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I grew up in Connecticut and moved to Europe for college. I never intended for the move to be permanent.
Liza Jean Miezejeski says studying in Europe taught her to become more open-minded and feels she wi…
Erin Liam
An NYC couple realized what tired, lonely corporate workers miss about college — fun lectures, socializing, and drinking. Now they hold events that try to bring that spark back.
Tyrone and Felecia Freely launched an event series called "Lectures on Tap," where professors give …
Aditi Bharade
My son and I deciding whether he'll go straight to college or take a gap year. I'm fine with whatever he chooses.
My son and I are talking about college options. Whether he chooses a university, does a gap year, o…
Stephanie Kaloi
I went to college for free thanks to a scholarship. I'm still debating whether it was worth it.
A student overworked herself in high school to earn a free ride to college. But her scholarship pro…
Terryn Witherspoon-Woolfolk
I'm a Yale student who just spent a semester abroad in the UK. I now know I want to eventually move overseas for grad school.
While studying abroad in London as a Yale student, I visited Oxford and fell in love with it. Now, …
Miles Kirkpatrick
As a college professor, I know Gen Z gets a bad rap. But their strengths are being overlooked.
A professor who has worked with students for 20 years says Gen Z is accepting of neurodivergent peo…
Lisa Chilcote Bacco
Their son did well in high school and on his SATs, but got rejected from 30 US colleges. So they set their sights on Europe.
The college application process in the US was lengthy and demoralizing for their son, who ended up …
Erin Liam
I moved from the US to Germany for college. Tuition is mostly free, but I miss the American school spirit.
Amanda Mrokez moved from Michigan to Cologne, Germany for college. Tuition was mostly free, but she…
Erin Liam
I was so focused on dorm room essentials I didn't know I had to do these 7 things ahead of my son's college move-in
A mother didn't know she had so much to do ahead of her son's college move-in. He needed to open a …
Erika Ebsworth-Goold
When my family moved from the US to the UK, I enrolled my kids in an IB program. They're now better prepared for college.
She wanted her children to leave the Common Core curriculum behind in the US. The IB program in the…
Fabriene Prudencio
My son is heading to college in the fall, and he's behaving worse than ever. I finally understand why.
The writer's son is college-bound, but he's acting out this summer. He seems to be pulling away and…
Erika Elizabeth-Gold
I went to graduate school right after college, and I regret it. I wish I had waited and joined the workforce first.
The writer enrolled in grad school for her MBA right after college. She wishes she had waited for g…
Rashi Goel
I'm an American mom who raised my kids in Spain. They considered going to the US for college but changed their minds.
After relocating her family to Spain in 2016, Jackie Baxa's children grew fond of the European life…
Erin Liam
I waited 5 years after undergrad to enroll in graduate school. Waiting made me a better student.
A grad student took five years between her undergrad and Master's programs. This allowed her to bec…
Vanessa Ogle
We're paying for private school for our son, but we won't pay for college
We know our 5-year-old won't thrive in a public school setting, so he's going to a private school. …
Laura Niebauer Palmer
Eton College bans smartphones for first-year students, gifting them with Nokia 'brick' phones instead
Prestigious UK boarding school Eton College tells parents of first-year students to leave smartphon…
Alexandra Bacon
Wall Street tried getting into higher education. Disaster ensued.
Private equity firms made billions off of higher education. Students were left with worthless degre…
Ryann Liebenthal
My son dropped out of high school to teach himself and later decided against college. I supported him every step of the way.
The writer's son said he wanted to drop out of high school to teach himself. She let him, and he ex…
Rachel Clark
A Boston college blames pro-Palestinian student protests for lower enrollment
However, declining college enrollment rates can also be due to the changing sentiments of the young…
Amanda Goh
I'm an American who went to college in Canada. I'm debt-free — and I have no plans to move back to the US.
In high school, when she asked her parents about going to college in Europe, they said it was too f…