The Future of College: Examining an “Unschooler’s” Manifesto
Let’s take a quick multiple-choice quiz. If you’re critical of college (and the institutionalized American education system in general), you might say it … a) acts as a cocoon; b) is a lumbering,...
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Academics, Take Charge of Your Science! | Wikipedia Update
Not long ago we talked about the relative lack of academic credibility on Wikipedia.org. It’s clear why: Anyone with a computer and internet connection can edit Wikipedia articles. And while some...
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College Cost-Benefit Analysis: More Food for Thought
We’ve touched on this subject many times before, and here’s yet another reason to think long and hard before forking over your hard-earned cash or taking out an expensive loan. PBS NewsHour recently...
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Entrepreneurship Roundup: Good Books and More
The intrepid staff over at Brazen Careerist recently named a bunch of great entrepreneurship books recommended by Bill Murphy Jr., author of The Intelligent Entrepreneur: How Three Harvard Business...
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Mad Skills Watch: Blended Learning Edition
In this era of budget cuts, smart schools do whatever they can to keep efficient. Yesterday’s “Story of the Day” from NPR showed how a couple elementary charter schools in California make use of...
View ArticleThe Kahn Academy | Colbert Report
You may remember a post we featured a while back on Salman Kahn, creater of the Kahn Academy. Recently, Mr. Kahn was featured on the Colbert Report … take a look: The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert...
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Piazza Brings Speedy Answers to Student Questions
Imagine an education social-networking website that is so engaging that its average user spends 23 hours a day on it. It’s a reality, and it’s called Piazza. Yes, piazza, as in public square. A...
View ArticleHigh Tech = Higher Costs in Higher Ed?
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the expression “high- tech” in the context of higher education? iPads? Blackboard? Notebook computers? Online classes? Course lectures on...
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Summer Internships You can Apply for Now
If you haven’t started looking for a summer internship, it’s not too late (but it will be soon). SummerInternships.com has a pretty large catalog of available summer internships in cities across the...
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North Carolina State University Wants Your Ants
On this blog, we usually write about people at universities. Today, we’re talking about ants … for science. Allow me to clarify: the School of Ants project wants students, teachers or anybody to send...
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