Jason Kincaid of Techcrunch.com reports on the offer of free Amazon Prime–essentially, free shipping on Amazon.com purchases–for college students.
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Amazon offers free Amazon Prime to college students
Monday, August 30th, 2010Students turn to online roommate matching service
Monday, August 16th, 2010Isaac Arnsdorf, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, reports students are turning to social media and other online tools to get information about their future roommates or to find a compatible match.
Advice on the transition from applicant to college student
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Jacques Steinberg, contributor to the New York Times, interviews college deans and counselors for advice on making the transition to college. Steinberg also posts useful advice from a current college sophomore.
What happened to studying?
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Keith O’Brien, contributor to the Boston Globe, reports “you won’t hear this from the admissions office, but college students are cracking the books less and less. They come with polished resumes and perfect SAT scores. Their grades are often impeccable. Some elite universities will deny thousands of high school seniors with 4.0 grade point averages in search of an elusive quality that one provost called ‘intellectual vitality.’ The perception is that today’s over-achieving, college-driven kids have it–whatever it is. They’re not just groomed; they’re ready. There’s just one problem. On campus, the students aren’t studying.”
The coveted but elusive internship
Thursday, July 15th, 2010New York Times writer Hilary Stout reports on the difficulties of finding a summer internship. ”Between the sputtering economy and updated federal guidelines governing the employment of unpaid interns, many students have had a tougher time than they anticipated in landing resume-enhancing experience this summer.”
Dealing with the college transition
Monday, June 21st, 2010Selbe Potter Ruggiero, Director of Clinical Services at the New Learning Therapy Center, writes about the number one health concern on college campuses, clinical depression. ”Many times college bound students realize that their lives will never be the same again as they venture into the unknown. Once they get on campus their reality is different.”
Three year bachelor’s degree gains popularity
Monday, May 31st, 2010Larry Gordon, writer for the Los Angeles Times, reports on the growing popularity of earning a bachelor’s degree in just three years.
Effects of recession on college freshmen
Thursday, February 25th, 2010New York Times writer Kate Zernike reports on the annual poll of college freshman and the effects of the recession. The annual survey showed the effects of the recession in a number of areas:
- Two-thirds of college freshman are concerned about their ability to pay for college.
- The percentage of freshman taking out loans is 53.3%, the highest in nine years.
- Most students chose their college because of better financial aid or felt the graduates from that college received better job offers.
- Students will most likely graduate with a larger debt burden.
- Students choosing a career in business dropped to 12.1%, the lowest since 1976.
Using social media to pick a college
Monday, January 18th, 2010Josh Catona, writer for Mashable, The Social Media Guide, gives 10 ways to use social media to pick a college. Catona recommends visiting sites such as College Prowler, Unigo, Communiversity and Rate My Professor where you can hear from current students about issues that matter to incoming freshman and go beyond the basic statistics.
Cuts at the University of California
Monday, July 20th, 2009New York Times writer Tamar Lewin reports on the effects of reduced state financing for the University of California. Making up for an $813 million reduction, the University of California will use a combination of furloughs, deferred hiring and cuts in academic programs, cuts that “impinge on the university’s academic offerings.” For instance:
- UC Irvine ”has halted admission to its doctoral program in education, and its Latin American studies program is on hiatus.”
- UC Davis ”Medical Center has eliminated its liver transplant program, and in the division of humanities, arts and cultural studies, 44 courses and sections are expected to be cut.”
- UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Cruz have also announced similar cuts.