They say the juice has got to be worth the squeeze, and that's certainly what JJ Redick and his wife Chelsea are teaching their kids by making them ...

The personal essay is an essential component of your application. How compelling it is — or isn't — can make or break your acceptance.

AI tools are now being incorporated into how student applications are screened and analyzed, admissions directors say. It can ...

Write the name of a place (house, spot in nature, work, restaurant, etc.) at the top of your paper, and then do a stream-of-consciousness writing about that place and see what bubbles up. Pick a ...

Adults need to set up rules for students so that it’s not on them to self-regulate when it comes to going tech-free.

Many students might see an English course titled Hermit Crabs and Borrowed Forms and immediately wonder what crustaceans have ...

This review is part of a preview of the winter 2026 issue of Academe. The issue will be released in full in February.

Students applying to college know they can’t — or at least shouldn’t — use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using ...

Colleges and universities collect more data on students than ever. But raw data means little without analysis. With learning analytics, educators can turn data ...

A conservative professor in the University of Wisconsin system weighed in on the recent controversy surrounding Samantha Fulnecky, a University of Oklahoma student who received a zero out of 25 on an ...

A University of Oklahoma student received a zero on a psychology essay after using her religious beliefs to discuss gender norms. The graduate student instructor said the grade was for not properly ...

Kenya Primary School Education Assesement candidates celebrate after exams at Nyamachaki Primary Schoo in Nyeri. On 1 November,2023. [FILE/Standard] Essay writing is one of the defining activities in ...