By Tracy Mitrano. Fascinating how this vulnerability grabbed headlines. Understandable, given that it is about the SSL connection for e-commerce, that it caught attention. Intriguing because it caused users to change passwords. It is notable that the net loss of personally identifiable information was, in fact, only fractional. Very few, if any, users are likely to have fraud committed as a result of this vulnerability. It hardly rates when compared to full-blown breaches that almost surely have each and every one of our social security numbers for sale on the black market. Read more...
Cosmos: Experimentation, Disruption, and Innovation
Who Should Advise?
Quick quiz: what’s the single greatest argument in favor of professional advisers?
Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
Summer. Read more...
Policy Levers
Outrunning the Bear
I was reminded of that in reading a recent piece in Bloomberg about Dowling College, and the predictably counterintuitive followup piece in Slate. Read more...
Preparing Presentations With PowerPoint
Grad School Will Kill You
Personal Finance in Grad School
The Anxiety Crisis
By John Warner. We have an anxiety problem. It may even be a crisis. Directors of counseling centers report increases in students seeking mental health counseling services, with anxiety leading the way. Students’ self-reported levels of emotional health are at record lows. A full one-third of students say they were “overwhelmed by all they had to do” as high school seniors. This appears to only get worse in college. Read more...
10 things I wish all associate professors knew
By . I got my PhD in 1984. During that time I’ve done research on students, faculty, and administrators. I’ve seen different individuals and groups as “research subjects” as students, colleagues, and as friends. I’ve developed some thoughts I’d like to share based on my research, my observations, and common sense. By no means is this everything someone should know. Think about what else should be added and let me know. More...