Education

Reading comes with some surprising benefits.

Some of the perks that come with picking up a book might surprise you.

Princeton University's ivy-covered Nassau Hall, which dates back to 1756.

Here’s the story of how the Ivy League got its name—and a list of all the schools that belong to it (including the informal “Ivy Plus” schools).

“Pomp and Circumstance,” also popularly known as “The Graduation March,” is typically used during graduation processionals. Here’s why.

Here are the best colleges in America, broken down state by state.

Teacher salaries can vary widely by state.

Where you teach can make a huge difference in how much you earn.

Some colleges have a door-mostly-closed policy.

These universities are among the toughest to enroll in. One has an acceptance rate of just 1 percent.

Mint pesto pasta: It's what's for dinner.

If you decide to swap in walnuts for pine nuts, the recipe is cheap and delicious.

On this episode of Misconceptions, host Justin Dodd breaks down some higher-level myths. If your professor is 15 minutes late, are you really allowed to leave? How important is picking the right major in college?

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet made teaching sign language his mission in life.

When a minister and law student met a little girl named Alice, he became determined to help her communicate with the world.

Plagiarism is a bad idea in any setting, but some of history’s most vaunted writers have been caught stealing.

A meta-analysis found a greatly reduced level of information retention when people got their data from screens instead of physical books.

Remember when your high school reading list included ‘Atticus,’ ‘Fiesta,’ and ‘The Last Man in Europe’? You will once you see what these books were renamed before they hit bookshelves.

Secret societies and dark cabals? You'll find plenty of them in these tomes.

From murder mysteries to secret societies and more, the best dark academia novels from Donna Tartt and other authors capture the macabre in the most unlikely of places.

The therapist gave advice about masturbation and contraception at a time those subjects were still taboo.

Big Bird and Cookie Monster once ventured into the big house.

In the 1970s, Big Bird went to the big house (literally) when "Sesame Street" launched a prison daycare program.

It’s helpful to have a reliable appetizer recipe in your back pocket, and these corn fritters with chipotle aioli are hard to beat.

Whether you’re a nostalgic kid-at-heart or a parent shopping for kids of your own, here are some fun retro back-to-school products from the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s that you can still buy today.