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Back to School Week

Broadly went back to school this week. Here, we collect our coverage of the state and culture of education today.
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The summer is over.


Charm School Confidential

New Jersey's oldest etiquette institute taught me that "there are no ugly women, just lazy ones."


Telling My Campus Rape Stories

When silence is not golden.


The Broadly Guide to College

A practical guide to surviving the awkwardest four years of your life.


The History of Homecoming

How an American pastime conquered pop culture worldwide.


How People with Disabilities Have Sex

For people with disabilities, sex and sex education remains an accessibility blind spot. Activists and educators are working to change that.


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Inside England's Most Outrageous College Feminist Facebook Group

Oxford students founded Cuntry Living so women could discuss ideas without men censoring them, but the Facebook group has gone rogue.


Educators and Children of Famous People Plot Murder at My High School Reunion

Party Girl is a bi-monthly fan fiction column. From a darkened corner of her bedroom in Los Angeles, Mira Gonzalez fantasizes about all the hottest parties in New York.


Kentucky Sorority Accepts First Sister with Down Syndrome

Alexis Cain is Alpha Sigma Alpha's first sorority sister with Down syndrome. She credits her acceptance to her and her new sorority sisters' mutual love for Taylor Swift.


What Happens When TV Goes to College?

And why is it so hard to get right?


The Best Skill I Learned at College: Making a Better Bitch Face

During my freshmen year at Sarah Lawrence College, a small former all-girls school catering to celebrities' gay children, older students taught other freshmen and me the ancient tradition of "Sarah Lawrence-ing," a.k.a. how to make a better bitch face.


New Identities to Try on Your First Day of School

At a new school, no one has to know that your nickname was "Stains" or that you gave a substitute teacher your phone number. This can be the start of something entirely new.


Higher Education: What Students Learn in Weed 101

College classes that focus on marijuana aren't as 420-friendly as you would think.


Cambridge's Most Controversial Instagram Celebrity Gets the Last Laugh

American Caroline Calloway has turned her adventures at Cambridge University into an elaborate Instagram narrative, which is being turned into a memoir.