There is an education crisis facing young men of color. It's not on the front page of the newspaper, but it's out there, and if we fail to address this crisis together, the education level of the entire American workforce will decline for the first time in our history.
Here in the U.S. successful parenting remains the most powerful weapon we have to combat many of society's larger problems, and many assume that it's a skill that comes naturally. But just like what you learn in college, it's doesn't.
Our homeless agency just received an electronic plea for housing from an about-to-be-homeless student at one of California's prestigious higher education institutions.
I had objected to the iPhone on the basis of the fact that it's dangerously addictive and threatens to obviate all need for human interaction. As it turned out, I was pretty much right.
This summer, from June 13th to July 15th, I'm going to be working at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC as an intern in the Department of Communications.
The Thiel Fellowship program's essential strategy consists in smoothing the path of individual geniuses, and this is simply not where the bottleneck to innovation lies in America today.
Online involvement has transformed the high school experience, prom, and most significantly, the college application process.
So many of the young people who recognize me on the street always say, "Wow I grew up watching you." Well the image of mothers has certainly changed since my days as a television mom.
I am hopeful that those who will shape the future will also have cultivated the ability to renew the pantheon of great work from the past -- to travel through different times and places to renew the possibilities for alternative futures.
What does it actually mean to be the "9/11 Generation"? Theories about 9/11 and the young American psyche could fill a pseudo-social-sciencey seminar syllabus.
Despite -- and perhaps because of -- stark budget realities, we must have the political will and discipline to support the humanities. Let's aim for funding of the National Endowment for the Humanities at the FY10 level of $167.5 million.
Since the 1980s, harassment policies have been the main vehicle for campus speech codes -- that is, collegiate policies that restrict speech protected by the First Amendment.
At a time of increasing -- and increasingly complex -- anti-Semitism throughout the world, Yale University has decided to shut down the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism.
Our class reunion atmosphere now is one of affectionate acceptance and support. Even if the support includes a cane or walker and the discussions center around body parts, with emphasis on retrofitting to avert collapse.
There is a long tradition of nonviolent dissent on our campuses on controversial topics and speakers. Dissent and the expression of dissent are part of our American tradition and integral to academic freedom.
Being present has become a notable problem as social media and new technology have evolved. When we become intertwined with social media, we fall into a techno trance where things like manners and awareness get pushed aside.
Peter Thiel has drawn much attention for arguing that higher education is a "bubble" along the lines of the housing market and tech stocks because "people are not getting their money's worth, basically, when you do the math."
Today, many for-profit colleges have picked up where the subprime lenders left off. They are using the same promise of the American dream as bait to trap vulnerable students into underperforming schools and saddling them with a lifetime of debt.
No one cared about the pounding rain as thousands waited for the open-air concert on the historic Green in New Haven, Connecticut. The headliner was internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Zoe P. Strassfield, 2011.06.21
