By the end of the school day, Ms. Carter expected to spend a quiet hour grading assignments before heading home. Instead, she ...

One elementary school teacher thought she was giving her class a simple prompt about the people who make them feel safe.

You can choose from among several types of memoir that reflect who you are and what your story is, whether compiled from ...

In a famous essay published in 1946, George Orwell offered his motives for writing. While acknowledging that writing can be a ...

Administrators said the essays weren’t particularly helpful in making admissions decisions. But it’s too soon to know whether ...

Emily Ratajkowski's viral essay detailing her sex life as a single mom has landed a seven-figure book deal after a 12-way ...

There is a mathematician who loves literature. He used to recite James Joyce's short story "Araby" from memory. "It's about ...

Parents often ask me whether their kids should use AI to write their college essays. I say they should only do so after they've written it themselves.

Students who use AI to cheat in high school are only hurting themselves. Schools could be clearer in their rules.

During a dry period of writing, Creative Writing Associate Professor Maggie Dietz felt the stirrings of a new poem. Lines from “If You Would Let Me” came to her in waking dreams, she says. Several ...

Artificial intelligence has turned an old academic concern into a larger argument about what students should still do for ...

UNC Undergraduate Admissions removed its two short-answer supplemental essay questions for the 2026-27 application cycle, ...