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Living away from home is a personal and financial turning point for many young people. But the feeling of freedom can quickly give way...

Drive to campus. Find parking. Go to class. Walk back to parking lot. Drive home. Repeat. It's a schedule that's familiar to many college...

As their numbers continue to surge, homeschooled students are receiving more respect at the nation's colleges and universities. Once viewed as a tiny fringe...

April is the month when colleges hand down their admission decisions, but the date of reckoning for parents usually arrives a little later --...

There are more stressful situations than a college interview. Like when your name is broadcast on the school intercom followed by the words, "Please...

An iVillage mom of college-bound kids sent us her list of must-have and often-forgotten off-to-college supplies. Choose whichever ones work for you! ...

Last May, the principal summoned my husband and me to school. In his office, he shared a printout of a Facebook chat between my 13-year-old...

Overview The field of ocean engineering provides an important link between the other oceanographic disciplines, such as marine biology, chemical and physical oceanography, and...

I took Geology 101 in college to fulfill a requirement. The class was known as "rocks for jocks" -- it wasn't supposed to be...