Students pretty much consider the pen and paper as the classic (but old school) way of taking notes. But is good old fashioned typing becoming yesterday news, too? Technology is progressing so students may not have to choose – (more…)
Today’s post is brought to you by guest blogger Gabby Hyman.
Taking their cues from successful online colleges, major universities are wiring up their course offerings and connecting to far-flung students across the globe. PC Magazine recently released its list of the top ten plugged-in, high-tech campuses in the country, and the features the magazine loved most (surprise!) match the communication and instruction tools that online colleges have been using for nearly a decade now.
In almost every academic discipline there seems to be an intense desire to uncover a single, underlying factor that explains how or why things happen or work. Physicists have their hypothetical “theory of everything,” historians cite specific events or people, and economists point to precise occurrences to explicate what caused a surplus, downturn, or outright recession.
Though I try to avoid such lofty claims when I write, I love to read other peoples’ “theories of everything,” regardless of whether they’re crackpot, brilliant, or an eerie combination of the two. So, in order to help all of those college students stressing over term papers and cramming for cumulative finals, I think it’s time for a call-to-action. (more…)
Alas, as mere humans, we cannot survive on energy drinks alone – even though college students and business professionals seem to rely on sugar and caffeine to get them through the days (and nights). Naturally, there are other options that will sustain your focus and keep those brain waves pumping. (more…)
Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Amye Cole.
With the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings on everyone’s mind, students, parents and administrators are all asking one another how they can keep students safe on increasingly unsupervised college campuses. Administrators must deal with a wide range of potential problems, from the specter of mass killings to the more common but equally tragic instances of individual assault. But they must do so in a way that does not violate the civil rights of students with mental health problems.
But while they wrestle with those policy issues, what can you do? Make a more educated decision about your college’s safety by asking a few basic questions:
Is it possible that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates read my post on the Iraq War and Education? Could the up-and-coming WorldWideBlog have reached beyond the confines of higher education to the over-sized Corinthian columns of Capitol Hill? Probably not. But I find it interesting that after five years of trial-and-admitted-error in Iraq, the “powers-that-be” are finally promoting research and education to help improve public policy.
On Monday, Gates announced plans to launch the Minerva Consortia, a joint effort by universities and the Pentagon to bolster programs related to foreign affairs. And though it sounds like an evil neo-Roman secret society, the Consortia plans to look at world issues from a perspective devoid of hard science and technology. What a novel concept. (more…)
More cheerful news from the student loan front: the New York Times reports on the continuing crunch felt by higher ed borrowers as the market slowly collapses like a flan in a cupboard (with apologies to Eddie Izzard). (more…)
Spring is in the air, which means summer is right around the corner. If you’re a high school senior, visions of cruising Main Street in your parents’ Volvo or rafting down the local river in 90-degree heat are surely baking the frontal lobes of your brains. But what about next year? Are you ready to take the plunge into the uncertain waters of college life?
One of the first things you’ll learn in college is the importance of sharing knowledge. Some of the things you hear will stay with you for a lifetime, and some will bounce off you like a life-sized rubber ball. Nevertheless, to do my part in the propagation of wisdom, I’ve compiled a list of ’survival tips’ designed to help college newbies (and veterans) make the most of their higher ed experiences. (more…)
You don’t have to be engaged to love those hefty, tree-destroying bridal magazines, or WE’s endless reality shows about bulging bridezillas and platinum weddings. If you think you’ve got a better idea for those bridesmaid dresses, and your reaction to a screaming MOB (Mother Of the Bride) is to calm her down with a cup of tea instead of hiding, you might be wedding planner material. (more…)
Today’s roundup veers off slightly in the direction of K-12 ed… Jay Mathews, the Washington Post’s venerable education blogger, worked with Ken Bernstein to put together a list of their favorite education blogs. (I know, this is getting really meta.) They’re mostly focused on K-12 rather than higher ed, but there are some choice bits about learning and technology in there as well.
Remember how we mentioned the credit crunch last week, and its relationship to student loans? Well, Congress must have been reading us! (more…)
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