be allowed to drink hard alcohol at on-campus parties, the university announced Monday.

With the new semester starting soon, Gov. Cuomo announced programs aimed at curbing drinking and drug use.

In a step that organizers call a "critical moment for the movement," eight states will work together to create social-emotional learning standards and plans to encourage schools to embrace… Read more »

New measures seek to ensure a more positive presence in schools. 

Just as the fall semester starts, State College is becoming the latest municipality in Pennsylvania to move toward decriminalizing marijuana.

Late last week, the Seattle-based caffeinater to the masses held a press conference to unveil a free job-training program for young people at its location on Camelback Road west of Seventh Avenue… Read more »

A Nashville preschool will serve as a national model for how to address discriminatory school discipline practices.

With the start of a new school year, a new study by WalletHub finds that each day more than 160,000 American children miss school out of fear of being bullied.

State and local agencies don’t track the threats, meaning there’s no formal accounting of the collective costs. The disruptions typically aren’t long enough to merit makeup classes, but the… Read more »

Regardless of their credentials, many freshmen doubt that they have the necessary brainpower or social adeptness to succeed in college. This fear of failing hits poor, minority and first-… Read more »

The University of Virginia released a video on August 7 featuring student athletes discussing the dangers associated with alcohol ahead of its opening weekend.

College freshmen are about to leave home for their first year of college or university. This article gives advice on how to help freshman navigate their first year of college.

First-of-its-size study shows the simple act of storytelling can close the achievement gaps of first-gen and minority students in college by a large percentage.

As teenagers struggle to establish a sense of self, there’s an added factor for many Latino teens: straddling two cultural identities.