This new grad is celebrating with a post-college rite of passage — a gap year — only she’s doing it in her 70s. At 74, Dorotea Levy de Szekely — grandmother of three and self-proclaimed lifelong learner — just graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College, proving it’s never too late to hit the…
S. Jack Hu, a senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia with deep experience in leading research enterprises and guiding outreach to students from rural and low-income communities, has been named the new chancellor of UC Riverside. Hu’s appointment, announced Wednesday afternoon by the UC Board of Regents, takes…
While there are many societal pressures and expectations for young adults to pursue higher education, many experiences in the modern world reveal the consequences of following this traditional pathway to “success,” from lingering student debt, to struggling social skills, stagnant wages, and even lacking self-discipline and motivation. However, people who choose to pursue other endeavors…
