11 Legendary College Pranks to Applaud on April Fool’s Day
Posted on Wednesday March 28, 2012Try to top these April Fool’s pranks pulled off by some creative college kids.
5 Simple Ways Adjuncts Can Help Each Other
Posted on Wednesday March 28, 2012Adjunct instructors do not have it easy. Universities rely heavily on part-time and non-tenured faculty to teach 70% of their courses on average nationally (Allen, C., 7 February, 2012). It’s not unusual to expect them to perform extra duties like curriculum development, serving on committees, and attending meetings; usually these extra duties are performed for [...]
14 Famous People Who Were Philosophy Majors
Posted on Tuesday March 27, 2012Philosophy majors enjoy career paths across a wide range of industries as evidenced by these famous examples.
10 Telling Studies Done on Student Meditation
Posted on Monday March 26, 2012These studies have found amazing benefits that meditation can offer you this finals season and beyond.
Students: Don’t Give Credit Cards Too Much Credit!
Posted on Monday March 26, 2012Only a few short years ago, I remember walking across a university campus on my way to class amidst a chaotic mix of sights, sounds, and smells that could most closely be compared to an open market in one of those great B-movies of the 1950s or 60s. Colorful canopies lined the campus’s main street, [...]
“2012 Online Professor of the Year” Nominations Sought
Posted on Saturday March 24, 2012The overarching theme of my blog is to focus on education news that is positive, proactive, solutions-oriented, or definition-changing. It is with great pleasure, therefore, that I announce the “2012 Online College Professor of the Year” contest here on the BestCollegesOnline website. According to a press release issued via PR Newswire, a part of the [...]
Faculty or Advisor?
Posted on Friday March 23, 2012In my previous post ( “What Do Americans Want from Education?” 22 March, 2012), I discussed how the lack of definition for what Americans want from education is largely responsible for the problems that are occurring. The most recent examples are the call for education to include national security in its curriculum and to pass [...]
What Do Americans Want from Education?
Posted on Thursday March 22, 2012The current clichéic media storm surrounding The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) releasing of a report entitled: U.S. Education Reform and National Security by Jeffrey Brown, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein (March 2012) makes it seem like we are trapped in Ground Hog’s Day, listening [...]
42 Moving Pinterest Pins for Language Lovers
Posted on Wednesday March 21, 2012Find encouragement, motivation, support, and clever truths in these moving Pinterest pins.
American Students Studying Abroad
Posted on Wednesday March 21, 2012Studying overseas has gradually increased in popularity over the past decade, as more institutions increase their support for students enrolling in subjects abroad. Find out exactly who is going abroad and what they’re studying.
