Archive for October, 2009

Academic Freedom

These days, when you really stop to ponder the reality of the University bubble, that place of higher thinking seems a lot more watered down in its autonomy. [ READ MORE ]

Job Interview Preparedness

Knowing at least fifty of the questions an interviewer might throw at me, as well as solid advice on how I should go about answering them intelligently, reduces my stress level significantly[ READ MORE ]

Boomerang Offspring

If you’ve recently arrived on the safe shores of your parents’ front steps, you can coast for a while on parental love and sympathy. [ READ MORE ]

Streamlined and Fuel-Efficient Three-Year Degrees

It doesn’t seem right to compare the streamlining of higher education to the manufacturing of fuel-efficient cars, but this Newsweek article has a few good points. I’ve posted before about some schools offering a three-year degree option for qualified (super ahead of the game) college students. It makes a certain amount of sense when the [ READ MORE ]

Internet Use Among U.S. College Students

There’s a new paper out about Internet use among U.S. college students. It’s short and sweet (fully readable in one quick sitting). I tend to enjoy research studies that observe, record, and number-crunch as a phenomenon is happening. Seriously, I’m the one on the tour of Monticello who’s way more amped about what Jefferson was [ READ MORE ]

It’s Blog Action Day!

It’s Blog Action Day, and the politically correct bloggers (of which I am, mostly, on my less-sarcastic days) are supposed to tell everyone to save the planet, damnit. [ READ MORE ]

UCLA Anderson MBAs Go Global

Even if their reasons aren’t planet-saving or brotherly love, I’m still glad UCLA’s Anderson School of Management will have an international requirement for their MBA students[ READ MORE ]

Intense and Intents and Intensive Purposes

Until I was in college and saw this phrase written on the board as a common mistake college sophomores made when writing papers for the professor, I had always thought “For all intents and purposes” was “For all intensive purposes.” [ READ MORE ]

Deluded, With A Huge Imagination

...complete with an awesomely religious introduction in which they explain that Darwin wasn’t so much a scientist ahead of his time, but was more a deluded freak with a huge imagination[ READ MORE ]

Which Road Do the Quality Teachers Walk In On?

The exact thing that makes a bright, shining star of an educator is probably some elusive logarithm of innate skill, empathy, and ass kickery[ READ MORE ]