Thursday, January 27, 2011
College Freshen more stressed than ever!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/education/27colleges.html?_r=1&hp
Monday, September 27, 2010
more advice from the NY times by graduate students who teach
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/opinion/26gradstudents.html?src=me&ref=homepage
Monday, September 14, 2009
college advice from the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/opinion/06collegeadvice.html?scp=1&sq=college%20advice&st=cse
to young adults entering school this fall.
The Hunt for a Good Teacher
By STANLEY FISH
Find the best teachers and take a writing class.
An Argument Worth Having
By GERALD GRAFF
Cut through the jargon, analyze and debate.
Get Lost. In Books.
By HAROLD BLOOM
Read the authors that are difficult and demand rereading.
Don’t Alienate Your Professor
By CAROL BERKIN
Once in class, participate.
Play Politics
By GARRY WILLS
Have passion for learning and for your beliefs.
Go the Wrong Way
By MARTHA NUSSBAUM
Think about life, not just a job.
Off-Campus Life
By JAMES MacGREGOR BURNS
Read a good newspaper; it will be your path to the world at large.
My Crush on DNA
By NANCY HOPKINS
Fall in love with your vision of the future.
Change Course
By STEVEN WEINBERG
College is never what one expects.
to young adults entering school this fall.
The Hunt for a Good Teacher
By STANLEY FISH
Find the best teachers and take a writing class.
An Argument Worth Having
By GERALD GRAFF
Cut through the jargon, analyze and debate.
Get Lost. In Books.
By HAROLD BLOOM
Read the authors that are difficult and demand rereading.
Don’t Alienate Your Professor
By CAROL BERKIN
Once in class, participate.
Play Politics
By GARRY WILLS
Have passion for learning and for your beliefs.
Go the Wrong Way
By MARTHA NUSSBAUM
Think about life, not just a job.
Off-Campus Life
By JAMES MacGREGOR BURNS
Read a good newspaper; it will be your path to the world at large.
My Crush on DNA
By NANCY HOPKINS
Fall in love with your vision of the future.
Change Course
By STEVEN WEINBERG
College is never what one expects.
Yale student death
My heart goes out to Annie Le, the Yale student who was murdered in her laboratory building on Yale's campus. Somehow it hits close to home.
most likely to succeed (graduate)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20090910/ts_usnews/whichhighschoolstudentsaremostlikelytograduatefromcollege
interesting data
interesting data
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
resurrection
Now that I'm teaching my freshman seminar again, I thought I'd try resurrecting the blog. I just love freshmen! (Frosh? Fresh-persons? First-year students?). What is best?
Friday, February 20, 2009
spring break
It's spring break time here, and the students are off! Technically, spring break begins tomorrow, but it's a little disturbing how few students come to classes on Friday before spring break.
What are the options for spring break? Although it might seem like everyone is off to the beach, I'd say a good chunk of students drive home for the week. I should do a survey and find out. Spring break vacations to beach locales are sort of a luxury...
There's a notion called "alternative spring break", which involves doing some kind of public service for the week (helping in New Orleans has been a popular option for a few years). I'm wondering about that option, at least in its organized form, because it does seem sort of like it can be expensive too...
What are the options for spring break? Although it might seem like everyone is off to the beach, I'd say a good chunk of students drive home for the week. I should do a survey and find out. Spring break vacations to beach locales are sort of a luxury...
There's a notion called "alternative spring break", which involves doing some kind of public service for the week (helping in New Orleans has been a popular option for a few years). I'm wondering about that option, at least in its organized form, because it does seem sort of like it can be expensive too...
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