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ON CAMPUS
Aug 21, 2008, 12:12PM
Super Smash Brothers Theory, And Other Courses Worth Spending $40K A Year On
The American higher education system has done an astoundingly good job convincing parents to spend thousands of dollars on an experience that only marginally prepares their children for an adult life of making money and acquiring useful knowledge. Here are some amazing scam classes taught in the name of education.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 19, 2008, 10:05AM
Creepy Treehouse Syndrome
College professors are trying to keep up with the times, and meet their students in generationally-appropriate media, through class Facebook pages, instant messenger availability, and other social networking developments. But they're running into an old problem with all this new technology: students don't want to hang out with their professors on the Internet.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 18, 2008, 09:52AM
On Higher Ed, Congress Could Still Do More
It's taken five years longer than expected, but Congress finally reauthorized the Higher Education Act a few weeks ago. The new act makes more financial aid available and requires colleges to report on their tuition inreases, among other things. While these changes are welcome, it still doesn't change the fact that most Americans will graduate college in debt. That in itself is the biggest obstacle to education, and Congress needs to do more.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 15, 2008, 02:39PM
Marooned By Wikipedia
Two American students studying abroad with Semester at Sea were unceremoniously booted from their Mediterranean sail boat after plagariazing from Wikipedia. (Maybe they were just following John McCain's example.) Remember kids, always do original scholarly work or the harsh law of nautical justice will crush you.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 13, 2008, 10:41AM
University Supporting Free Online Textbooks
Rice University, attempting to help with the astronomical costs of textbooks, has purchased the rights to publish Collaborative Statistics and is making the book available for free online. Previously the book costs $50. Rice officials are discussing doing the same thing for other commonly used textbooks.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 12, 2008, 05:25PM
Degree.Com
An executive with Zogby polling believes Americans will eventually see no difference between online education and on-campus education. In his new book John Zogby observes that while distance education and online degrees are less prestigious now, the trend of well-respected universities moving towards online coursework shows that eventually we won't care whether you learn in a virtual environment or a real one.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 12, 2008, 09:23AM
Studying A Little Less Further Abroad
Are gas prices damaging our understanding of foreign cultures? Study abroad programs have seen a significant drop in enrollment as students face higher transportation costs and a weaker U.S. dollar abroad, especially in developed places like Europe, Japan, and Australia. However countries where the dollar is still relatively strong, like in South America, are seeing a small increase in their abroad programs.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 08, 2008, 04:10PM
Not The Second Act We Need
The Higher Education Act, orginally drafted in 1965 to break down financial barriers in higher education, was finally reauthorized last week. But in a financial environment where student loans bear a scary similarity to failed mortagage markets, Congress failed to do enough. Without more help from our goverment, college is going remain too expensive for too many.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 07, 2008, 02:31PM
We're Guessing Lars Ulrich Doesn't Care About This Kind Of Piracy
Downloading textbooks is the new downloading music. College students across the country, squeezed by rising tuition and ridiculously predatory textbook companies, are turning to the tried and true free resource of the Internet for their academic needs. With new sciencs books running in the hundreds of dollars, can you blame them?
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 06, 2008, 04:31PM
Formerly Homeless Student Entering The Ivy League
A few years ago a media firestorm started when a homeless New York girl was accepted into Harvard, culminating in a Lifetime TV movie. But after the celebrity attention died down, she ended up dropping out after a semester. New Penn student Steven Vaughn-Lewis hopes that a comparably lower profile will help him overcome his own unstable upbringing.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 06, 2008, 12:51PM
Suing For The Right To Discriminate
A student organization's request to be officially recognized by the University of Florida, which entails public financing, was recently denied because the group, Beta Upsilon Chi, only allows Christian men to join. The university only supports organizations that are open to everyone, but the group managed to take a suit to a court that's ruled in their favor. An editorial wonders how we've managed to get the democratic values of pluralism and tolerance so confused.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 05, 2008, 04:55PM
Where's The Science?
Every year American technology companies sponsor thousands of H1-B visas for foreigner workers because there aren't enough highly skilled American scientists and engineers, even though those jobs average more than $100,000 in salary. Meanwhile coffee shops, bars, and restaurants across the country are staffed by college graduates. Something's wrong with our ability to get kids interested in science, and this writer thinks it's the message we send in schools. Does our education system spend too much time worrying about diversity intstead of achievement?
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 04, 2008, 05:47PM
Freshman Looking Forward To Driving By Senior Year
A 12 year old boy, who's scored a 1350 on his SATs and taken enough AP credits to cover a year of college, is set to enroll in UConn next year. As this blogger observes, he's probably mature enough to fit right in with the average freshman male anyway.
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ON CAMPUS
Aug 04, 2008, 11:55AM
College Crime Map Coming To Your Computer
A new website is tracking crime around college campuses, giving students the ability to log on and see visual representations of thefts, burglaries, and other illegal activity. Can Web 2.0 technology help students stay safe?
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ON CAMPUS
May 27, 2008, 01:29PM
Dysfunction Junction
A different look at the state of D.C. public schools.
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ON CAMPUS
May 15, 2008, 10:01AM
Mr. Wrong
An address to the class of 2008, who have so much to offer the food services industry.
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ON CAMPUS
Apr 18, 2008, 10:40AM
They're All Zombies
A recent article puts the national spotlight on “Humans vs. Zombies,” where students all but prove the lack of seriousness at liberal arts colleges.
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ON CAMPUS
Apr 04, 2008, 09:36AM
Five Foot Three
Being an anonymous, hateful idiot isn't the same as campaigning for first amendment rights, no matter what the founder of Juicy Campus says.
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ON CAMPUS
Apr 02, 2008, 12:55PM
Enhancement Nation
The Mitchell Report came and went as a public concern, perhaps because performance enhancement transcends sports.
