These refugees lost everything. Now strangers find value in their voice
A NaTakallam Skype session. (Photo: NaTakallam) Noor Al Kasser lives a life that resembles that of many other Syrian refugees: She learns at school and then goes home to sit in her garden. But for a...
View ArticleCalifornia State system will admit all qualified students
It’s harder than it’s ever been to get into many competitive universities. But California State schools are actually making it easier to get in. San Diego State University and Cal State-Long Beach are...
View ArticleWhy DREAMers can't just 'rest easy'
A Department of Homeland Security officer watches as police arrest demonstrators protesting recent enforcement actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outside the ICE headquarters in...
View ArticleYou got into college. Will you show up? Not if you 'melt'
In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, UCLA campus tour guide Samantha St. Germain, center, a bioengineering student, leads prospective college-bound high school seniors on a campus tour in Los Angeles....
View ArticleCollege women in tech: We're encountering sexism already
Dozens of women in tech — from entrepreneurs to start-up employees — have spoken up in recent months about their experiences with sexism and sexual harassment in the workplace, leaving many...
View ArticleCampus carry comes, quietly, to Texas community colleges
The North Lake College campus in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, during a lockdown on the community college campus in the wake of a fatal shooting. Now guns are legal on campus. (Photo: Jae S....
View ArticleWhat really happened when two Trump supporters went to Howard University
Howard University students pause at the site where Heather Heyer was killed by a car in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. About 50 Howard University students visited the site where Heyer...
View ArticleUT-Austin students sound off on the removal of Confederate statues
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is removed from the University of Texas campus, early Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2017, in Austin, Texas. University of Texas President Greg Fenves ordered the...
View ArticleAppalachian State students greeted by white supremacy banner
Just as classes were starting for the new school year at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., a white supremacist group hung a banner on a pedestrian bridge on campus as a calling card to...
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