Education

OpenAI's CPO says students looking to stay competitive should ask themselves a basic question when starting a task

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a plaque that reads the University of Georgia in front of a building

I decided to attend a state school for college. It was the best decision I could've made.

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I'm over-involved in my daughter's life and often check in with her college professors. She wants space, but I can't let go.

My daughter has just started college, and I'm frequently contacting her professors to see if she's in class and if she seems distressed. I can't stop.

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a cat next to maddie browning sitting with her cat on a laptop

I struggled to adapt to the real world and full-time work after graduating from college. Adopting a cat helped.

After I graduated from college, I struggled in the real world. Enter Lilac, my gray and black tabby cat who kept me sane during this uncertain time.

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Sophie Landis in her high school graduation gown holding flowers

I attended the Beacon School, one of New York City's most competitive public high schools. The experience was both stressful and inspiring.

I attended Beacon High School in New York City. My teachers were free to create their own curriculums, and the students were competitive.

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Lyndon Low standing outside in front of a large body of water.

My $200K Ivy League student loan debt makes it hard to focus on anything else — but it was worth it

A Columbia University graduate said attending an Ivy League opened doors, but he wouldn't suggest it for everyone.

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Nvidia's CEO lays out his vision of what the next 10 years will look like — and his simple advice to young people

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has a vision for the future — and some advice for the generations that will navigate it.

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a student walking on brown university campus

I felt destined for an Ivy League college but was rejected. Here's what I wish I had known during the college application process.

When I was rejected by all the Ivy League schools I applied to, I was devastated. But then I looked into admissions stats and saw the bigger picture.

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a father showing his frustrated daughter papers at a desk

I can afford my daughter's college tuition, but I'm having her take out student loans. I want her to be financially independent.

I saved up a college fund for my daughter, but I'm not giving her access to it. I'm having her take out student loans, so she can learn about money.

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an upset teenager sitting at a desk with her face in her hands

I was just rejected from my dream college and deferred from my safety schools. I feel like I failed, and I'm unsure about my future.

There's pressure to get into a great college, but I was rejected and deferred from many schools. I now don't know what my future holds.

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a classroom of children painting with one girl holding up her artwork

I've taught kids in multiple countries. I believe these 3 life skills are more important to teach students than anything academic.

After teaching worldwide, I've seen many schools prioritize academics over everything. But kids first need to learn how to be critical thinkers.

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two college students sitting in a college dorm, laughing

I just finished my first semester of college. From gross dorms to near-impossible classes, here's what surprised me about college life.

I just finished my first semester at the University of Michigan. I was surprised that I made my small dorm room work and found friends easily.

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an older woman wearing a graduation hat and holding flowers

My mom started college at 55. After being a single parent and facing mental health issues, she's finally focusing on herself.

When my single mom got help for an eating disorder, she finally felt ready to go to college and get her counseling degree in her 50s. I supported her.

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My twins applied to the same colleges with similar achievements. I don't understand why one got $13,000 more in merit scholarships.

My twins had similar achievements in high school with similar GPAs. But, they received drastically different merit scholarships at one school.

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a frustrated college student sitting in a desk with hands in her hair

As a mother and professor, I noticed my students are perfectionists. I'm now modeling my imperfect behavior for my daughter.

Most of my students struggle to write original thoughts because they fear a bad grade or disappointing me. So, I'm now teaching my daughter autonomy.

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a person with long brown hair wearing a black graduation gown and cap

My daughter dropped out of high school at 16. She'll be attending a Big 10 college as a junior at 18.

I didn't argue when my daughter said she was dropping out of high school. What seemed like an illogical decision at the time turned out for the best.

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mother and daughter looking at a computer

My daughter is in the college search phase. I'm trying to balance helping her without being overbearing.

As my daughter searches for colleges, I am trying to delicately guide her through the process while ensuring she takes ownership of it.

