Nepalese Student's Struggle & Difficulties in The USA
More commonly known as The Land of Opportunity, The United States of America attracts thousands of immigrants each year, in their pursuit of higher education, employment prospects, and better living standards. The influx of Nepalese students into the USA has particularly been rocketing due to the political instability, lack of career opportunities and inadequate educational […]
Are You Cut Out For A Career In Public Health?
I’ve had my fair share of experience working in public health, the most significant of such in my role as the Communications Associate for YTH, working to empower youth through technology-based health initiatives. Through my work, I’ve encountered many people either working towards pursuing a career in public health or who already have established themselves […]
How to Seize Power (for a Good Cause)
Students ask me all the time how to seize power. Some put it that candidly. So many young people yearn for civic engagement. They are anything but apathetic. Their aspiration is greater than themselves. It summons support. Regardless of their background, I am confident they can take charge. If they want — and whether they […]
Back to the Future: Clean Air, Clean Water for Kids
For parents of young children, is there anything more important than knowing your kids are safe … at school? And that is beyond physical safety. Today, we all make assumptions about safety, including safe and healthy environments. But in recent weeks, that has changed dramatically. The Flint, Michigan water crisis opened up a torrent of […]
Harvard Will Own Up To Its Role In Slavery
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 30 (Reuters) – Harvard University plans to install a plaque next week honoring four slaves who worked on the campus in the 1700s, to acknowledge its role in slavery, the Ivy League university’s president said on Wednesday. “Although we embrace and regularly celebrate the storied traditions of our nearly 400-year history, slavery […]
Building Seemless Pathways For Students: Good for Students and States
Every year the challenge of managing the cost of a college education continues to grow. The average cost of public universities is nearly five figures a year, and families at private colleges can expect to pay three times the cost of a state school. Of course, heading directly to a four-year university out of high […]
Company Student Loan Contributions Could Shave 3 Years off Borrower Debt
The new company contribution plans for student loans that are winning media attention lately are more than just great PR — they actually knock down employee debt. NerdWallet found in a new study that a typical plan could save borrowers up to three years of payments from interest savings. For an undergraduate student loan borrower, […]
Dispelling Myths About Online Learning
Despite the growing number of virtual students, many academics still believe outcomes for online education are inferior to those of face-to-face instruction, according to Babson Survey Research Group’s most recent annual report, Online Report Card – Tracking Online Education in the United States. In my experience, the opposite is true. Many who doubt the effectiveness […]
A Mid-20s Single Girl Shares the Ultimate Guide to Learn 3 Different Languages at the Same Time
I have many years of working experience in multinational companies that use English as my foreign language. English has helped me become a global citizen, empowered my credibility so I know how important it is to be able to excel at a second language. The question is: Do you believe you can learn 3 different […]
Student Activists on the Brink at Brown
It has finally happened. You are adrift. A raft of badly lashed-together memories and a few fairly buoyant facts: That watercraft is you. But thanks to an article in The Brown Daily Herald, the Ivy League university’s student paper, you are listing badly. You are at sea. “Schoolwork, Advocacy Place Strain,” says the headline, “On […]