Dress up your Firefox browser with your favorite school

March 25, 2010

Its been a big week for me since my alma mater did the impossible. So, I wanted to find a way to let my browser get dressed for the big game. So I did a search of my alma mater’s name and there were 2 Firefox Personas that I could choose from. Now my browser [...]

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How Long Can You Go Without Your Gadgets?

March 24, 2010

No Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, e-mail, iPods, or cell phones. That’s what one professor told her students to give up for five days. Could they do it? University of Minnesota professor Heather LaMarre was certainly pulling for them. Read more …Prof’s assignment: Dump tech gadgets for 5 days.

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Students Using Video as Part of Application Process

March 19, 2010

A while ago, I wrote a post about how colleges are using videos for recruitment. Some students are responding by submitting videos as part of their college applications. Read more about Students Using Youtube To Impress Colleges.

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PHD Comics: The 2397th Annual Academic Awards

March 9, 2010

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 if having [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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