Archive for April 25th, 2007

Below is Newsweek’s list of America’s top “new colleges”, the who’s who of academic institutions that are starting to give the usual elite colleges some competition.
“The bottom line: that one “perfect” school need not break a student’s heart. The colleges on the following list—the “New Ivies”—are beneficiaries of the boom in top students. [...]

Jory Des Jardins does a thoughtful and provocative post on an unusual subject. Have you ever imagined that in your circle of colleagues and within your peer network that are those who may not have more than a few bucks to their name?

They may be sitting next to you at the conference table, but they [...]

If I were a teacher I certainly would no longer confine myself to a classroom. With Web 2.0 and social networking tools, anywhere in the world can become a teacher’s classroom. With podcasting and video easily integrated into a blog site, a teacher can market tutoring packages, language lessons or any combination of educational bundles [...]

Recently, on one of those strange reality shows (I believe this one was a “Day in the Life of Doggy Day Care”, or something equally bizarre) they featured one dog owner, a single attorney, delivering his dog to this plush facility 365 days a year, spending well over 5000 a year for doggy day [...]