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America’s Healthiest Schools Combat Childhood Obesity

Health is probably our most precious asset, but for millions of American children their health is compromised because they're obese or overweight. Today, about 20% of all schoolchildren in the U.S. are obese, a percentage that has tripled since the 1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

How Your School Can Network Its Way to Increased Alumni Giving

According to the folks at Gallup, one way that colleges can increase alumni giving is by developing not a capital campaign—but a human capital campaign that would engage alumni as mentors and help current students secure internships.

My Son Switched His Major to Computer Science. Maybe Yours Should Too

Despite the Bureau of Labor Statistics' favorable STEM job forecasts ("Employment in occupations related to STEM … is projected to grow to more than 9 million between 2012 and 2022," which is "faster than the average for all occupations.") and the resulting championing of all things STEM, the Times states that the hoopla is misleading: Job growth isn't necessarily in STEM; it's in the T in STEM, specifically computing.

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