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Fear and loathing with a PhD
Let me preface this post by admitting that i’m on course to attend the London School of Economics for graduate school this fall. I don’t say that as a boast; rather I wanted you to know that what i’m...
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Laugh Break! – Eugene Mirman’s Keynote Commencement Speech
Can my school please invite this guy?
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The tragedy of our broken financial aid system: taking from the poor and...
I attend a private university. I chose to do so for the smaller classes, the heightened access to professors, the improved autonomy and the simple yet profound emphasis that smaller universities...
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Only 27 percent of college graduates work in a field related to their major
According to this new study from Jaison Abel and Richard Dietz of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the vast majority of college graduates end up working in a field in no way related to their...
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Your Daily Quote
“No one expects you to take a vow of poverty. But I will say it betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do.” – Barack … Continue...
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Escaping the Solitude of the Humanities
David O’Hara and John Kaag reflect on the lonesome, individualistic nature of modern academic work in the liberal arts: No one works alone. It’s just a question of degrees of solitude. We moderns pride...
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The Student Loan Debt Crisis is a Big Deal
You’ve heard it all before when it comes to the skyrocketing debt that 20 somethings have and will continue to accumulate to make up for the astronomical cost of attaining a degree, but it’s worth...
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Europeans Don’t Believe In Plagiarism
According to a Europe-wide study, a large percentage of European students have no idea what it means to plagiarize: Asked about a situation where 40 percent of a submission is copied word for word...
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Even The Rich Are Stressed About Repaying Student Loans
A research study released by the Urban Institute on Wednesday found that more than half of people with student loan debt seriously worry about paying it off, and that includes full-time workers and...
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