There is Life After College

By on July 21, 2016 in Thoughts

Selingo, J. J. (2016). There is life after college: What parents and students should know about navigating school to prepare for the jobs of tomorrow. William Morrow: New York, NY. There is life after college is a thought-provoking examination of how higher education prepares (or fails to prepare) students for careers. Selingo conducted his own […]

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Thoughts on General Education

By on July 20, 2016 in Thoughts

Inside Higher Education published a story on how SUNY Buffalo and UVA are experimenting with their general education models. The SUNY Buffalo model is quite intriguing. According to the article, “students will be required to take courses in four categories: communication literacy, math and quantitative reasoning, scientific literacy and inquiry and diversity learning.” This is […]

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My Freshman Year, part 1

By on July 18, 2016 in Thoughts

Nathan, R. (2005). My freshman year: What a professor learned by becoming a student. New York, NY: Penguin Books. My Freshman Year is the story of a professor re-entering college as a freshman to experience and understand student life on today’s campus. The book is organized into thematic chapters: Dorm life, Community and Diversity, American […]

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