You know those really awkward introductions you sometimes have on campus? The ones where you meet someone new, a friend of a friend maybe, and you need to make conversation without any common ground?

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Women are less likely to choose physical Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (pSTEM) majors, partly because a lack of role models makes it hard for women to imagine themselves as successful in ...