Affirmative action remains crucial
High school senior Suzy Lee Weiss recently hit the national spotlight after writing a controversial letter to the Wall Street Journal titled “To (All) the Colleges that Rejected Me.”
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Majors should not define who students are
Choosing a major should be about studying what you love, not what might look best on a resume.
Online segmentation harmful to businesses
When it comes to self-expression, the Internet seems like a glorious free-for-all. There are endless ways to stake out a free piece of this territory, from getting a WordPress blog to posting pictures on Flickr. But some people don’t just see the Internet as a playground for creative types. Some people depend on the Internet […]
Incentivizing failure works for business, not education
Companies are handing out heroic failure awards for employees who take the best risk.
Kotlowitz to visit Dornsife College
Award-winning journalist and author of There Are No Children Here, Alex Kotlowitz, will be presented today by the USC Dornsife College and USC Spectrum. Kotlowitz was a staff writer at The Wall Street Journal from 1984 to 1993 after freelancing for five years, whereupon he wrote for multiple magazines. Currently he contributes to The New York Times magazine and […]
USC earns top polls among “College Bests”
USC is among top universities, according to many polls recently conducted that rank colleges in various categories.
Small percentage of students find need for tuition insurance
About one-third of students opt to buy the insurance at the beginning of the semester.