I spent over 30 years in the bottle and decided enough is enough. I brushed off all the other times my wife and others asked me to quit drinking. This time (almost two years ago now), I was done. I ...

During my first year of teaching, I had little clue what I was doing. I had no training, was on a temporary teacher’s license, and was thrown into this position after another educator left two weeks ...

My First Year Off Campus will appeal to horror fans through its strange humor and unusual reworking of tropes. It is worth a ...

I just finished my 66th, and last, semester of teaching high school English. A few years ago, as part of being a mentor to a new teacher, I wrote a letter to my first-year teaching self, then gave it ...

There’s no roadmap for college—no manual for balancing classes, making friends, managing stress, or figuring out what really matters. In this special summer edition of Major Insight, students reflect ...

This article is featured in the 2024 Freshman special issue. For incoming freshmen, the transition to college is often accompanied by a raft of anxieties as students adjust to a new home and ...

If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you’re either about to start your first year at Duke, or you’re a few weeks in and wondering what is going on. Either way: Hi. I was you not too long ago, and I’ve ...

Should I join the finance club? Should I be pre-med? Should I apply to McKinsey & Company? Should I major in philosophy politics and economics? Being a Penn student means pondering such questions ...

Penn’s College of Arts and Sciences introduced a new pilot curriculum for first-year students this fall, aiming to provide a broad liberal arts education through an integrated set of courses. The new ...