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The 20 most useless college degrees

The 20 most useless college degrees

This list of the most useless college majors by The Daily Beast will likely irritate supporters of arts and the humanities — and offer an opportunity to gloat for those who see a college education merely as a ticket to a good job. At the top, of course, is the obvious: journalism, where jobs like mine…
by Alex Friedrich

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Hey, parents: Enough Facebook blabbing on college acceptance victories

Tutor-activist Rosemary Sellers explains in The Huffington Post what parents should do if they’re posting their kids’ college acceptance results on Facebook: If you want to stop being a competitive, self-centered, obnoxious parent, then keep your kid’s admissions information to yourself. If they decide to post it all over FB, fine… but don’t you do…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Language immersion, smartphones and gas

College campuses add language immersion programs Colleges and universities nationwide are creating and expanding existing language immersion programs, under which students live together while learning a language around the clock. (USA Today) Governor suggests schools should drill for natural gas Some Pennsylvania universities should consider drilling for natural gas below campus to help solve their…
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St. Cloud student: Top 10 things profs should know

St. Cloud student: Top 10 things profs should know

Emily Peterson, editor-in-chief of St. Cloud State’s University Chronicle student paper, has come up with Top 10 things professors should know. Here’s an abbreviated list: 1. We don’t care about your political affiliation. There are far too many professors who blast their political views when it is completely unnecessary. 2. Some students, believe it or…
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A Univ of Minn. video opposing the anti-cloning bills

A Univ of Minn. video opposing the anti-cloning bills

Here’s an ad the University of Minnesota has put out to boost opposition to the state’s anti-cloning legislation. Si is there a focused campaign? Is the U going to be battling this out? I’ve got a call in to find out.
by Alex Friedrich

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Job market for grads making a stunning comback

Tim Post has written about the improvement in the job market for new grads, and this Bloomberg story today makes it sound even more promising: “It’s quite a stunning comeback,” said Lance Choy, director of the career development center at Stanford University near Palo Alto, California. “Over the past couple of years there’s been a…
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Univ. of Minn. Promise Scholarship looking less promising

Univ. of Minn. Promise Scholarship looking less promising

MPR’s Tim Post has a story this morning on how the University of Minnesota is cutting back on its Promise Scholarship, which helps cover about $12,000 a year in tuition and fees for the neediest students. The U isn’t exactly breaking its promise, since those who already have it won’t see a decline in funding.…
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The frustration of mile-long college admissions waiting lists

The frustration of mile-long college admissions waiting lists

New York Times writers Jacques Steinberg and Eric Platt on the “bewilderment” that huge admissions waiting lists inspire: How can a college … possibly explain to an applicant that Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh has offered 5,025 students places on its waiting list this year, for a freshman class that will likely be less than a…
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Notes in the Margins: Work, German plagiarism and the $10K degree

High-schoolers who work less likely to finish college They are less likely to go on to finish college, a new study finds, but are jobs the cause or just another effect? (USA Today) Higher education agency embraces Perry’s $10,000 degree The state’s higher education agency is embracing Gov. Rick Perry’s challenge to develop bachelor’s degree…
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