Laura Pappano

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Laura Pappano

Colleges revamp career services to address Gen Z’s work-life expectations (washingtonpost.com) Colleges revamp career services to address Gen Z’s work-life expectations By Laura Pappano 2025052009000000 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Ally Wilkinson did not plan to spend her senior year at Wake Forest University doing something strikingly stressful: juggling a full-time job with a global consulting firm while also taking classes to finish her degree.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Laura Pappano

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Ally Wilkinson did not plan to spend her senior year at Wake Forest University doing something strikingly stressful: juggling a full-time job with a global consulting firm while also taking classes to finish her degree. But like many in her generation, Wilkinson demands that her job allow for life balance and overall wellness, she said, including time for exercise and socializing.

Nov 27, 2024 | thenation.com | Laura Pappano |Joanna Hou |Jason Stanley |Lourdes Medrano

Society / November 27, 2024 Facing Legal Threats, Colleges Back Off From Race-Based ProgramsCollege programs designed to give students from underrepresented groups a foothold in careers are being reframed or disappearing. Ad Policy Christopher Molina, a senior at the University of Arkansas and Marc Mund, his mentor with Latinx On the Rise, on the campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Nov 26, 2024 | minnpost.com | Laura Pappano |Joanna Hou

From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. This story about pipeline programs was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. As might be expected of someone working toward a Ph.D. in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine, Jocelyn Ricard has impressive credentials.

Nov 26, 2024 | hechingerreport.org | Laura Pappano |Joanna Hou

As might be expected of someone working toward a Ph.D. in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine, Jocelyn Ricard has impressive credentials. There are scholarships — Knight-Hennessy and, last year, a Ford Foundation Fellowship — and publications in journals like Nature Neuroscience and The Lancet Psychiatry.