Six years ago I was living the “American Dream”- married to a successful man, living in a beautiful home, driving a luxury car, and was a stay-at-home mom raising three daughters. You can’t prepare for the carnage divorce brings into your lives. Feeling discouraged, unfulfilled and financially stretched, I awoke one morning facing another day of the “dog eat dog” world of sales. I asked myself some difficult questions: If you could do anything, what would it be? I quit my job that day. With fear and trembling, I tiptoed into the community college.  → Read More

Last week, the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault released its first report. Focused exclusively on colleges and universities, the Task Force’s primary recommendation was that institutions assess their own campus sexual culture. But it’s a limited start.  → Read More

My daughter, Katherine Schwarzenegger‘s second book, “I Just Graduated … Now What?” comes out April 1 and I couldn’t be more excited or proud. I wanted to share an excerpt of the advice I share in the book.  → Read More

Low-income students, like myself, are at the brink of receiving a life-altering college education. While at the same time, at the brink of giving up due to the financial paralysis of getting a single foot in the door.  → Read More

As a recent graduate from a small southern private university, I have frequently toed the line between two very different identities throughout my four years. I grew up playing competitive softball, was a Women’s & Gender Studies major, and am a proud (and loud) feminist who played a significant role in my school’s LGBTQ organization. I am also a heterosexual, sorority girl who likes to attend fraternity parties and shamelessly flirt with boys. If you find yourself confused by these two very different persona, welcome to my world.  → Read More

I am a 20-something college graduate with a bachelor’s of science in early childhood/childhood education (birth through grade 6). I am a nanny, with plans of some day opening my own home family daycare. For me caregiving is not just babysitting, it is a career – one that I take very seriously. However, my path as a caregiver has not been easy. It’s been a long, and frustrating road.  → Read More

The real definition of an internship today is as follows: long-term interview. Employers are no longer satisfied with the standard three interview hiring process. They want to see what a perspective employee is really like outside of the thirty minute, wearing your best pant suit, hair perfectly quaffed, give ‘em the big smile interview.  → Read More