Archive for July, 2008

New GI Bill

Author’s note: In this post we get to watch Alexa (that is me) attempt to maintain some degree of composure, dignity and professional distance with regards to the subject matter: The newest version of the GI Bill. Not to ruin the ending, but I fail miserably. Attempt #1 I had a hard damn time writing [ READ MORE ]

Summer Internship Advice

Does anyone have summer jobs any more, or do the learning opportunities, résumé-building bullet points, key letters of recommendation, and invaluable experience of the summer internship far outweigh table-waiting wages? Summer’s half over; if you’re in the midst of your own personal interning adventure, here are some beneficial words of wisdom to assist you in [ READ MORE ]

‘Altruism Meets a Weak Job Market’

According to the Wall Street Journal, recent college grads are giving up on trying to find a decent job in the currently crappy job market, and are opting instead to spend a year or two working and/or volunteering for one of the following world-improvement organizations: Peace Corps AmeriCorps Teach for America Jesuit Volunteers WorldTeach The [ READ MORE ]

The Good News

And now here’s some good news (and some super cheerful flower pictures) to balance out the bad news of the previous post (and my constant ranting about the SAT). The San Francisco Chronicle had a happy story about Carolyn Barnes, a young woman who grew up with way more reality to deal with than any [ READ MORE ]

Bad News First

The bad news is this story about tenured faculty positions being slowly made extinct. Not a shocking bit of info as it’s been going on for quite some time, but distressing nonetheless. Colleges and universities have been steadily decreasing their tenured-professor numbers for the past few decades, all in the name of budget cuts, saving [ READ MORE ]

An Excellent Argument For Abolishing The SAT

This guy explains in the smart magazine The American, with more eloquence and less crankiness than I, what has gone wrong with the SAT. It’s an excellent article and totally explains why I have such a severe dislike of that most vile example of standardized tests. Posted by Alexa Harrington[ READ MORE ]