Students

To support students’ mental health near finals at Hollins University, President Mary Dana Hinton created a bedtime stories event, reading to attendees from familiar children’s books over snacks.

A new report from Brookings warns that underrepresented minority students were less likely to earn degrees in high-earning majors, tied to institutional policies around change of major.

E-cigarettes and vapes remain popular with college students, and institutions have found strategic ways to address the health risks and discourage use on campuses.

Long-standing failures to invest adequately in college counseling centers have left mental health professionals burned out and feeling that their roles on campus are neither appreciated nor understood, Philip J. Rosenbaum and Richard E. Webb write.

The Maine Department of Education has placed advisers on community college campuses to help students bridge the gap between adult education programs and colleges.

The ban on affirmative action has put pressure on selective colleges to end legacy preferences in admissions. But the advantages of familial wealth go beyond alumni status.

A professor at the University of Iowa taught students how to get better results from ChatGPT with a classroom assignment.