'Generation Gap' Widens
Voter
preferences have long been split by race and gender, but this year's election
is adding another divide: a sharp age gap. Obama has a strong lead among younger
voters, and McCain is solidly in front among older voters -- a divide that has
grown in the past month, according to the WSJ/NBC poll. Read
more 
Altruism
Meets a Weak Job Market
Public-service agencies
like Teach for America are seeing a surge in applications from college graduates
amid a worsening job market. There's another impulse behind this generation's
embrace of nontraditional postgraduate employment: a simple desire to change the
world. Read
more
As
Textbooks Go 'Custom,' Students Pay
College students
are encountering another financial hit: Publishers and schools are embracing "custom"
textbooks that can limit the money-saving trade in used books. In a controversial
twist, some academic departments are sharing in the profits from these texts Read
more
High
School's Worst Year?
The increasing competitiveness
of college admissions—fueled by a demographic surge in the number of teenagers—has
made junior year a crucible of academic pressure for many students aiming for
elite colleges. How 11th grade became such a grind. Read
more
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