Entries for June 2010

Social media isn’t something that we’re born to do. Yes, we’re social creatures by nature, but let’s face it… you were plenty busy before Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn came along...So the trick is to create and maintain a social media presence in as little time as possible, while remaining effective and worthwhile. - Social Media Examiner

Social Media Examiner

Has your college thought about the need to reconcile diversity and discrimination?...continue reading

Would student be better off financially if they could exchange future earnings for tuition payments?...continue reading

Higher Education beats the Fortune 500 in adoption of social media for the third year!...continue reading

In top suburban schools across the country, the valedictorian, a beloved tradition, is rapidly losing its singular meaning as administrators dispense the title to every straight-A student rather than try to choose the best among them....continue reading

The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, an independent committee that advises Congress and the secretary of education on national policy, presented a report in Washington on Friday that did not bode well for low-income college students seeking degrees...The report sent a clear message to the federal government: without a broad increase in need-based state and federal aid, fewer low-income students will have the resources to remain enrolled in college and earn degrees over the nex... ...continue reading

Applying to college is stressful enough without every step requiring a clipboard. The average family visit occurs when we are on vacation, for pity's sake. Why can't we treat the day like a pleasant stop at a well-known tourist attraction, full of history and intriguing architecture and maybe even free snacks? Why, in other words, can't we have fun? The more I think about the standard advice to record every iota of information, the more ridiculous it seems. -- The Seattle Times

The admissions crunch at City University is real, but "many" applicants stranded on the waiting list could still get accepted for the fall semester, CUNY officials said this week...Freshman applicants, consisting largely of students hoping to enroll in community colleges, who don't get accepted this year will be placed on priority lists for the spring and fall semesters next year, CUNY officials noted. -- The New York Daily News

The Penn State business program has become the first college or university program to go public about using a new admissions essay service offered by Turnitin, the dominant player in the plagiarism detection software for reviewing work submitted by college students. The company recently introduced a new software service for admissions essays, for which it is gathering admissions essays that will go into a database to be checked. -- USA Today