The Chronicle: Say Something

Whether a college is a good value depends not only on what students pay, but also on what they get for their money. For that reason, a student group at the University of Washington led by Michael Kutz has proposed increasing tuition to support faculty raises?unless the state comes through with more funding.

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Maisha McCormick, a senior from Clark University, serves as the institution?s Third Culture Kid (TCK) student coordinator, reaching out to students who, like her, grew up interacting with several different cultures.

Kathleen Smith gave out 64 kisses for St. Patrick's Day as part of a video students hoped would go viral.

John Regier, a junior at McPherson College, is enrolled in a class in which students invest $100,000 of the college's endowment in the stock market. He says he has learned to invest with his heads, not his hearts.

Patrick Guimarais, a sophomore at New York University, is ambassador for the online-dating service DateMySchool. As its campus representative, he says he has to be "charismatic" to promote online dating for busy students.

Daryl Andersen, 30, is a junior at the University of Redlands. He owns a construction company and is a tight end on the university's Division III football team. He describes how the sport has changed his career goals.

How a Student?s Passion for the Environment Shaped His Path to College

In this episode, we hear from Richard Linder, who, determined not to take on any student debt, cobbled together an associate degree for $3,000 with academic credit transferred to Excelsior College from an array of sources.

Joy Wildes, a 43-year-old student at Lipscomb University, enrolled through the institution's Turn Back Tuition program. She's paying the same rate as when she first enrolled in college, in 1987--and studying alongside her daughter, Sara.

In this episode, we hear from Alaa Alhomaizi, a senior at Northeastern University. Along with her twin sister, Dalal, Ms. Alhomaizi started a project called Standing for Psy?cho?log?ical Edu?ca?tion and Aware?ness in Kuwait, or SPEAK, to combat misunderstandings about mental illness in their home country.

Anna Eames, a senior at Gustavus Adolphus College, was born with fibular hemimelia, a leg-length discrepancy. But she has competed in the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics, winning medals in each. She tells us what it's like to stand on a podium while the nationa

Jim Lachman, who served in the Marines in the Vietnam War, is also a junior majoring in social work at the State University of New York College at Brockport. Mr. Lachman recently returned to Vietnam to learn more about the people--and to come to terms with his own experiences.

In this episode, we hear from Polina Marinova, editor-in-chief of the Red & Black, the student newspaper at the University of Georgia. Ms. Marinova and a group of senior editors quit the paper in protest last week after a nonstudent was given full editori

Jack McDermott, a student at Tufts University, has stuttered ever since he started speaking. Years in speech therapy helped him--and gave him the idea to create a smartphone app, called Speech4Good, that aims to make the therapy more effective.

Ally Vertigan, a recent graduate of Elmhurst College, tells us what it was like coming out to her parents -- and to people at her college, which is affiliated with the United Church of Christ.

Jacoby Cochran, a senior at Bradley University, has won seven national championships with his speech team. He tells us how growing up in the rougher parts of Chicago has given him a competitive edge.

Alyssa Lomuscio, a recent graduate of Temple U., has struggled with the disorder since she was a child. In college she hid the condition from friends?until she directed a film whose main character is obsessive-compulsive.