I’m at a party school. But that doesn’t mean I don’t work hard, too. Stems from the old motto: Work hard, play hard. I truly believe it takes both to have a great life. So I live it. Week days we do our homework and take our tests and go to office hours to ask questions and email our TA’s and professors. Weekends, we play. (more…)
Yes ladies and gentlemen, it has happened. After one year, six months, twenty eight days, and roughly seven hours (just kidding on that last part) Baylor University went from having an eternal interim president, aka David Garland, and got an actual president! (more…)
***Correction: Amy Bishop was 19 years old and an adult when she shot and killed her younger brother. She was never charged, so it would not have come up on a background check.
I doubt that a novelist could have come up with a plot with twists like the tragic shooting on the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Three faculty are dead, and the stories coming out about the “shooter” are completely shocking. Did anyone do a background check on this professor? (more…)
Inside Higher Education reports that students are abandoning business as a college major, according to the UCLA annual Freshman Survey. Students majoring in business down to 14.4%, its lowest level since 1974.
Think again, according to Thomas H Benton of the NY Times Choice Blog. His article is titled: JUST DON’T GO. If you are thinking about graduate school in literature, ancient and modern languages, law, history, philosophy or religion, you may want to read this article. Click HERE.
Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
In 2006 Goucher College became the first college in the United States to require all undergraduate students to study abroad at least once. Each student receives a voucher for $1200.00 to help with travel expenses. Goucher’s website says: “We believe that international awareness is a requirement for anybody who wants to lead a satisfying and successful life in the global community of today– and we offer a wide range of opportunities to help our students develop that awareness.”
Facebook is funding fellowships for five Doctoral students for the 2010-11 academic year. The chosen fellows will receive tuition and fees, travel and a $30,000.00 stipend. There are other benefits as well. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that doctoral students who are enrolled in American universities and doing research on internet economics, social computing, data mining or cloud computing (among other computer research projects) are eligible to apply. Facebook is unsure whether they will offer another such fellowship in 2011-2012, but they are open to the possibility.
Juniors have recently received the results of their October PSATs. So far, every junior I know improved dramatically from their sophomore year scores. It is important for juniors to take standardized tests this spring and not wait until fall of the senior year. Take the SAT and the ACT, decide which test shows your abilities to your advantage, and concentrate your effort on that standardized test. (more…)
I don’t mean that in the sense that the classes are hard. Not that they’re exactly easy. But just the whole experience. Yeah, its fun. You’ve got your parties and your school activities, and of course the infamous sports (although maybe not exactly at Baylor). That part is great. But they don’t prepare you for the loneliness. (more…)
Yes, you read correctly. The UNeducated American. Several articles have been written on this subject, most recently by Paul Krugman in the OpEd section of the NY Times. Paul Krugman states, “If you had to explain America’s economic success with one word, that word would be EDUCATION.” As our high school drop out rate rises (especially in minority populations), what will happen to America’s economy?
