Mobile Lives of College Students
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View ArticleTop 10 Issues Students Care About Today
For our parents, the issues that got them out of the dorms and into the streets were war and free love. But AIDS kind of put a damper on the whole free love scene, and anti-war protests are almost...
View ArticleThe Newest EdTech Apps: Our Favorite Picks for Students
With classrooms growing increasingly more technology-oriented, it makes sense that developers latch onto the education sector when creating inspired new applications. The past year (roughly speaking)...
View ArticleSkills for Success: Public Speaking Tips from President Obama
Whatever your political persuasion, there’s no denying that President Obama is a powerful public speaker. And although you’re not likely to be speaking as the leader of the free world any time soon,...
View ArticleDo You Need a Diploma? New Ways Schools Are Evaluating Students
It’s hard to believe that in 1870, only 2% of 17-year-olds in this country had a high school diploma. Over the years that number rose and peaked at 77% exactly a century later, but on average it’s been...
View ArticleHigher Education Reform: What Students Expect Next
The verdict is in: the future will belong to those who seek as much education as they can get. Don’t believe us? Just check out this chart from the Bureau of Labor Statistics correlating various...
View Article10 Higher Ed Money Trends Students Should Know About Heading Into 2013
So the world didn’t end on December 21st. Hopefully you weren’t banking on that happening and haven’t given away all your money and possessions. If you have, you’re probably more concerned with where...
View Article10 Disturbing Facts About The College Admissions Process
Whatever college admissions counselors are getting paid, it probably isn’t enough. They each have the unenviable task of parsing through hundreds or even thousands of eager young students’...
View ArticleThe Future of College Enrollment: 10 Trends Coming Soon
Some of these trends actually launched a little earlier than 2013, though they hold the potential to gigantify into something significant soon or in the near future. But the shape of college...
View Article50 Books To Prepare You For the Next 50 Years
Making predictions can be tough — Exhibit A, Harold Camping. But while prophesying the end of the world always ends badly (or always has in the past, anyway), there is such a thing as an educated...
View ArticleStatus Not Protected: Colleges and Student’s Electronic Privacy
Table of Contents Social Media and the Student College Email Privacy Legal Protections Offered to Students Think you can’t be kicked off campus for a tweet? Or that messages sent through your school...
View ArticleA Practical Guide to Scholarships
For prospective college students, there is no doubt a great deal of excitement, expectation, and, of course, trepidation about where they are headed. Scholarships are a major part of the college prep,...
View ArticleThe New Presentations
PowerPoint is dead. Long live PowerPoint. The demise of the ubiquitous presentation tool has been predicted for a few years now. Sure, it gets the job done, but there is a whole new generation of...
View ArticleMath Majors Hold the Key to Tomorrow’s Most Valuable Jobs
Florence Nightingale. J.P. Morgan. Alan Turing. Lewis Carroll. They’re all famous names noted for their many accomplishments. But that’s not all they have in common: they’re all students of math, too....
View ArticleThe Technological Side of Online Degrees
The key behind the success of online learning is flexibility. Gone are the days of commuting long distances to sit in a classroom just to learn. Computers have eliminated the need for fixed schedules...
View Article50 Creative Ways to Use Skype in Your Classroom
Skype, the free, ubiquitous VOIP downloadable, offers some unique opportunities for tech-savvy teachers to get their students learning in exciting new ways. It might prove a buggy affair depending on...
View Article50 Great Ways Schools Can Use G+ Hangouts
At its core, Google+ Hangouts is simply a souped-up version of video chat. But when it comes to education, it’s so much more than that. It becomes a vehicle for learning, sharing, collaboration, and...
View ArticleThe Health Hazards of Tablet Use
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View Article41 Tips to Make the Most from Online Openware Courses
Once, students had to pay a pretty penny to get access to Ivy League courses and top-tier educational resources. Those days are long gone, as there are now thousands of free online learning...
View Article50 Best Pinterest Boards for Student Vegetarians
Although more and more schools offer dining options for students adhering to vegetarian and vegan diets (as in, dining options beyond “salad bar”), navigating a new environment with food restrictions...
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