http://www.neverleftcollege.com From MBA student, to professor, to administator, to consultant...and still in college. Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:41:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am here in Orlando spending my last few days of 80 degree weather vacationing  with family. I woke up this morning to find my father reading the Orlando Sentinel. Several articles caught my eye. One of which is In the Orlando area, returning veterans get boost in trying to adjust ... http://www.neverleftcollege.com/college/colleges-are-reaching-out-to-veterans/ All the talk about online reputation management lately has me thinking. For a while, I have been using Google Alerts to monitor what's being said about my clients, including the schools that I work with. Its just that with the hundreds if not thousands of college profiles sites out there, ... http://www.neverleftcollege.com/education/how-many-college-profiles-is-too-many/ Colleges, don't let others run away with your online identity.  Brad J. Ward posted about how a Facebook poser is trying to run away with the online identities of over a dozen or so colleges and universities.  Its time to wake up and be in control of how not only ... http://www.neverleftcollege.com/soapbox/colleges-be-mindful-of-your-online-identity/ That is not the only question in my mind, but it has become more a part of my conversations than I care to admit. It has been nearly 3 years since I've been on the teaching side of the classroom, mainly due to personal circumstances. Instead, I've been opting for the ... http://www.neverleftcollege.com/conferences/to-teach-or-not-to-teach-that-is-the-question/ In the jobs section of the New York Daily News, there is an article (link not available as of this posting) about being an admissions officer as a career. One of the surprising things the article stressed was that 1 out of 10 admissions officers look at an applicant's social networking ... http://www.neverleftcollege.com/recruitment/admissions-officers-highlighed-in-ny-daily-news/ Manhattan Marketing Maven had some good insights as a parent who recently began  college visits and has come up with a few lessons not only for colleges, but can also apply to any business. http://www.neverleftcollege.com/marketing/insight-from-a-visiting-parent/ how good they have it. I know I sound like my grandmother with her "10 miles walking to school with a brown paper bag to carry her books in" mode. I was talking with colleagues about standing in the gym in the middle of cold January as an undergraduate waiting to add/drop ... http://www.neverleftcollege.com/education/college-students-today-dont-know/ A few days ago, I talked to a former colleague who is currently enrolled in a doctorate program. She told me as part of her requirements, that she would  have to maintain a blog. This propelled me back to when I was teaching and I made my undergrad students maintain ... http://www.neverleftcollege.com/education/using-blogs-as-an-educational-tool/ I am proud to announce that the Metropolitan College of New York's MCNY Admissions Blog had its first student blog post. The blog is nearly 2 months old, but it has already gotten some great responses. I hope more students will become motivated to blog about their experiences with the ... http://www.neverleftcollege.com/college/the-first-student-blog-post/ Yahoo posted  it take on it earlier today citing a post from SEO In-House.  For traditional college professors, this is frightening. They, like most professors today stressed referencing actual books than online references.  When I taught a few years ago, the sources for most papers were 66% online and a ... http://www.neverleftcollege.com/college/are-search-engines-taking-the-place-of-college-professors/