Education Articles

How to Drop Your New Adult Off at College 

Hey, parents who are about to drop your kid off at college for the first time. Can we talk? As you usher your precious pearls through the archway of adulthood in the midst of a pandemic, you can either totally screw up this last milestone, or you can knock it out of...

St Jago’s Jaheim Harris is Caribbean’s No. 1 in add math, physics 

JAHEIM HARRIS’ affinity for mathematics started back in basic school and continued at the Angels Primary School, where he got perfect scores in the subject throughout, and participated in numerous mathematics competitions as well as the Schools’ Challenge Quiz. His...

College isn’t the solution for the racial wealth gap. It’s part of the problem.

Je’lon Alexander is a Morehouse Man who graduated in 2018. He has roughly $55,000 in debt, even after a $15,000 annual scholarship. His parents, who have advanced degrees and close to $400,000 of debt between them, deferred their loans and took jobs on opposite sides...

College is a Risky Business

The idea is ingrained in our pop culture. Parents, teachers, high school guidance counselors, financial aid officers, and students all understand that if a high school graduate wants to achieve success she will have to go to college. This is the conventional wisdom....