My day job is teaching introductory economics to about 700 Harvard undergraduates a year. Lately, when people hear that, they often ask how the economic crisis is changing what’s offered in a freshman ...

The Freshman Seminar (FRS) program has been a cornerstone tradition for first-year student experiences since 1986. Initially proposed as a “Freshman Seminar program centered in the Residential ...

Members of the Class of 2017 were required to complete a new online Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education course— along with the traditional AlcoholEdu—prior to their arrival on ...

While most undergraduates are preparing to study in the fall, business management junior Kristina Wilson will be getting ready to assign homework. Wilson is one of about 70 undergraduate students who ...

As finals season approaches, students are now involved in a module focused on mental health tips called "Taking Care of Yourself." An administrator said Penn hopes to expand a new student orientation ...

The IBM SkillsBuild AI Freshmen HBCU Initiative focuses on expanding students’ career readiness through foundational AI ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Case Western Reserve University wants freshman engineering students to learn -- and feel -- like engineers. That can be difficult because many college freshmen declare an ...

Students are often taught about the expeditions of Lewis and Clark, but only some get the opportunity to act the part. Maurice Isserman, a history professor at Hamilton College, in Clinton, N.Y., ...

Despite already facing challenges in the transition from high school to college, USC freshmen often take on difficult courses such as the mandatory — and notorious — “Writing 150: Writing and Critical ...