From Soap Star to College Professor

by Stephanie Cockerl on July 18, 2010

Before we talked about what paths people take to the college classroom. Now we add another to the list of celebrity turned professor.

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See How Higher Ed Homepages Have Evolved

July 2, 2010

Hat Tip to @sethodell for the link.

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Commmunity Colleges are the Foundation for Success

June 5, 2010

This was what  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said when she delivered  the commencement address at Hostos Community College yesterday. In addition to her collegiate duties, she also had a Bronx Housing Project, Bronxdale Houses renamed after her and attended a ceremony at her high school. As a former New York  City Project Kid myself, [...]

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Colleges, a Ballpark and a Country, what’s next for the iPad Ban?

June 5, 2010

Disclosure: I am a Yankees fan. Unless you haven’t been paying attention, we have been focusing on where the iPad is allowed on campus over the past few weeks. However, there are some places where the iPad isn’t allowed like some colleges and universities and Yankee Stadium (why you anyone want to carry it to [...]

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The New Yorker Cover for this week

May 29, 2010

How timely is this cover. This is the New Yorker cover for this week, illustrated by Daniel Crowes. Hat Tip to Laughing Squid.

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Reflections on the HighEdWeb Regional Conference from Not So Far Away

May 10, 2010

I was scheduled to attend the HighEdWeb Regional Conference at Vassar College from May 6 -7, but due to circumstances I cannot yet reveal, I was not able to attend. That didn’t mean that I was totally shut out of the festivities. (I’m bummed about missing karaoke  night though!). Thanks to the advent of live [...]

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College, Inc on PBS

May 9, 2010

This past week has been a pretty busy week in the world of Higher Education. College, Inc. aired on PBS on May 4th. What do you think the future holds for colleges? When you have the chance view the view and let us know what you think.

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The iPad is Making its Way to Campus

April 27, 2010

OK, so I am eating up my words. According to Search Engine Watch, the iPad is making its way to campus. “This is a test. Each student enrolling in a new Mini-MBA: Digital Marketing Executive Certificate Program this summer at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, will receive an Apple iPad tablet. This is [...]

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Women with College Degrees Earn Less than Men with No Degree

April 24, 2010

Why is it  that in 2010, that more women than men are attending college, yet college educated women still earn less than men? I stumbled across this post , that women  with a community college degree earn less than men with no degree? What kind of message does this send young women? That having a [...]

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

April 7, 2010

Just came back from the Columbia vs. Rutgers Baseball game. Can’t think of a better way to spend a midweek afternoon.

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