Over the past year, I’ve received startlingly similar phone calls from families of college students: Their first- and second-year students across the United States are struggling with basic tasks and ...

Large group of happy college students celebrating their graduation day outdoors while throwing their caps up in the air. Success in college demands more than just academic knowledge—it requires a ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Colleges and universities often encourage students to engage in healthy debate and expression on ...

Parents should prepare teens for college by teaching them budgeting, health, and safety skills. Many freshmen struggle with independence, finances, health, and problem-solving. Parents can model and ...

College success for students with ADD depends on aligning treatment, skill development, and academic expectations”— Dr.

I’m Scott Carlson, a senior writer at The Chronicle covering higher ed and where it’s going. This week, I interview an expert on skills and what they mean in the current conversation about higher ...

Near the beginning of every semester, Sarah Z. Johnson has her students make her a promise: If they think about dropping the class, they will meet with her first. While many of the students roll their ...

For decades, the College Board partnered with college and universities to design courses for its sprawling Advanced Placement program, which is offered at about 16,000 high schools, making it the most ...

There’s nothing worse than approaching a challenging situation grossly unprepared—except, perhaps, believing that you’re well-equipped for the task only to find that you’ve overestimated your ...