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Heading to College with the Olympics on Your Mind?

Use a planner to schedule your academic responsibilities, athletic commitments, work schedule, and social life. When I was an NCAA Division I student-athlete, I wrote down everything I had to do, from waking up, to class times, practices, games, work, study time, mealtimes, and bedtime!

Critical Mentoring Is Critical to College Success

How that relates to college access means even talking about what it means to go to college, what they can expect once they get there, attending a predominantly white institution vs. a historically black college, what it means to become a black or brown academic—having conversations that mentors and protégées don’t currently have, or not in a way that’s built into the structure of the program.

This College Student is Ready to Take on Detroit

The former intern at the U.S. House of Representatives also wants to make sure poor people in Detroit aren’t displaced by the city’s rapid gentrification. She plans to pursue community policing to build bridges between law enforcement and the community. And she’s spoken of developing more programs for the city’s youth and making more recreational centers, parks, and after-school programs available to them.

Economista: Alternative Ways to Pay For College

Even after exhausting all the well-known avenues to help pay for college – scholarships, grants, advanced placement (AP) courses, dreaded loans, mom, dad, aunty, and your fourth cousin twice removed – getting adequate financing for school can be as elusive as finding Big Foot. But there are some alternative approaches that may help to cover costs while you earn your degree. Check them out:

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