28 days ago
philgyford : Times Higher Education - All the privileged must have prizes - About teaching at Harvard and the sense of entitlement the kids there have. (via Kottke)
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gleuschk : Digital Domain - First It Was Song Downloads. Now It’s Organic Chemistry. - NYTimes.com - Hm: "Whether students will view online subscriptions as a helpful adjunct to the printed textbook or as a self-aggrandizing ploy by publishers remains to be seen." Really? Care to make a small wager?
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1 month ago
gleuschk : The American Scholar - The Disadvantages of an Elite Education - By William Deresiewicz - he's talking to people like me (I hope -- he certainly isn't talking in a way that the plumber in his kitchen can understand him)
philgyford : The American Scholar - The Disadvantages of an Elite Education - By William Deresiewicz - Great measured rant about what Ivy League educated kids are missing out on. (via Kottke)
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3 month ago
gleuschk : The Atlantic Online | June 2008 | In the Basement of the Ivory Tower | Professor X - English adjunct tiptoes near the idea that not everyone should go to college. Duh.
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7 month ago
adamrg : Beloit College Public Affairs - BELOIT COLLEGE'S MINDSET LIST® FOR THE CLASS OF 2011
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10 month ago
philgyford : Colleges and Universities - Education and Schools - Engineering - Technology - Science - New York Times - Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering sounds different in a good way. "Learning the skill of how to learn is more important than trying to fill every possible cup of knowledge in every possible discipline." (via Blech)
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11 month ago
philgyford : Russell davies: studying graphic design - Lots of advice in the comments about where to do a graphic design degree (no recommendations for UWE where I went...).
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11 month ago
philgyford : Blog.pmarca.com: The Pmarca Guide to Career Planning, part 2: Skills and education - Marc Andreesen's interesting guide to what you should study at college if you're Marc Andreesen. (via Rodcorp)
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18 month ago
jimray : The most hated teams in the NCAA tournament - No points for guessing number 1...
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21 month ago
jimray : Truth About Duke - Anti-Duke Manifesto - Should be required reading for any college basketball fan about this time of year
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jimray : Humiliated frat boys sue Borat - "The film 'made plaintiffs the object of ridicule, humiliation, mental anguish and emotional and physical distress, loss of reputation, goodwill and standing in the community,' the lawsuit said." As opposed to being frat boys?
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23 month ago
deusx : Holy !#@& a ninja! - Google Video - "The Google Video Forum - Holy sh*t a ninja! A college prank where a kid acts like he's being chased by a ninja"
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23 month ago
jimray : Google Operating System: Berkley Offers Course Lectures in Google Video
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24 month ago
jimray : Florida State University To Phase Out Academic Operations By 2010 - Effing briliant
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24 month ago
gleuschk : Beloit College Mindset List, class of 2010 - welcome, you adorable little tykes! grumble grumble.
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merlinmann : Being productive in college. | Ask MetaFilter - "Also, are there any general tips/hints/suggestions to being more successul regarding the scholastic aspects of college?"
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27 month ago
plasticbag : The Royal College of Art Summer Show 2006 - The product, interaction, and various other forms of applied design show starts tomorrow (Friday). Simon, Paul and I are likely to wander down late afternoon to get our yearly fix of inspired (and bizarre) new ideas. Good head fodder and a glimpse of the
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27 month ago
philgyford : Bristol school of art media & design - UWE Bristol - Major Redevelopment for Bower Ashton Campus - My old college is having a £11.5 million makeover. I can't work out if our old "giraffe house" building is to be replaced or not.
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30 month ago
gleuschk : What if you get rejected? | MetaFilter - Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, MA, has announced that it will do away with traditional acceptance letters and will instead email accepted students a link to an acceptance podcast on iTunes.
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30 month ago
jimray : Ethan Trex: Duke churns out busts - "Carlos Boozer looks like he may be on the Grant Hill Perpetually-Injured Career Arc, but at least he can still be remembered as the only NBA player whose chest hair showed even when he wore a turtleneck."
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32 month ago
jimray : Employers looks at Facebook - Having been on both sides of this coin, this strikes me as both obvious and sort of evil
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36 month ago
jimray : Computerizing the Campus Laundry - Kentucky has laundry machines that email you when they're done. When I was in schoo, I always thought that'd be brilliant.
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