PHD Comics: The 2397th Annual Academic Awards

by Stephanie Cockerl on March 9, 2010

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PHD Comics: The 2397th Annual Academic Awards

Hat Tip to PaperDoll

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Would you pay to have an internship?

March 5, 2010

According to the Chicago Tribune, students paid upward of $5000 and up, just to be placed as an unpaid intern at some of the most sought after companies.
Read more about it. College students pay to work at unpaid internships.

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The Question of a College Degree

March 4, 2010

Before we start: I would like to reference my Disclosure Policy. This is solely my opinion and no one else’s.

Today, some may think that college is becoming more of an option than a requirement. In today’s environment when its a challenge for people with *multiple* degrees to gain employment, people are questioning [...]

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From the Rock n’ Roll College Archives

March 3, 2010

Cuyahoga Community College had a famous student.
Have any guesses who it might have been?

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Does Recruitment Really Ever End on a College Campus

February 23, 2010

Lately with the discussion of recruitment videos from different institutions wide and far, I’m starting to realize that recruitment doesn’t end when “signing day” or “deposit day” comes and goes.
Colleges and universities have to work not only to recruit new students, but also to keep continuing students to come back.
This weekend, I saw a recruitment [...]

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Textbooks, iPads and e-books oh my!

February 6, 2010

I am an Amazon Affiliate.
Unless, you have been under a rock, it has been a crazy couple of weeks in the industry of old school media (meaning books.)
The iPad came out, further questioning the delivery of books. When I first saw it, I has flashbacks of the Minority Report scene with Tom Cruise when her [...]

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Ivy League College steps up the game for video in admissions

January 21, 2010

Unless you haven’t seen the news lately, Yale’s admissions video, That’s Why I Chose Yale had hit the mainstream.
Most of us in Higher Ed have been growing aware of the use of video and how it aids in the admissions process.
We all have been diligently adding videos to our websites, blogs, twitter and Facebook pages.
If [...]

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Winter Break

January 21, 2010

Winter Break for most colleges typically means taking a week, two, or a month away from campus.
While I was in college, I hardly took a winter break. Instead, when I thought of breaks, they meant time  to catch up , work on campus to earn for books and supplies.
Even though I loved my family dearly, [...]

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Should Social Media be a separate college course?

December 14, 2009

Over the weekend, I stumbled upon this post: 5 Things I Would Tell a Social Media Professor.
Being that I did teach two marketing courses as an adjunct professor, the logical choice would be to include it as part of an internet marketing course or a general marketing course.
One could also argue that its also a [...]

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Educational Roundtable at WordCampNYC

November 14, 2009

I’m live blogging from the Educational Roundtable session at WordCampNYC.
Some thoughts that have emerge already is that WordPress is the bridge that enable end users to readily contribute.
Moving beyond the blog using a stream. (I wished I’d arrived on time for @erinblaskie presentation.
@photomatt – Multiple mediums pushed into one.
Letting the students  make there own decisions
@photomatt [...]

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