May 15, 2013
"Employers plan to hire only 2.1 percent more new college graduates this year than in 2012, according to a survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Last fall they thought the increase would be 13 percent."

— Things Aren’t Looking So Good for the Graduating Class of 2013 (via pacificstand)

2:11pm
(Notes: 189)
  
Filed under: College Jobs News Education Unemployment 
May 13, 2013
"There were 74 schools that showed a return of $1 million or more on the investment in an education, while 30 schools had a negative return on investment—meaning the cost of attending was more than what the students would make up with increased wages, even over a 30-year period."

— Is college worth it? It depends on where you go. (via pacificstand)

7:59pm
(Notes: 244)
  
Filed under: Education College 
January 25, 2013
"Why parents are afraid to talk to their kids about sexual orientation: They’re either religious (in which case they should get over themselves about the whole thing) or stupid (in which case their wishes regarding the education of their children should be ignored). Why parents are afraid to talk to their kids about sex: They follow an absurd system of morality that claims that being human should be a source of shame. Advice to all of the above: Get over it. You live in a society that is moving forward, and you’re stuck in the 1950s. Re-examine your morality, because if you seriously think that two consenting adults being in love is somehow wrong, you are the problem. And if you’re the kind of person who thinks that it’s better to have abstinence-only education or none at all, thereby causing massive teen pregnancy rates, then you’re not the kind of genetic line that should be continued."

— New York Times writer John Schwartz’s Son, Joe, on Growing Up Gay in 2013

10:14am
(Notes: 1,132)
  
Filed under: LGBT Gay rights Politics Health Youth Education Religion 
January 24, 2013
The Real Cost of College vs. College Spending Per Student

The Real Cost of College vs. College Spending Per Student

1:52pm
(Notes: 407)
  
Filed under: Education College Colleges School Economics Charts 
January 23, 2013

How America’s Top Colleges Reflect (and Massively Distort) the Country’s Racial Evolution

[Images: National Center for Education Statistics]

11:23am
(Notes: 1,037)
  
Filed under: Chart Education Race Politics Affirmative Action 
January 17, 2013
sesamestreet: Rubber Duckie, we’re awfully fond of you. Here’s the story behind our iconic bath time tune. 

sesamestreet:

Rubber Duckie, we’re awfully fond of you. Here’s the story behind our iconic bath time tune. 

(via pbstv)

10:53am
(Notes: 1,116)
  
Filed under: Children Education Music Early Learning 
January 11, 2013
The Biggest Myth About College Graduates and the Recession: Busted Job prospects for young four-year college grads did dim a bit after 2007, but not terribly. Their overall employment rate dropped just a few percentage points and in response, slightly more young adults returned to school than might otherwise have decided to. There’s no sign that many more bachelor’s holders ended up working dead end jobs just to pay the bills.    Read more. [Image: Pew Charitable Trust’s Economic Mobility Project]

The Biggest Myth About College Graduates and the Recession: Busted

Job prospects for young four-year college grads did dim a bit after 2007, but not terribly. Their overall employment rate dropped just a few percentage points and in response, slightly more young adults returned to school than might otherwise have decided to. There’s no sign that many more bachelor’s holders ended up working dead end jobs just to pay the bills.   

Read more. [Image: Pew Charitable Trust’s Economic Mobility Project]

12:02pm
(Notes: 245)
  
Filed under: College Education Business Employment Charts 
January 9, 2013
"

You’ve got to sell your heart, your strongest reactions, not the little minor things that only touch you lightly, the little experiences that you might tell at dinner. This is especially true when you begin to write, when you have not yet developed the tricks of interesting people on paper, when you have none of the technique which it takes time to learn. When, in short, you have only your emotions to sell.

This is the experience of all writers.

"

— F. Scott Fitzgerald on the Secret to Great Writing

5:11pm
(Notes: 1,093)
  
Filed under: Writing Fitzgerald Literature Education 
January 9, 2013
Why Teachers Secretly Hate Grading Papers No matter how hard you try, you realize there’s a good chance you’re grading some students more harshly than they deserve, and giving others more credit than they deserve. This doesn’t have anything to do with favoritism (a whole other problem), but with human error and weakness. Your temperament and disposition change over the hours or days you spend grading an assignment. In fact, your frame of mind can change in moments for any number of reasons: Five weak essays in a row can put you in a foul mood; fatigue can set in; a too-hot or too-noisy room can set your nerves on edge. Maybe you’re suddenly reminded that you have only 48 hours left to finish clearing out your deceased parent’s apartment. How can any teacher be confident that his or her assessment of student work is always fair and accurate in the face of such vagaries? An essay that earns a B+ at one moment might earn a B- the next day. It shouldn’t be that way, but any honest teacher will admit it’s true. Read more. [Image: Michael 1952/Reuters]

Why Teachers Secretly Hate Grading Papers

No matter how hard you try, you realize there’s a good chance you’re grading some students more harshly than they deserve, and giving others more credit than they deserve. This doesn’t have anything to do with favoritism (a whole other problem), but with human error and weakness. Your temperament and disposition change over the hours or days you spend grading an assignment. In fact, your frame of mind can change in moments for any number of reasons: Five weak essays in a row can put you in a foul mood; fatigue can set in; a too-hot or too-noisy room can set your nerves on edge. Maybe you’re suddenly reminded that you have only 48 hours left to finish clearing out your deceased parent’s apartment. How can any teacher be confident that his or her assessment of student work is always fair and accurate in the face of such vagaries? An essay that earns a B+ at one moment might earn a B- the next day. It shouldn’t be that way, but any honest teacher will admit it’s true.

Read more. [Image: Michael 1952/Reuters]

10:56am
(Notes: 651)
  
Filed under: Education Grading Government Schools 
January 3, 2013
Why Are College Textbooks So Absurdly Expensive? You thought the rising cost of college tuition was bad? Then check out the rising cost of college textbooks. The American Enterprise Institute’s Mark Perry has put together this chart showing the egregious, 812 percent rise in the cost of course materials since 1978, as captured in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s consumer price index data. The price of all those Intro to Sociology and Calculus books have shot up faster than health-care, home prices, and, of course, inflation. Read more.

Why Are College Textbooks So Absurdly Expensive?

You thought the rising cost of college tuition was bad? Then check out the rising cost of college textbooks. The American Enterprise Institute’s Mark Perry has put together this chart showing the egregious, 812 percent rise in the cost of course materials since 1978, as captured in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s consumer price index data. The price of all those Intro to Sociology and Calculus books have shot up faster than health-care, home prices, and, of course, inflation.

Read more.

2:44pm
(Notes: 372)
  
Filed under: College Education Books 
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