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Did you ever intern at a company during your time at college or university? I interned at a financial services company, thinking that's where I wanted to work after graduation, and it was an eye-opening experience. By...
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Whether you're a student, teacher, staff member, janitor, dean, or whatever... you need to know what's happening on your school's campus. So we want to know: how does your school communicate? Are they Twitter nuts hos...
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The HLS Library is co-hosting a talk next Friday by Richard Danner, Senior Associate Dean for Information Services and Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor Of Law at Duke Law School.
Professor Dan...
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No one ever said getting good grades was easy. Amazon.com found that out the hard way at Reed College. Reed was one of seven schools in 2008 to give out Amazon Kindles to a large swath of its student body...and the ...
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Whether you're a teacher, student, or administrator, it just got a lot more fun to go to class. Foursquare, the quickly growing social network that lets you 'check-in' to places and get badges and see who else is ther...
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After reading "Will Your College Be Covered in Virtual Graffiti?" on the Chronicle of Higher Ed, it reminded me of how behind the times some schools are. In one sentence, here's why:
The notion of privacy has been all...
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While most students in high school and college plan on interning at a company, making some connections, and hopefully landing a great job thanks to these tried-and-true methods...there's an extra step every student sh...
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You can find a job online, do a job online, so why should your resume be limited to the virtual equivalent of pen and paper? There's a new game in town that some of the best companies and career centers are advocating...
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3 years ago
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Foursquare, the social networking system that lets you check-in to places and become mayor, has drawn plenty of media attention and is viewed as the biggest startup in awhile. So what's the office look like? Well, it ...
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As we said before, students and Digital Natives were born with a smartphone in their hand. I don't think they'll ever put it down, either. According to a new study out today from the International Center for Media &...
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Be careful what you write. The recurring theme of EduDemic seems to be privacy concerns at schools. Privacy issues are one of the big concerns at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where a pair of students held an on...
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Gen Y’s seeming addiction to media gets a bad rap these days. We’re all text messages, Twitter and video games. Don’t think video games and movies can help kids learn? Henry Jenkins, Provost’s Professor of Communicati...
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From the Cornell Daily Sun:
Bob Saget descended on Ithaca yesterday for originally, inexplicable reasons. He had already been to the school once in my four years here — telling a slew of dirty jokes that Danny Tan...
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Ever get the feeling you're being watched? If you're applying to college, you might be. While it is still unknown how many admissions officers check applicants' facebook profiles, students are starting to get a bit ne...
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Spooky. We were just talking about how students are changing their facebook names to avoid the prying eyes of college admissions officers. Now this. We are not 100% sure of the authenticity of this, but there is a fac...
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We've been talking about the numerous schools purchasing iPads for students, faculty, and staff as they all race to get onto the iPad bandwagon, but a California school is now one of the first to replace books with th...