A Catholic revival is taking hold at exclusive Stanford University as a growing share of Gen Z students embrace the the 2,000-year-old faith. The campus best known for churning out high-achieving tech execs has seen a three-fold increase in Catholic converts — with 46 adults entering the church at Easter this year, up from 14 the … Read more
Colleges are starting to offer degrees in social media influencing, but 33% of Americans would not support their child if they decided to major in it, says new research. A survey of 2,000 US adults by Talker Research explored Americans’ feelings about universities teaching students how to become online celebrities. While a third of those … Read more
Three 18-year-old college students have died so far this year after taking part in dangerous hazing initiation rituals for fraternities and sororities. Victims’ families and organizations against hazing both warned initiations are getting worse year-by-year. Ridiculous rituals required to be welcomed into frats have included being forced to swallow live goldfish, waterboarding — the controversial … Read more
He’s sober and a judge — of America’s top party schools. Marco Graci, 20, of Valhalla, NY, is hitting frat parties, attending tailgates, doing bar crawls, and crashing on strangers’ couches at 40 campuses across the country in a Herculean effort to rate the nation’s No. 1 party school. He judges them on a scale … Read more
School is in session — and designer clothing is out. That’s the verdict from dozens of New York City public school students, who went back to school today with carefully picked pieces from thrift stores like Beacon’s Closet and buzzy sites like Depop and Poshmark. The city’s young scholars are even hunting for secondhand pieces … Read more
With college students once again starting up the school year, plenty of parents are worried about the perils of alcohol poisoning, drugs — even STDs. But there’s another health threat that may be hiding in plain sight. In fact, in the past year alone, multiple lawsuits have been brought against colleges and universities over the … Read more
The kids are not alright! The number of New York parents choosing to homeschool has exploded by more than 200% over the past 15 years — the highest rate of growth in all school sectors — as the nation’s biggest public school system struggles with an illiteracy and innumeracy crisis. According to the most recent … Read more
Shots, shots, shots — but not the kind millennials remember. With back-to-school season in full swing, college campuses are once again packed with welcome back bashes, football games and frat parties. However, college parties are looking less “Animal House” these days, according to one viral video. School may be back in session, but some fraternity … Read more
While most 4-year-olds were speaking to Elmo, Lil’ Dominic Auricchio was talking to the man upstairs. “I had a dream and God came to me,” the now 13-year-old recalled to The Post. “He told me to be a priest, and then I went into my mom’s bedroom . . . it was the middle of … Read more
This retired cop’s offering safety knowledge to Gen Zs headed to college. Michael Arterburn, a former domestic violence detective of 23 years, is schooling young adults on the useful tips, tricks and tools that could save their lives during a violent attack, sexual assault or home invasion while on campus. “As a retired cop who’s … Read more
It’s an unlikely thing to wait in line for. Head down a side street, in through an anonymous door, and you’ll join a long line people waiting to go upstairs. Open a spiked metal gate at the top, and there you have it: the university jail. I’m in Heidelberg, visiting a series of small rooms … Read more
As students prepare to head back to class next week, the Los Angeles Unified School District has revealed a diverse line-up of new menu items for the upcoming school year. Some of the dishes have been created with direct inputs from student chefs while using ingredients straight from farms, LA Unified said. The new dishes … Read more
With the rise of AI and concerns about the “job apocalypse,” less than half of American college students feel positive about the job market. A new survey of 2,000 U.S. students pursuing higher education revealed that just 45% of students surveyed are optimistic about the job market they’ll enter post-graduation. And seven in 10 (69%) … Read more
College students should soon be receiving the first batch of payments in a $284 million settlement with prestigious American universities accused of colluding to fix financial aid offerings. A 2022 federal class-action lawsuit alleged 17 elite institutions engaged in “a price-fixing cartel” that reduced financial aid packages for students, effectively overcharging them “by at least … Read more
California is once again proving it’s one of the country’s top destinations for higher education after four Golden State schools landed in a new national ranking highlighting the best classroom experiences in America. The Princeton Review’s Best Classroom Experience placed four California colleges in its top 20, with two of them cracking the top 10. … Read more
A few months ago, a third-grade student in Brooklyn was assigned — like the rest of his classmates — an AI-powered reading program called Amira. He was already reading at a sixth-grade level, but he also suffered from hearing loss. Amira, the AI program, repeatedly flagged his pronunciation — which was sometimes slightly off, due … Read more
While the Knicks are on parade, Sebastian Crosa will be working to get the grade. Rather than lining the streets of lower Manhattan Thursday — whooping for the 2026 NBA Champions, led by Jalen Brunson, Karl Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and his favorite player, Josh Hart — the middle schooler, 12, will be one of … Read more
A Southern California university has been crowned the hardest college to get into in America, with several other California schools also landing spots among the nation’s most selective campuses. The California Institute of Technology, better known as Caltech, in Pasadena, topped Business Insider’s list of the 35 hardest colleges to get into in the U.S. … Read more
It’s the place to shop and be seen. On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, in between sips of overpriced lattes and bites of creamy frozen yogurt and zesty truffle bagels, four Upper East Side high school students gather around an outdoor table to giggle and gossip about who they might run into on their lunch break … Read more
The kings of the elementary school chess world now wear backpacks from Brooklyn. A team of six public school students from PS 130, The Parkside School in Windsor Terrace, pulled off a brainy upset for the ages this month — taking home first place at the 2026 US Chess National Elementary K-6 Championship after toppling … Read more