How college towns could benefit more from throngs of student volunteers
Jennifer A. Jones, University of Florida
Millions of college students volunteer at soup kitchens, animal shelters and other nonprofits near where they go to school....
Lead-based paint found in half of all inspected schools
Marilynne R Wood, University of Toledo
With all the emphasis that has been placed on making sure children are safe from the hazards of lead-based...
Here’s how to encourage more girls to pursue science and math careers
Jilana Boston, New York University and Andrei Cimpian, New York University
Women remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. In the field...
How to teach and parent better in the age of big data
Katie Headrick Taylor, University of Washington
At the parent-teacher conference, I sat across the table from my first grader’s teacher in a chair made for...
How the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings turned baseball into a national sensation
Robert Wyss, University of Connecticut
This Major League Baseball season, fans may notice a patch on the players’ uniforms that reads “MLB 150.”
The logo commemorates...
The mental health crisis among America’s youth is real – and staggering
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
The first signs of a problem started to emerge around 2014: More young people said they felt overwhelmed and...
Is it even possible to connect ’13 Reasons Why’ to teen suicide?
Emily Lund, University of Alabama and Michael R. Nadorff, Mississippi State University
Netflix recently released the third season of “13 Reasons Why,” and the Salt...
Why meritocracy is a myth in college admissions
Morgan Polikoff, University of Southern California; Jerome A Lucido, University of Southern California, and Julie Renee Posselt, University of Southern California
The most damaging myth...
