Outreach, Advocacy and Healing for All

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How do we best create healing and resources for sexual violence victims on our college campuses?

Navy Lietenant Thomas Saenz Earns Master’s Degree in Combat Zone

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For Thomas Saenz, no risk was too great to get the education he wanted.

All-Male Urban School, All College Bound

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For an astounding fourth year in a row, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Acadamies’ schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities this fall.

US College Grads Under-Qualified for Employment

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Kirk McDonald tells the cold, hard truth about finding jobs after graduation.

“It seems the real problem for men isn’t in higher education, but in secondary and primary education.”

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This is a comment by Alastair on the post “Why Do Men Need Male-Only Groups on Campus?”

Dear John: My Womanizing Roommate Is After a Girl I Like

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A flirty roommate, a disappointed friend after a job opportunity doesn’t pan out, and a mom who doesn’t want her son to study abroad.

Getting Started

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A Young Man’s First Job When spring came in my freshman year of college I had to do something I had never done, get a job. Because of my mother developed a heart problem the family upholstery business and tobacco growing had been stopped with my dad selling (although it’s called renting) the growing rights [...]

“Ever since the Steubenville sexual assaults made the news, I’ve been thinking about three things that happened in my life, things that have to do with the culture of rape.”

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A 60-year-old man is still unable to comprehend rape. But looking back at stories in his life, he gains insights he wants to share.

“If the football program is producing boys like these, it should be shut down right now because it’s creating monsters.”

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Should the Steubenville football program and other programs whose students commit sexual assault be shut down?

The High-Achieving Low-Income Education Conundrum

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Exploring the cyclical relationships between socioeconomics and education.

Walk on the Sidewalk Art(hur)

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When I was in college an event took place that recently found its way back into my life.

Learning to Move

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Ben Dumas reflects on his college experiences and what they’ve taught him about finding happiness through periods of depression

The Monster Inside Me

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Depression has a bottomless appetite for destruction, and it almost destroyed David Perez.

It’s Time to Worry: Boys Are Rapidly Falling Behind Girls in School

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Reporter Peg Tyre explains why the challenges boys face in school need to be taken much more seriously.

“Years ago, friends of ours had 7 kids, and they expected all of them to go to college.”

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This comment was by Tom B. on the post The Case Against Saving for College Years ago, friends of ours who had 7 kids, and they expected all of them to go to college. These people were by no means wealthy. Nonetheless, they did sock money away into college funds for the kids. Keeping in [...]

Open Thread: Who Was Your Best Teacher?

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A lot of people remember one teacher or college professor who really stood out, who opened their eyes and made them see new things, who instilled a love of a subject in them.