These courses reflect how the university has lost sight of its purpose.

3. Initial Adjustment: Settling into the demands of college life College gets better as students begin to manage experiences from culture shock. This can include making friends outside of their ...

When Isabella Marquez, a high school senior from the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico, was applying to colleges, two criteria were important to her: cost and culture. Marquez said wanted to attend a ...

The transition from college lecture halls to corporate cubicles represents one of life’s most significant cultural shifts and often shocks. For the class of 2025, the workplace isn’t just where ...

As freshmen enter the University of Illinois’ campus grounds for the first time, it can be exciting for many, but also nerve-wracking trying to find where one belongs in the institution. It has been ...

Moving into their first semester in college, Braedon Troy (CAS ’27) kept hearing about an app called Fizz — especially since a close friend quickly reached the top 20 most-liked posters. “My roommate ...

The W-Curve Model was first proposed in 1963 to explain adjustment to culture shock. Starting college is a culture shock for many young people. It is often the first time students are away from home ...

“Culture” is a word you hear a lot at a place like SEC Media Days. I’d be willing to wager that Mark Stoops says it a dozen times or more on Thursday. It’s a catch-all for coaches that is difficult to ...

May might seem like a weird time to be thinking about college, what with so many university seniors throughout the country graduating and all. (Usually, roundups like the one below are saved for the ...