Alyssa Schwenk

The things you plan on doing now aren’t necessarily what you’re going to love, and you have to be brave enough to recognize that midway through college.

Somehow, in the most competitive place I’ve ever been, I quit planning and started enjoying myself.

So waitlisted students stalking theDP.com, take it from someone who sweated it out on the waitlist only ultimately to be rejected: Choose a college before May 1.

The senior project is something that no other academic experience can truly replicate.

Chasing the perfect jobs and the best grad programs requires us to be flexible about location and even a little transient right now — hardly ideal for settling down behind the white picket fence.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to levy a tax on sugary beverages isn't perfect, but it's a start.

Huntsman as a speaker has tremendous potential, and anybody carrying around actual anger about it really needs to take a breath.

Here are my picks for inspiring, albeit maybe alternative, choices for the Commencement speaker.

I’m thrilled about Obama’s desire to expand the Pell Grant program for college students. It’s about damn time.

People are thinking about why they eat what they eat. And if you haven’t started thinking about it too, you need to start now.