Gabriel Sealey-Morris, Ph.D. Higher Education Consultant

Undocumented college students face unique challenges that other students do not. These students often lack access to student visas, student loans, and even deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA). But for undocumented immigrants, a college degree or other postsecondary education can be crucial to achieving the American Dream. Accessing higher education is a challenge, but . . . Read More

Times have changed. It's impossible to argue otherwise. LGBTQ visibility is higher than just 10 years ago, and official recognition of gay rights made major strides in recent years, with issues such as same-sex marriage, the end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the military, and increased awareness of trans rights. However, for LGBTQ young . . . Read More

Pretty much everything we think of as making rock and roll rock and roll - the noise, the swagger, even the outlandish fashion - goes back to the 1940s and the guitar-slinging gospel shouter Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Even so, women in rock and roll have rarely gotten their due; it took until 2017 for Tharpe . . . Read More

College is a time of transition for many young adults. Along with opportunities to grow and thrive, students face tremendous pressure to perform. The temptation to blow off steam by trying alcohol or drugs, combined with the widespread availability of these substances, makes students vulnerable to substance abuse and addiction. Addiction actually rewrites neural pathways . . . Read More

Young people today are bombarded with a wealth of information from social media, 24-hour news sources, radio, and traditional newsprint media. It's more important than ever that children of all ages get an education in how to interpret and analyze the information they're receiving. Parents and educators can help their children and students become media . . . Read More

Celebrated every February, Black History Month encourages educators and students, as well as all Americans, to explore African American history. Because the history of African Americans had been left out of history lessons, scholar Carter G. Woodson initiated Negro History Week in 1926 to encourage schools to recognize the historical significance of blacks in America. . . . Read More

The United States is in the midst of an exciting demographic shift, as the American population is expected to reach a non-Caucasian majority by the year 2050. The fastest-growing minority population in the US is Latinx, and a large proportion of those people are children. In fact, it’s estimated that Latinos make up one of . . . Read More

From its beginnings in the Bronx block parties hosted by DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash, hip-hop has been a ground-level art - people’s music, popular music, even folk music. For generations now, rappers have aimed for authenticity, and often that authenticity means narratives of dropping out of school, living a life of . . . Read More

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a time of great anxiety and fear for all Americans, but Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have had particular reason to feel dread. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have experienced a wave of anti-Asian discrimination, harassment, and even violence. People of Asian descent in . . . Read More

The number of disabled college students has been steadily increasing, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. In fact, more disabled students are choosing online college, creating new opportunities for students than ever. Before we dive into uncovering college experiences and interventions for students with visual impairments, let’s first define: What is a visual . . . Read More

Any college worth its salt has a ghost story or two - it’s a long-standing part of college lore. College ghost stories are one of the best ways for upperclassmen to mess around with the freshmen, making sure they sleep with the lights on in their "haunted" dorm for the first few weeks. (Don't worry . . . Read More

Key Takeaways for Students: You need a Medical Doctorate (MD) degree to become a doctor in the US Some of the best bachelor's degrees to get into medical school are biology, physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities It takes at least 15 years from graduating high school to become a board-certified doctor If you've decided . . . Read More

Americans may have doubts about higher education, but an online master's in data analytics can open doors to jobs in many industries. Big Data, after all, rules the world now. This degree can help you get promoted or move into more specialized roles. The right master's program can give you the skills you need to . . . Read More

Key Takeaways:  Climate change has made natural disasters inevitable all over the US Colleges are often unprepared to deal with disasters, or with their aftermath  Natural disasters show that colleges are not just a workplace - they are a community After the devastation in Western North Carolina, please give to legitimate organizations:  North Carolina Disaster . . . Read More

Time was, admitting to graduating from college - or even going to college, or stepping foot on a college campus, except maybe to play football - would have gotten a country singer laughed out of Nashville. Country music was the music of hardscrabble farmers, coal miners, and factory workers, not pointy-headed intellectuals; Loretta Lynn didn’t . . . Read More

Making the transition from high school to college is a huge rite of passage for any student. It can be an especially steep slope to climb for college students who have learning differences or disabilities. But yes, students with disabilities can go to college and even make it to the top of their class. There . . . Read More

Today's college students feel strongly about sustainability as a responsible practice to help eliminate the amount of waste going into the environment. They care strongly about their impact on the planet, and feel that college campuses should engage in sustainable practices as well. Even as students turn to online college, schools have a responsibility to . . . Read More

There’s probably no better time to start a band than in college. You’re young, full of energy and ambition, and have all kinds of free time to practice your instrument and write your songs (Classes? What are those?). Most importantly, though, college is a time when young people are surrounded by diverse people, new ideas, . . . Read More

Study after study has shown that Americans have poor financial literacy, and that American young people - teenagers and early 20s - are unfortunately among the lowest in knowledge and understanding. From student loan debt to credit card debt, American high school and college students struggle to understand financial decisions and the repercussions of bad . . . Read More

In 2020, The Ponemon Institute, in conjunction with IBM Security, generated the 14th annual report regarding the Cost of Data Breaches for 2019. This report includes the findings from interviews with more than 500 global companies in 16 countries (covering more than 3,000 interviews) who had experienced a data breach between the dates of July . . . Read More

A PhD can open a lot of job opportunities. Most of those jobs are academic in nature, including teaching and research. But what about PhD-holders who don’t want an academic career?  Someone with a PhD might leave academia for many reasons. Some may want to move into a completely different field, for example. Others may . . . Read More

Duke University, Harvard University, and Vanderbilt University are considered to be top schools for academic rigor. However, these are also schools represented in the National Basketball Association by some of today’s top players. Schools with strong academic reputations typically do not coddle their athletes; degrees earned from prestigious colleges and universities take effort, intelligence and . . . Read More

When considering intelligence and sports, the stereotype “dumb jock” may come to mind. However, stereotypes are only a caricature of the members of a specific group and may not apply to all participants. In the National Football League, it is easy to forget that nearly all players went to - and often through - college. . . . Read More

Rock stars are generally thought of as people who threw away their textbooks and picked up the guitar because the system couldn’t handle their ripped-up jeans and long hair. Until a college starts offering courses like Hotel Room Trashing 101 or Advanced Golden God Posturing, we're probably always going to have that impression. But contrary . . . Read More

We live in the era sci-fi and fantasy created. Interconnected computers, satellites whizzing through space, genetic engineering - all of these commonplace technologies were imagined first as impossible dreams before science solidified them as real-world possibilities. And we live in a culture sci-fi and fantasy fiction conquered. What was once grounds for a bully to . . . Read More

When I was applying for college (over 20 years ago), SAT or ACT scores were required by every major school and were widely thought to be a significant determining factor in admissions. This is no longer the case. Over the years, colleges and universities have undergone shifts in their views on standardized admissions tests. While . . . Read More