Are you a college student? Do you find it difficult to get up and running during the early morning hours? Are you seeking tips for increasing productivity during this time of the day? From the start, you should come to realize one thing to be true: it takes time to change the way your body […] … learn more→

Caffeine is the life-blood to many sleepy students and morning haters. A good cup of coffee in the morning or after lunch delivers a dose of caffeine that helps “perk” us up, so we can be productive and accomplish our tasks.  Student life can be difficult, especially if you’re trying to cram in a large […] … learn more→

Think about the thing you enjoy most – how information about it sticks in your brain with little to no effort, how you can always find time for it, how you love to talk about it with others. It’s possible to make the most of time very easily when we’re doing something we enjoy very […] … learn more→

You have just sat down to mark that pile of student essays that have been glaring at you for the past two days, when – ping! – in comes an email message with a suitably distracting request. Of course you can resubmit your expenses claim from last month on a different form – those essays are just going to […] … learn more→

Antifa is a menace; the mere knowledge that these maniacs are near is more than enough to cause classes to be cancelled, as has happened numerous times on campuses throughout the country. Everywhere they show up, violence ensues…it’s so weird that it’s taken so long for Antifa to be considered as, possibly, a terrorist organization. […] … learn more→

In a lifetime as a self-appointed “essayist” I have published more than 1,000 articles. There are all kinds of ambiguities about that figure, including revisions and syndications, but it is a good rough indication. Mostly, they were part of continuing series, and the vast majority fell “stillborn from the press”, to use David Hume’s rather […] … learn more→

It is rare to encounter a scientific fact that stirs widespread debate and distrust quite like the matter of climate change. Despite consensus among climate specialists about a theory that is supported by a mountain of facts from the physical, natural, and cultural sciences, the debate continues to be perpetrated by politicians, industrialists, academics, and […] … learn more→

When US education secretary Betsy DeVos announced in August that she would rewrite the Title IX rules on campus sexual assault, former education secretary Arne Duncan called foul. “Instead of building on important work to pursue justice,” he rebutted, “they are once again choosing politics over students, and students will pay the price.” Duncan was […] … learn more→

Last September, as colleagues back in the Midwest applied the finishing touches to syllabuses they hoped would prove watertight, I bent my shoulder to the grim task of cleaning up after Category 1 Hurricane Hermine struck the Gulf Coast region of Florida, my family’s home-away-from-home for three generations. At the time, the events seemed surreal: […] … learn more→

Higher education researchers and journalists often use the percentage of Pell recipients at a college as a proxy for the share of low-income students the school serves. But in actuality, the make-up of low-income students is more complicated than that. Students’ eligibility for Pell Grants is based on a range of factors: family income, benefits […] … learn more→