As parents and schools seek to support students’ social and emotional needs – and teach them what they need to learn – some education leaders are missing one particularly effective opportunity.
The U.S. Department of Education has offered guidance on...
Australia is a growing hub for people seeking quality education. As of November 2021, the country had about 568,746 international students enrolled in various courses.
Accommodation accounts for a significant part of living costs. It also affects the quality...
Lexicographer and TV personality Susie Dent recently embarked on a curious, self-appointed mission. She is determined to bring the word “respair”, last used around 1525, back into common usage.
“Respair”, Dent explains, means “fresh hope; a recovery from despair”. To...
The Office for Students, England’s higher education regulator, has outlined new proposals to ensure university students reach “acceptable outcomes” from their studies.
The proposals, released as consultation documents, include numerical targets. For full-time students, 80% of those studying for their...
Ten years ago, students couldn't have imagined giving their exams anywhere other than their schools or an examination center. But, today, students have the liberty of taking exams right from their home, thanks to technology!
Various technological innovations have left...
If you have decided to devote your life to medical sciences, as you feel the greatest passion towards it — greetings, you have chosen one of the most appreciated and well-payed fields of the modern world. However, even though you will have...
World Teachers’ Day, held on October 5 each year since 1994, is an annual event to reflect on the progress teachers have made.
But in many countries, including the United States, the professional status of teachers has declined in the...
Rising temperatures due to climate change are causing more than just uncomfortably hot days across the United States. These high temperatures are placing serious stress on critical infrastructure such as water supplies, airports, roads and bridges.
One category of critical...
The big idea
When a doctoral program in education introduced a comprehensive funding package that covered tuition, it led to an increase in the number of applicants. The increase in the share of Black applicants and enrollees was particularly notable.
That’s...
At a private college in the Northeast, a first-year student said it was the highlight of her day whenever she would lie on the floor of her adviser’s office and cuddle with a therapy dog, a Leonberger named Stella.
At...
