Share Listen to internet radio with BreakDrink on Blog Talk Radio Hi I’m Julie Larsen and this is the BreakDrink Daily Dose for Thursday, January 26th. MTV Wants to Help You Find a Scholarship MTV has launched a Facebook app called “My College Dollars” which uses information from your profile to auto-fill a form, and [...]
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Share Listen to internet radio with BreakDrink on Blog Talk Radio Hi I’m Julie Larsen, and this is the BreakDrink daily dose for January 19th, 2012. Who Earns the Top 1%? According to a report from the NY Times, the top majors that give you a chance to earn enough to be a part of [...]
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Share Listen to internet radio with BreakDrink on Blog Talk Radio Texas Association of Business Blasts Community Colleges With Billboards Billboards have been popping up around Dallas and Austin, TX referencing low completion rates from the cities’ community college systems. A Dallas billboard reads “8% of DCCCD students graduate in 3 yrs. Is that fair [...]
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Share Listen to internet radio with BreakDrink on Blog Talk Radio Funds Wasted on Student Summit Event – A new rule will now make students repay funds if they do not attend conferences. ‘Tis the Season for Finals, but Not for Running Naked – Naked running at Tufts could now result in penalties and suspensions. [...]
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Share Listen to internet radio with BreakDrink on Blog Talk Radio I’m Julie Larsen and today is the BreakDrink Daily Dose for December 8, 2011 Shooter at Virginia Tech Around 12 noon EST a shooter was confirmed to be on campus at Virginia Tech. A Virginia Tech policeman was shot and killed in a traffic [...]
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Share University Offers Contest for Free Tuition for Life! Not only would the winner of the competition at Cardiff University have their undergraduate degree fees of £27,000 paid in full, but they would also be funded to do MA, MBA, PhD and continuing professional development courses. The total value of the scholarship is therefore at [...]
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Share Listen to internet radio with BreakDrink on Blog Talk Radio American Association of Community Colleges Creates Accountability System The American Association of Community Colleges has released the Voluntary Framework of Accountability as a uniform set of measures to track success among community college students. Tracking students who entered in 2005 and 2009, the data [...]
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Share Students Demand Dean of Students Removed (Africa) - Students petition to have the Dean of Students removed for not providing basic needs. University Gives Students Space to Work ‘Remotely’ (Connecticut) - Eastern Connecticut State provides space for students to perform duties of an internship on their campus. Tailgates, Rituals, and Attire (Alabama) - A look at traditions [...]
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Share Listen to internet radio with BreakDrink on Blog Talk Radio Where Have All the STEM Majors Gone? New data from UCLA reports that up to 60% of pre-med students and 40% of other STEM students end up changing their major prior to graduation. Many believe that this is due to lower level STEM courses [...]
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Share Listen to internet radio with BreakDrink on Blog Talk Radio Prof Doesn’t Show to Classes; Gives Everyone an A A George Washington Medical School professor has resigned after students complained she never taught required classes, but gave the students A’s. Venetia Orcutt, who was an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Physician [...]
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