For Ada Comstock Scholar Mary-Alice Wieland, being awarded a Goldwater scholarship to support her research in STEM is an important “signifier” to graduate schools and future colleagues that “I’m ...

My father worked as a tailor and clothing salesman. My mother left Cuba seeking opportunity. Neither attended college. I was the first in my family to go, and that experience taught me something ...

At a student-centered and community-focused university, the University of New Haven recognizes that success looks different for every learner. Our campus is home to students with diverse ways of ...

A student visits the campus counseling center for the third time this semester. She’s not in crisis. She’s lonely, overwhelmed, and unsure where she fits. The counselor has 15 minutes before the next ...

Transfer students often experience a range of challenges transitioning from a community college to a four-year institution, including credit loss and feeling like they don’t belong on campus. At the ...

Most students say there is someone on campus who knows them in a meaningful way, but a significant minority feel invisible.

College students may be classified as "nontraditional" because of their age or employment status, or because they have one or ...

More students are taking a non-traditional path, skipping a four-year college in favor of community college, on-the-job training, or career-technical education. As the number of non-college-bound ...

According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2,484,000 first-year undergraduate students enrolled at colleges and universities in the U.S. last year, bringing the total number of U ...

The New College Foundation's new leadership refutes allegations of misusing restricted donor funds. An independent audit found no evidence that scholarship funds were used for salaries or other ...