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a teacher leaning over the desk to look at a student's work

I'm a college professor who's been subbing in elementary schools. The pay isn't great, but public schools need teachers.

I've been a college professor for 15 years, but I've been helping out at public schools because of teacher shortages. I love connecting with the kids.

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a side by side of an empty dorm room next to a highly decorated dorm room

My twins are both in college, and their dorm rooms show just how different they really are from each other

My twins attend Fordham, but they have little in common. My daughter filled her dorm with her favorite things, and my son took a minimalist approach.

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a man holding books and carrying a backpack walking into a college campus building

When I adopted my 2 kids, I immediately started saving for college. I gave up a lot for their education.

My family started to aggressively save by avoiding vacations and big purchases. Our biggest priority was getting our adopted sons into college.

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a female worker sitting at the end of a conference room desk at work

I just started my first full-time job after college. I quickly learned my definition of success had to change in the real world.

As a gifted college student, I measured my success based on my grades. But I had to find a new way to feel accomplished at my first full-time job.

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Woman and her son sitting on couch, he looks sad and she is comforting him.

My child failed his first year of college. We're not sure when or if he's going back, but I'll support his decision.

After his first year of college, my son is on academic suspension. I feel like I pushed school on him and I'm finally listening to what he wants.

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a college professor showing a college student a grade on a paper

I'm a professor at Pepperdine, and my students attach their self-worth to their grades. I'm struggling to change that.

As a professor at Pepperdine, I know firsthand how important grades are to students. But I want them to know that a bad grade can actually be useful.

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the back of a student wearing a backpack staring at a blurry cityscape

I considered colleges in the US, UK, and Canada with the dream of attending Oxford. My final college decision surprised even me.

I made a surprising college decision when I enrolled in a small college in Canada after dreaming of Oxford for years. It came down to cost.

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Avenues promised New Yorkers a newfangled, global education. For some parents, it didn't live up to the hype.

The downtown for-profit school drew celebrity kids like Suri Cruise. But some say Avenues fell short on academics and its promise of a global campus.

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A young adult man taking a selfie on a college campus.

I worried my son wouldn't talk to me when he started college. I have him send me a 'proof-of-life' selfie every day.

I've heard horror stories of kids going to college and refusing to speak to their parents. I require my son to send me a selfie every day from campus.

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a group of college students in a classroom listening to their professor

I supported my son when he changed his college major from law to philosophy. His grandparents warned it was a huge mistake.

I felt my son's career narrowed when he decided to study philosophy in college. Others pushed me to change his mind, so he'd have a better future.

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a female student with a backpack staring into the camera

I was a low-income student, so college never seemed feasible. That changed when I took a college class as a high schooler.

I was able to attend a college class while I was still a high school student. I learned I could handle college if I found the right one for me.

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How young students in one Georgia district are getting an edge on careers in AI

Students at Seckinger High School in Gwinnett County, Georgia, learn math, science, English, and history through an AI lens.

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a college student sitting on a campus wall with a book open

I decided not to study abroad in college because I wanted to stay with my boyfriend on campus. It was my sliding doors moment.

As a college student, I skipped studying abroad because I wanted to stay with my friends and boyfriend on campus. I now know that was a mistake.

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Kelsea Myers with her arms up in front of a mountain range

I traveled the world while taking online classes because it was cheaper than room and board at my college. I don't regret it.

To avoid large student loan debt after graduation, I took online classes at my local college. I then traveled while taking classes from my hostels.

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a piggy bank wearing a graduation outfit with 10 dollars sticking out

I've saved for my son's college tuition since he was in the first grade, and it's still not enough. I have 3 other kids to save for, too.

I don't want my four kids to graduate college with student loan debt, so I started saving 12 years ago. I'll never have enough money to help them all.

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Parents make more money if their kids are enrolled in universal pre-K, study finds. Here's why.

A new study found that parents who enrolled their kids in a universal pre-K program saw increased earnings by about 20% and more working hours.

