Archive for August, 2007

Finding Your Dream Job

There’s an overwhelming amount of career advice out there. The volume of information and the level of detail tend to make it tough to keep your head on straight while looking for a new job. Looking for a new job or switching careers is stressful enough to make your current situation not look as bad [ READ MORE ]

US News & World Report 2008 College Rankings

U.S. News & World Report came out with their annual “Best College” rankings edition online today, the magazine will be on the newsstands on August 20th. Any changes? This group of schools looks strikingly similar to the 2007 rankings despite the magazine’s vows to make “substantial changes in methodology.” The top ten is still dominated [ READ MORE ]

25 “Hottest” Universities According to Newsweek

Numerical rankings of colleges are out. Hot lists are in. Newsweek created a list of “today’s most interesting schools” that they call the “hottest” universities in the U.S. In light of the spanking that U.S. News and World Report received, Newsweek took pains to point out that this list is subjective. What’s wrong with good [ READ MORE ]

Steve Jobs Commencement Speech at Stanford University

In his 2005 speech at Stanford, Steve Jobs spoke about adversity and living a life true to your principles. He was the first in his family to go to college, but eventually dropped out (of Reed College) and forged a successful career out of nothing. To resilience! Sometimes life hits you in the head with [ READ MORE ]

College Professors For Obama

  • August 13th, 2007
  • Posted in College

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, college professors have already donated $7 million to presidential campaigns this year, more than any other industry including the oil and drug industries. After eight years of suffering under the anti-intellectual, war hawk Bush administration, it looks like academia is doing everything in its power to get a [ READ MORE ]

Smart Girls Are Hot

My daughter doesn’t have math homework yet, but I’ve already staked out helping her with it as my exclusive territory. Fortunately, my husband was a political science major, so he’s totally fine with “letting” me be in charge of all math and science-related aspects of our kids’ education. He will be in charge of teaching [ READ MORE ]