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Chestnut Hill College director of student success Kim Cooney meets with senior Erin Crowley. Cooney changed her major at the end of her junior year in college, adding an extra semester to the time it took to graduate. Now she tries to help others make the right decisions sooner.
Posted inHigher Education, News, Solutions

Switching majors is adding time and tuition to the already high cost of college

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 7, 2018April 8, 2021

PHILADELPHIA — When she arrived as a freshman at Chestnut Hill College, Erin Crowley wasn’t sure yet what she wanted to do there. This story also appeared in WHYY Eventually she declared a major in psychology and a minor in art. After a year of psych classes, however, she decided “it wasn’t for me.” Plus, […]

Private investigator Tina Blanchette rides around on a surveillance mission.
Posted inElementary to High School

Private eyes track down kids illegally enrolled in suburban schools

by Avi Wolfman-Arent May 16, 2018March 30, 2020
Columbine High School students mourn beside Rachel Scott's car at Clement Park near the high school. Scott was killed during the 1999 shooting rampage at the high school.
Posted inElementary to High School

Almost two decades after Columbine, how to prevent school shootings still vexes security experts

by Avi Wolfman-Arent March 20, 2018March 30, 2020
Eunice Millán prepares to measure the force of friction in a physics lab at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, New Jersey, which requires all students to take physics to graduate.
Posted inElementary to High School

One reason students aren’t prepared for STEM careers? No physics in high school

Avatar photo by Tara García Mathewson March 9, 2018March 30, 2020
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