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Immigrant Community College Students Struggle to Find Support During COVID

By Ata Younan — 2021

City Colleges of Chicago immigrant students balance extra work hours, technology issues and limited English proficiency with remote learning.

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Why Experiencing Culture Shock is a Good Thing for Young Adults

Faced with an environment that is not their own while apart from family and friends, young adults and teens will be forced to overcome obstacles and problem-solve on their own.

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Danielle Desimone
2021
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Retirement and the Return to Wonder

When I retired from clinical practice several years ago, I let go into the unknown. I felt tentative, uncertain, yet knowing intuitively that I needed to heed the call.

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Connie Zweig
2022
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Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage

Many people with neurological conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia have extraordinary skills, including in pattern recognition, memory, and mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers.

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Robert D. Austin, Gary P. Pisano
2017
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Many Young Adults with Autism Also Have Mental Health Issues

“One of the biggest difficulties with transitioning to adulthood is trying to realize where you’ve been correct versus where you need to change, where the boundaries are between what you need to do to fit in and what other people need to do to accept certain things that are a part of who you...

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Tara Haelle
2017
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The Pros And Cons Of Going To College Out Of State

Going to college out of state is a preference. People do it to make a new life for themselves or to go back home when their parents have randomly moved for work while they were in high school.

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Angelique Kennedy
2017
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5 Ways to Prepare to Attend an Out-of-State College

Students should spend time researching the communities surrounding their top picks.

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Teghan Simonton
2019
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Four Benefits of Going to College Out of State

Your college education is not only a large investment in your future but also in your personal growth and transformation. When choosing where to go to college, while challenging, it’s important to keep your options open.

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Toby Franklin
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5 Things Nobody Tells You About Attending an Out-of-State College

I was well aware of how different life was going to be at an out-of-state college, and I prepared to experience a slight culture shock, but there were also a lot of things I was not able to prepare for. Here are five things nobody tells you about attending an out-of-state college.

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Grace Larson
2019
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I Am Not Proof of the American Dream

For kids today from poorer backgrounds, the path I took through education no longer exists.

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Tara Westover
2022
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Why I See Myself at an HBCU

While visiting historically Black campuses, I began to reimagine what my college experience could be.

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Chimdindu Okafor
2022
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