In higher education, particularly with my graduate students, students occasionally focus on the individual points of an assignment rubric instead of stepping back and looking holistically at the ...

This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. Graduate and professional schools often require some sort of written statement—often called a “statement of purpose,” “personal ...

To gain admission to a master’s of fine arts program, or any graduate program for that matter, you have to write a statement of purpose. I began my statement like this: “From an early age, people have ...

Whenever I teach about racial discrimination and its emotional outcomes, I find myself repeating this well-known line to students. It’s a pithy way to drive home the point that, just because you (or ...