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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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' [...]
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 [...]
Americans are spending less and saving more this year. The savings rate got up to a 14-year high of 5.7 percent of our disposable income in April or this year. This is the sharpest increase in saving since the numbers started [...]
On April 7th, 2009, the journalism school at the University of Missouri made a bold move: they sent out an email to all incoming freshman telling them that, in addition to their other school supplies, they’ll be required to have an iPhone or iPod Touch. The [...]
The phrase haunts the halls of academia: publish or perish. It refers to the need for professors to publish work, lest their contracts run out. It’s stressful, and it takes valuable time away from teaching. [...]
Possibly one of the most idiotic assumptions of all time–namely, that men are innately better than women when it comes to math and science–has been shot down once again. This cultural belief has always baffled me, perhaps because I grew up with a sharp-as-a-tack mother working on both the quantitative [...]
Online education programs are more popular than ever before. For programs that started off online, this just means that business is really taking off. For programs with brick-and-mortar roots, though, increasing online enrollment means it may be time for an agonizing reassessment of the [...]
Loan forgiveness is a big deal in today’s job market. The idea that simply by putting in some hard work in the right place, students can get some or all of their loans forgiven is a big draw. Forgiveness programs in nursing, for example, influence [...]
At the commencement ceremony for Arizona State University, President Obama delivered quite a call to action:
“Did you study business? Go start a company or why not help our struggling non-profits find better, more effective ways to serve folks in need. [...]
The House just passed a bill that would give $6.4 billion to rebuilding–and greening–schools. This investment in America’s future has some controversy attached, though. Much like any investment, the return needs to be factored in. Will this bill actually work as [...]
During any economic rough spot, studies of previous downturns and recessions start popping up all over the place. Sometimes they offer a little light at the end of [...]
The current economic climate has made it tough for recent graduates to find work. Rather than starting lucrative careers right out of school, many graduates are turning to internships to build their résumés. Who can blame them? Instead of taking whatever job comes [...]
In an economic downturn, a terrible turning of the tables happens: those with money in the bank get penalized, while those in debt benefit. The culprit? Inflation. When inflation lifts its ugly head into view, the value of the dollar, in this case, drops.' [...]
President Obama’s new financial aid plan would make Pell grants an entitlement akin to Social Security and Medicare. While this sounds like a good idea in the wake of private lending/bank snafus, the near monopoly that the government would have in the [...]
It’s part of any tightening budget: being honest about priorities. When there’s less money coming in, it just makes sense to, say, skip eating out. Imagine, though, that you’d been given money specifically to go out for dinner, and you used it to pay the electric bill instead. The original [...]
A friend of mine who was recently handed an online geology course to teach at a local community college mentioned something that I found interesting: he’s having quite a bit of trouble getting students to use the discussion boards and forums. He requires a minimum number [...]
Chatting with a friend of mine last night, it came up that she’d been expelled in high school. I won’t go into the details (amusing as they were in hindsight), but it’s been her cross to bear over the years. Colleges tend to frown on [...]
I remember pulling long hours in study lounges stabbing at white boards and chalk boards. Call it nostalgia, but I miss those days of collaboration, when we’d take turns making coffee runs while cramming for tests. Homework was so much more fun when [...]
In the face of huge budget cuts (to the tune of $312 million as proposed by CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in response to California’s 14 billion dollar budget shortfall), the California university system is cutting enrollment for 2009. The [...]
One of the biggest draws for student loans is the fact that you don’t pay until after you graduate. This allowed poor college students breathe a bit more easily while working part-time jobs and struggling to make ends meet. Sallie Mae has introduced [...]
I recently wrote about aiming for the stars when it comes to college admissions. The moral of that post was to go for the gold in spite of money worries when applying to schools. What does one do, though, when these schools [...]
More and more people are borrowing for their education. This can be a great option, or–as I’ve warned before–it can be a cross you’ll bear for the rest of your adult [...]
I recently wrote a post on MBA programs overseas. One of the main points of the article focused on the growing distrust of US MBA programs because of the current economic situation. Critics of US programs cite a certain level of arrogance within our business [...]
A recent study showed that seven out of ten high school students say that the economy has affected which colleges they’ve applied to. While economic concerns are certainly valid, you shouldn’t sacrifice applying to your dream school simply because you might not be able to [...]
A growing number of US students are heading overseas for their MBAs. This leaves me to wonder: is this a sign of the times, a necessary market evolution due to the stress put on America’s businesspeople and their alma maters? Or is [...]
I went to an overcrowded high school. It was built for 1800 students; there were nearly 2300 of us. Classes were held in converted faculty lounges and the larger storage closets. Some higher level classes couldn’t be offered because there were too few [...]
Being required to do community service brings images of road-side work crews dressed in bright orange with a police officer in charge. This was going to change. One of Obama’s plans for higher education was to offer a tax credit that required community service. This [...]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is a very handy Web site for occupational info of all kinds, showed that there were only two industries that actually added jobs in January of this year: private education and health care. The [...]
We’ve been seeing newspapers take a hit lately. It’s part of this whole adjustment to the Internet that we’re all still making. More people are getting their news online. It’s free. It’s fast. It’s easy. It’s chic. With the economy the way it is lately, newspapers are [...]
It’s really happening. I’ve been tracking it for a while, but the numbers are rolling in: students are flocking to green programs. Both online and on-campus, students are seeking out greener educations. While there are a few [...]
I’m going to cut to it on this one: men are raping women. Just saying that it’s wrong doesn’t do this topic justice. It’s inhuman. It’s cruel. It’s quite possibly the worst thing that one human being can do to another. Yet, it’s happening everywhere. According to [...]
People love rating things. I spend a lot of time outdoors putting various bits of gear through their paces, and when something impresses–or spooks–me, I review the product like a maniac. When it’s time to buy new gear, I tear through customer reviews, blogs, [...]
It’s been an interesting time for me lately. I’m thinking about the future, well, at least about my future. While I am rather excited to see how things will turn out for the country and the planet, I’ve been a bit less globally minded than that lately. Is it time [...]
Online education has it’s benefits: low cost, no commute, flexible schedule, and the oft-mentioned others. There’s one topic that I’d not yet considered: germs. There’s a bug going around here, and, unfortunately, I ended up with it. Like many of my [...]
I wasn’t eavesdropping per se; at least, it didn’t start off that way. I was just minding my own, drinking my coffee, and generally avoiding doing any real work at a local coffee shop. That’s when the complainer got his full speaking voice, and–really–everyone in the café had to listen [...]
Since September, when the economy really started to slide, we’ve heard the rumblings. Rumors of layoffs turn into reality. Jobs are drying up, and the number of qualified people running around without work is growing by the day. Panic never helps, though, and many are [...]
Loans are, thanks to the recent credit crunch, rather difficult to obtain of late. Private lenders have been given the gift of a bailout, but how much has this helped? Getting up to your eyes in debt is never a [...]
Tuition is going up. Funding is going down. Competition for funding is going up. Don’t be down, though. Get up, and make yourself the best candidate. You can still [...]
I’ve mentioned the recession a few times. We’ve looked at decreases in scholarships and other financial aid options. We’ve looked at rising costs. We haven’t, though, broken it down. Let’s take a look at the [...]
Gadgets abound. I remember getting my first cell phone. At that point, everyone had the same phone, and it did two things: made phone calls and received them. Then came text messaging, which has, as I’m sure [...]
