WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For first-generation university students, terms such as accredited, microcredentials and even the title provost may be leave them stumped. These words aren't likely batted ...

Twice a week, in a small room in the basement of Fisk Hall, a group of students sets out to define life, or at least life at Northwestern. The Northwestern e-Dictionary, or NeD, is an online wiki ...

A high school junior who is thinking ahead about college wants to know if he can identify as a first-generation student on applications and qualify for financial and academic support tied to that ...

How do you define "smart”? There's no single right answer, but some Wake County magnet schools have come up with various definitions of the word to help students learn. At Douglas Magnet Elementary ...

All it took was a visit to Monarch School’s campus, and Afira DeVries was all in. Although her previous career path had her leading more globally focused nonprofit operations, she was intrigued by ...

How do I help students define success in a healthy way? They can think of grades as marking one step as part of a longer journey. Here’s something I wrote about the topic for Character Lab as a Tip of ...