Like the old saying goes, when one door closes, another opens. Most of the metaphorical doors the class of 2026 has walked through so far have been seamless transitions: Elementary to middle school, ...

Ryah Cooley Cole is an award winning writer and a high school English teacher based on the Central Coast of California. She is most interested in bringing diverse stories to her readers and students.

I like to tell students that figuring out a career path takes a lot of planning. It would be great if this planning began on Day 1 of college, but it rarely works out this way. Nonetheless, I would ...

For those considering graduate school, the application process can seem overwhelming. What should be included in a statement of purpose? What programs should be explored? Who should write letters of ...

For some, the decision to apply to a master’s program is easy – perhaps something that has always been in the cards — but for others, it may be more a more difficult decision. Once you have made the ...

A quick internet search for “how to contact faculty for grad school” will reveal lots of advice on this process (we particularly like this blog post from Brian Romans, a geology professor at Virginia ...