Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but what about the language...
Abdesalam Soudi, University of Pittsburgh
Recently, while on my way to the University of Pittsburgh’s campus, I made a quick “Pittsburgh left” – taking a...
What about young men who are having unwanted sex?
Jessie Ford, New York University
Time Magazine recently featured “The Silence Breakers” as its 2017 “Person of the Year,” a nod to the countless women...
Architecture in 2018: Look to the streets, not the sky
Sean Weiss, City College of New York
A decade after the global economic collapse, urban development is booming.
This is good news for architects. Indeed,...
The hidden homelessness among America’s high school students
Stacey Havlik, Villanova University
One in 30.
That’s what a new first-of-its-kind study found was the number of students ages 13 to 17 who have experienced...
A grim year for the smartphone: 5 essential reads
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
The year 2017 marked the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. Five years ago, for the first time, over 50 percent of...
Why your child’s preschool teacher should have a college degree
Anne Douglass, University of Massachusetts Boston
How much education does a preschool teacher need?
When the District of Columbia announced in March that it would require...
Our fight with fat: Why is obesity getting worse?
Kenneth Cusi, University of Florida
Gyms across the country will be packed in the new year with people sticking, however briefly, to their New Year’s...
Career ready’ out of high school? Why the nation needs to let go of...
Anthony P. Carnevale, Georgetown University; Andrew R. Hanson, Georgetown University, and Megan Fasules, Georgetown University
Unlike old-fashioned vocational education, high school-level career and technical education...
