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Byline: Jay Mathews In the frequent debates over college admissions in the United States, an important point of contention has been this: Some people think it is fine to focus [...]

Byline: Kumiko Makihara When my son was in elementary school in Tokyo, he had to weed the school grounds, cook a full-course meal and swim for more than an hour [...]

Byline: Michelle J. Anderson We were more than halfway through the semester when a law student stopped by my office. I invited her in. I don't know how to say [...]

Byline: Bryan Stromer Bryan Stromer, a senior at Vanderbilt University, writes that colleges can do better for students with disabilities. Çö Susan Svrluga I used to be afraid of seeing [...]

Byline: Katie Miller One year ago, I faced a stark choice about college: One option would have taken me to the other end of the country to attend a top [...]

Byline: Andrea Bonior Below are some of the exchanges from the relationships advice column, Baggage Check, published weekly in The Washington Post's Express. - - - Q: They say college [...]

Byline: Peter Holley When the president of Hampshire College decided to remove the American flag from the center of campus days after Donald Trump's election, the move triggered fiery reactions. [...]

Byline: Katherine Reynolds Lewis One of the last nights before my stepdaughter headed off to college, I was sitting on her bed as she snuggled in for sleep. The conversation [...]

Byline: Kimberly Lew I once moved from one Manhattan apartment to another using nothing but a few friends and a couple of taxi rides. With the exception of a few [...]

Byline: Shelley Stolaroff Segal It's hard for me to believe that my daughter's first year of college is almost over. What's even more incredible is that her twin brother and [...]

Byline: Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser 'An essay like this should give a peek into who you are,' I'd counseled my son, a high school senior. By 'an' I meant 'your college [...]

Byline: Dr. Andrea Bonior My clingy college roommate is fond of me, which is flattering, but I have made other friends that I enjoy spending time with more. She is [...]

Byline: Dr. Andrea Bonior They say college years are among life's best, but what if it is true? What if you are 34 and have spent 10 years trying to [...]

Byline: Lawrence M. Schall In my day job, I run Oglethorpe University, a liberal arts college in Atlanta. Over the last 40 years, I've also worked in the bleached-white collar [...]

Byline: Alexandra Petri Last weekend, I had the honor of giving the keynote address to the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology class of 2015. The speech contained [...]

Byline: Christina Tkacik I'm getting my master's degree at a university with a dry campus -- no booze in sight. Spring concerts, soccer games, orientations, all of these happen at [...]

Byline: Susan Svrluga After reading about suicides at the College of William and Mary -- there have been four student deaths this year and eight since 2010, all of them [...]

Byline: Michael Mirer You might think that one of the nation's leading academic communication programs would be a good place to make a long-distance phone call. Yet there I was [...]

Byline: Amanda Graves Dear Amanda, This is part of an e-mail I received from the prestigious Ivy League university this September. I admit, it made me feel pretty special, having [...]

Byline: Amanda Graves Dear Amanda, This is part of an e-mail I received from the prestigious Ivy League university this September. I admit, it made me feel pretty special, having [...]

Byline: Heather Seggel Last week, I turned 45. I may soon become homeless. I am not the stereotypical candidate for homelessness: I have a bachelor's in English and a small [...]