We are all aware of the recent events in the Arab world. Some of us were glued to television stations or internet sites to learn about the latest developments. The peaceful demonstration resulted in the fall of the ruling regime in Egypt and Tunisia. The political protests started and were organized through the use of social media and the ...

Do bigger numbers in applications to our programs mean better students? Colleges across the country are reporting records applications. Colleges claim that they are getting better and more amazing students every year. The increase is inevitable. College-bound population has grown and application for many colleges and programs is becoming ...

I admit I am, without a doubt, addicted to my iPhone. Full-blown addiction. As in the cannot live without it, frustrated when I don't have 3G service, use it as my watch and alarm, to constantly check Facebook, consider it an extension of who I am as a person type of addiction. (It was a bit therapeutic to write those words). My addiction ...

Do you remember your first 2 years of college? We all believe that a college degree is required for entry into a growing number of professions. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, a book recently released by University of Chicago Press asked the question: How much are students really learning in the first two years of ...

Most of us aren't mathematicians. Well, I'm not. I've known people who are just better at ''seeing'' math than myself. I've always struggled to add a column of figures in my head, forget solving Fermat's Last Theorem. Which has been solved already. Just as well. Even so, some formulas are burned into my layman's brain from repetition. ...