For example, when asked, "What is your profession?" I answer, "Literature." At that moment, a blank look appears on the other person's face for just a second. I think they are searching for a polite ...

Ms. Winthrop is the director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution and led its global task force on A.I. and education. I am a big fan of technology. I’ve blissfully given ...

I began reading Over the Water after completing a binge-watch of the third series of The White Lotus. A luxurious island resort, and the pampered guests are enjoying the Thai sun when gunshots ring ...

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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When I graduated from UC–Berkeley with ...

We face an existential challenge in America. Major shifts in demographic change, housing affordability, and race and class inequality threaten to destabilize our already tenuous social fabric. We ...

Ryan Walters had a suggestion for the University of Oklahoma student who emailed him for help over a bad grade. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ...

Students increasingly have the option to submit a video introduction, recorded on their phone or laptop, with their college application. This is a way for admissions officers to get a better idea of ...

The first essay anybody writes is for school. Same here. But the only examples I remember are the ones I wrote at the end, in my A-level exams. One compared Hitler to Stalin. Another, Martin Luther ...

Video Essays? A growing number of colleges, including Brown University which is pictured here, are inviting applicants to submit a “video introduction” of themselves, in addition to the usual gauntlet ...

In our guides to the classics, experts explain key literary works. It’s 400 years since the publication of the complete edition of British philosopher Francis Bacon’s Essays. Not without pride, Bacon ...