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I work at Microsoft and teach a Stanford Online course on AI. These are my tips for non-technical workers.

There are two tracks I recommend for non-technical professionals to gain impact with AI: skill up or become an expert in the technology in your field.

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My son is a recruited college athlete at Stanford. Imposter syndrome almost led him to drop out.

Stanford recruited my son as a college athlete. He worried he couldn't cut it at the school academically. He had plans to drop out and transfer.

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For Gen Alpha, learning to read is becoming a privilege

Literacy rates are tumbling as kids' attention spans dwindle. Families are scraping together funds to move schools or get tutors, driving a societal divide.

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Three children hanging up Christmas stockings on a fireplace

All we want for Christmas is a better schedule for working parents. Four education and workplace experts share ideas for creating a system that actually works.

Some people suggest having a four-day week for both parents and kids. Others say that year-long school would shorten time kids are off.

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Jack Wimberly wearing a hat that reads cali state university maritime academy

My son couldn't find friends at his conservative college. He dropped out and enrolled in a community college instead.

My son was excited to start college, thinking he found his dream school. But we didn't research the social life on campus, and he just didn't fit in.

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side-by-side of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates

20 books that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates recommend you read

From biographies to business guides, here are 20 books Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates say shaped their views on entrepreneurship and the world.

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a distraught woman leaning on the counter holding her phone

My son is in his first semester in college. I want to give him space, but I also miss talking to him every day.

I wait for my son to contact me first so he has space to grow and be independent at college. But as an empty nester, the transition has been hard.

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The universities already offering AI degrees, from Penn to Carnegie Mellon

The advent of the AI degree means the computer science major, long viewed as a pipeline into Big Tech, has some more competition.

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My 7-year-old gets so much homework he has to stay up past his bedtime to finish it all

By the time I pick him up from after school activities is past 5 p.m. After dinner he tackles his school work, but we are both often up past bedtime.

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two girls holding out jars of money that read "college"

My husband and I have two incomes and no kids, so I've opened college savings accounts for my nephew and nieces

My husband and I don't have any kids, so I'm saving for my nieces' and nephew's college tuition. I don't want them to have student-loan debt.

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The campus of Harvard Business School, the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, MA.

5 of the top business schools enrolled fewer minorities in the year since affirmative action was overturned

Five of the top business schools enrolled fewer underrepresented minority students in the year since the Supreme Court overturned affirmative action.

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Some community college kids in LA will now get a $1,000 monthly basic income

Hundreds of community college students studying healthcare in Los Angeles will get $1,000 a month for a year in a new guaranteed basic income program.

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a student smiling and standing on a university campus

I went to law school in Mexico and an Ivy League in the US. It was cheaper and easier to make friends in Mexico.

I first studied law in Mexico, where students were more open to making friends. I then moved to the US and enrolled at the costly Columbia.

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A girl in white graduation robes looks at her phone.

I graduated a year early from high school and have no regrets. Now my daughter is doing the same.

I chose to graduate during junior year of high school so I could go on with my life. Teachers warned me I would regret it, but I haven't.

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A woman on the phone sitting at a table and going through a pile of papers, looking concerned.

I'm a single mom with 2 kids in college. My divorce devastated me financially, so I feel guilty I can't help with their tuition.

I always planned to pay for my kids' colleges, but my divorce forced me to go bankrupt. I can't help them financially with their education now.

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a selfie of Alana Sheeren and her daughter

My daughter was too overwhelmed to focus on her college applications. I became the nagging parent.

My high-achieving high school senior was too overwhelmed to work on her college applications. I developed a plan to get her college-ready.

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a professor sitting in a college classroom with students at desks

I'm a college professor, and I'm not sure I'll send my kid to college. A degree isn't required for success.

As a professor, I know college isn't for everyone. It's costly, and some careers don't require a degree. I'm fine if my son chooses a different path.

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