That’s why the significance of a college essay in education goes way beyond school. It’s about learning to express ideas, challenge existing theories, and communicate in a way that actually ...

This is the question Martin Luther King, Jr. posed in an essay entitled “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse student newspaper around the time of his 18th birthday.

Meg Tapucol-Provo, who teaches at Green River College, writes about her reaction to Under Our Skin and says the only time she feels completely open talking about race is with other people of color.