This debate keeps coming up every year, whether college is still worth it in this age of technology and the internet, where someone can spend a few weeks or months learning a skill and start making money faster than someone who spends four years on a bachelor’s degree, [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]As the summer rapidly approaches, one topic on many students’ minds is this: What is the best way to stay connected over the summer? There’s plenty of things everyone can do to maintain close and long-distance relationships over summer break. The Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest-running [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]In February, the Iowa House Higher Education Committee passed a bill requiring students in the state’s public universities to take American history and government courses as part of general education requirements. Many other states, including Texas, have mandated that college students take these courses, and it is great [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]We like to celebrate modern education as progress. Technology, online classes, artificial intelligence and digital libraries—everything is faster, easier and more accessible. But let me ask a simple question: are we truly learning better, or are we just learning differently? As someone who went through the Ghanaian education [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Kirkwood Community College students work hard every day. They juggle classes, part time jobs and family stuff while trying to build a future without going deep into debt. Right now, a big debate is happening in Iowa about letting community colleges offer some four-year degrees. The idea came [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Thrifting is often overlooked in today’s fast-paced, trend-driven culture, but for college students, it can be a practical solution to rising costs. Clothing prices have steadily increased, yet many shoppers no longer question the cost. What might have once seemed expensive is now often viewed as normal, leading [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Social media is an integral part of daily life for most college students. As social media becomes increasingly influential, we must consider the emerging evidence that suggests social media’s impact on mental health and academic engagement is not negligible and must be addressed by the Kirkwood community. Cognitive [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]With the widespread use of word processing programs that can check your spelling in real time and correct it, it begs the question, Do we need to know how to spell? Personally I feel that this kind of reasoning is dangerous for a multitude of reasons. Being overly [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]It might not take a lot of thought when you choose to walk up the stairs instead of taking the elevator or when you decide to cut through the grass rather than sticking to the sidewalk, but these small and sometimes thoughtless decisions have more impact on ourselves [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]When people think of attending Kirkwood Community College, many think of getting an associate’s degree in two years as a full-time student. Kirkwood describes a full-time student as someone taking 12 or more credit hours per semester (which is about four classes) while a part-time student is someone [Continue Reading »]
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