Get involved with alumni associations
Elizabeth Koprowski :Admit it. The first time you got an email from your school’s alumni association asking for a donation, you were a bit taken...
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Thinking of becoming a student activist?
Joanna Hughes :“We are living in an age of protest,” UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Maina...
Thinking of doing a double major?
Joanna Hughes :With hundreds of possible majors to choose from, how can you narrow it down to just one? A double major answers that question...
Where non-techies can get with the programming
Steve Lohr :When the Georgetown University Law Center offered computer programming last year, it was an experiment, a single class for about 20 students. It...
Prime your resume for politics
Alyssa Walker :If you follow politics and wonder about how to get involved, there are a myriad of options for current students and recent graduates....
What foreign language should you study?
Joanna Hughes :By now most of us are aware of the many advantages of learning another language. Multilingualism comes with a host of benefits, including...
Sports management needs unique educational models
Alyssa Walker :While it may not seem obvious, sports management degrees focus less on athletics and more on finance, management, marketing, and law-as they pertain...
Students should study humanities
Elizabeth Koprowski :Once upon a time, the humanities reigned supreme in the halls of higher education. Philosophy, literature, languages, and rhetoric were seen as the...
The unmotivated student
Dr. Ken Shore :A motivational problem is not always easy to define, although teachers usually have no trouble recognizing it: The unmotivated student is the...
Three alternative approaches for correcting student misbehaviour
Jim Paterson :Three popular new ideas in education that might help resolve discipline issues are closely linked, experts say, and support each other in expansive...
Lack of teacher diversity contributing to education attainment gap
Richard Conklin :A recently released study by the IZA Institute of Labor Economics found that economically disadvantaged black male students who had at least one...
The homework debate
Johanna Sorrentino :Every school day brings something new, but there is one status quo most parents expect: homework. The old adage that practice makes perfect...