Archive for the ‘ Research ’ Category

How’d You Score THAT Gig?

Some of my vacation reading included How’d You Score That Gig? A Guide to the Coolest Jobs [and How to Get Them] by Alexandra Levit. I’m a girl who likes clear instructions that are as exact as possible when embarking on a new experience. I’m a big fan of the informational interview, and back when [ READ MORE ]

Scheduling Randomness

The more I ponder it, the more blatant good sense this post makes: a certain amount of organization and routine is essential for forward motion in life, but jumping the tracks and implementing some random actions now and then can have positive results as well. New experiences, people, thoughts, and ideas can move your life [ READ MORE ]

Joe Schmoe, B.S.*, M.S.*, M.D.*, Ph.D.*

There was an article in the NY Times a few weeks ago which I have tried (and have now officially failed) to ignore. Brain-enhancing drugs is the new hot ethical question in academia. The use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes bothers me, but I didn’t react in quite the same way to hearing about the [ READ MORE ]

Class Size and Achievement Gap Study

ScienceDaily has an article up about a new Northwestern University study researching the effects of class size on academic achievement in elementary school students. Decreasing class size is beneficial overall, but a new study found that not only does the achievement gap between the higher academic achievers and the lower academic achievers still exists, but [ READ MORE ]

American Diploma Project

The American Diploma Project people have surveyed and polled all pertinent groups (high school students, educators and administrators, high school dropouts, new college students, college professors, parents, the general public, recent graduates in the workforce, employers, and some other people, too) regarding how adequately public high schools in America prepare graduates for college. All questioned [ READ MORE ]

Finding the Better Carrot

A college degree is one of the better bullet points to have on your résumé. And going to college is the best way to obtain said degree. Not everyone heads straight from high school to a four-year college or university—about half of the undergraduates in the U.S. are currently matriculating through community colleges. Financial, academic, [ READ MORE ]

Moms Re-Starting Careers

I’m re-posting this as it goes along nicely with my previous article regarding moms and career decisions. Examining the Trend of College-Educated Women Leaving the Workforce I love research done by people who’ve heard a general, society-wide rumor and just have to know whether or not it’s based in fact. Sylvia Ann Hewlett (author of [ READ MORE ]

Freshman Norms Survey

UCLA does an annual survey of incoming American undergrads. The CIRP Freshman Survey is part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) and is administered by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. The 2007 freshman norms are based on the responses of 272,036 first-time, full-time students at [ READ MORE ]