Tricia Goh is a final year computer science student at the National University of Singapore. Unlike most of her peers, Goh says she is not gunning for a job at a FAANG company. Goh received a job ...

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 ...

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?

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 ...