Archive for November, 2009

Student Research Resources and Sites

If you’re a research-paper-writing student in need of a flotation device, check out this list of almost 300 relevant links[ READ MORE ]

Not Currently Hiring Badass Valedictorians

How unfair is it to have gone through 13 grades of school, done everything better than anyone else, been involved in an unreasonable number of activities, been the high school valedictorian, gone off to George Washington University, graduated magna cum laude from the GW business school, applied for dozens of jobs and been turned down [ READ MORE ]

NY Times Blog Series on Community College

Kay M. McClenney, whose day job involves being the director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement, is a contributing writer for the NY Times blog, The Choice, which focuses on college admissions advice. Dr. McClenney just posted part 5 of a week-long series answering readers’ questions about community college. Guidance Office Posts: Answers [ READ MORE ]

Obama’s Exchange Student Plan

Any effort made to help Americans see that we’re only one of the many cultures/countries/peoples in this world is forward movement. [ READ MORE ]

Moving the Dissertation Mountain One Bucketful at a Time

Little chunks that you can see the end of never seem insurmountable, and it’s actually fairly painless to move a mountain from here to way over there if you do it one bucket at a time. [ READ MORE ]

Rejected Harvard Infomercial

Let’s hope it never actually comes to this[ READ MORE ]

Implementing Different Tools

Tim Stahmer at AssortedStuff wrote an excellent take on a recent post by Seth Godin. Mr. Godin’s post looks at the way we humans tend to attack problems with the same tools every time, regardless of the situation, the economy, etc. The tools an individual or a business will habitually grab are the tools already [ READ MORE ]

The Cost of College and the Three-Year Degree Option

Again with the slapping. This time it’s for the jackasses in charge of higher education in this country. If you still feel they (the schools, the loan people, and the government) aren’t lacking in smarts and high-moral-ground-standing cojones, then please read this excerpt[ READ MORE ]

Library Research in the Digital Age

Does anyone do in-library research any more? Most people don’t. Not even book-loving me. [ READ MORE ]

33 Posts On America’s Education System

Here they are, including some Education Reform posts proving I’m not always in disagreement with President Obama[ READ MORE ]