July 14th, 2009
College Campus Cuisine: Tastiness Ensues

When I read about today’s college students and their gastronomical penchant, I couldn’t help but get nostalgic and hungry. From the Associated Press article:

“The culinary literacy of college students is increasing,” said Tom Post, president of campus dining for Sodexo, a food service and facilities management company that works with 600 campuses in North America. “Students today grew up watching celebrity chefs on TV, eating organic food, enjoying authentic world cuisine and valuing good nutrition.”

(more…)

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Filed under: Education (general) — A. Dupin @ 12:46 pm
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July 10th, 2009
Unscientific Americans: America Acheived What Now?

A recent study shows that twenty percent fewer Americans think science is our nation’s greatest achievement (47 percent in 1999, 27 percent in 2009). For 2009, Civil Rights/Equal Rights tied with Other with 17 percent. War and Peace clocked in at 7 percent, and Economy brought up the rear with 3 percent–no real surprise there (except that anyone at all gave it a thumbs up lately). Perhaps the most telling part of the survey, though, was that 33 percent cast a vote for Nothing/Don’t Know. (more…)

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Filed under: Education & the Environment, Education (general) — A. Dupin @ 1:03 pm
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July 8th, 2009
Flex Your Ambition: Rebranding Your Day for Success

Why’d you get out of bed this morning? It’s a tough question, especially when you’re in the act itself. What it’s really getting at is two fold:

  • What drives you?
  • If you can’t answer the first part, then why are you bothering to get out of bed?

(more…)

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Filed under: Education (general), Online Degrees — A. Dupin @ 12:29 pm
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July 2nd, 2009
2009 World Conference on Higher Education

With goals as lofty and abstract as providing “an occasion for key stakeholders to make a new commitment to the development of higher education and agree on action-oriented recommendations which will enable higher education and research to better respond to changing labour market needs and to the growing and multiple demands of society”, the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education in Paris this month promises to be as ambitious as it is nebulously directed. (more…)

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Filed under: Education (general) — A. Dupin @ 7:26 am
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June 29th, 2009
Dept. of Education: Technology Enhances Teaching

Quite possibly the biggest nod that online education has ever gotten, a new study from the U.S. Department of Education has found that good teaching is enhanced by new technologies. The study found all sorts of great things about online education as opposed to face-to-face instruction. I, for one, am excited to hear this great news. (more…)

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Filed under: Online Degrees — A. Dupin @ 4:35 pm
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June 26th, 2009
FAFSA Gets a Makeover! Thanks, Arne

On June 24th, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that FAFSA (the free application for student aid) is about to get a whole lot easier. Right now, the application is monstrous, daunting, and the last thing I wanted to have to fill out when I was about to graduate from high school–seriously, I would’ve rather had more homework to do. (more…)

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Filed under: Education & Politics — A. Dupin @ 4:48 pm
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June 23rd, 2009
Online MBA Course Gets Big-Name Backing

Jack Welch, former General Electric Co. Chief Executive, has put his stamp of approval on the MBA program at Chancellor University. Of course, Chancellor University has only recently donned this name. Myers University, the formerly bankrupt, is now Chancellor University System LLC, and Jack Welch owns 12 percent of it. (more…)

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Filed under: Graduate Degrees, Online Degrees — A. Dupin @ 5:30 pm
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June 19th, 2009
Saving Education: Saving for the Future

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of college funds. I’ve mentioned more then once that I had a college fund before I was born, thanks to my wonderful parents. I can’t imagine how different and debt-ridden my life would be without it. That’s why I was very excited to read today that 52 percent of parents are still–in spite of the economy–saving the same amount or more for their children’s future. (more…)

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Filed under: Education & Politics, Education (general) — A. Dupin @ 4:53 pm
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June 17th, 2009
Online Education News: The Best, the Boats, and the Fire

The online education news world is hopping this week. With a cyber charter school in Pennsylvania unionizing (the first of its kind to do so), Herzing University voted ‘Best School for Online Education‘ in Wisconsin, and young tennis players being given access to two top-notch online schools–newsworthy events are cropping up right and left. (more…)

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Filed under: Online Degrees — A. Dupin @ 4:26 pm
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June 13th, 2009
Education News: When the Going Gets Weird…

Times are strange. Don’t take my word for it, though. Let’s have a little education news rundown.

First, the good news: Arne Duncan, who is the Secretary of Education, has just announced an $18.5 million dollar plan to “enhance libraries in 57 low-income school districts across the United States” (from the press release). (more…)

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Filed under: Education & Politics, Education (general) — A. Dupin @ 4:01 pm
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