By Tracy Mitrano. A few blog posts ago, I wrote about body worn cameras on campus law enforcement. Since then I have been thinking more about the standards required for the storage and transmission of the video. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
18 novembre 2015
Pass the Cast Using Periscope
By Eric Stoller. When I first met Kayvon Beykpour and Aaron Wasserman, they were both working for Blackboard. They were working for Blackboard because TerriblyClever, the company that Beykpour started alongside Wasserman, had been acquired by Blackboard for its mobile app development talents. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Hello Is a Reintroduction
By Eric Stoller. Sometimes you just need to say "hello." From Apple to Adele, hello is oftentimes a reintroduction. Lately, it's been an interesting professional exercise. When work takes you to multiple countries, colleges, universities, departments, disciplines, topics, etc., the act of saying "hello" and filling in the blanks of "what is it that you do?" takes a bit more time/effort than it did when titles were familiar and employment wasn't the "self." Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Achieving Work-Life Balance
By Danielle Marias. A quick Google search of “grad school work-life balance” yields over 1 million hits. The benefits of work-life balance in grad school (e.g. boosting creativity), the encouragement to aim for a balanced life, and tips on how to maintain personal, mental, social, and physical health and happiness are common themes throughout GradHacker posts. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Why It Matters How You Are Paid
By Emily Roberts. If you look across a sample of graduate students receiving stipends within any given field, you will find that they have quite similar day-to-day activities: taking or teaching classes, researching, writing articles or chapters, applying for funding, etc. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Making a Writing Group that Works
By Travis Grandy. I've had a lot of ups and downs as a writer in grad school. When I was making the transition from coursework to working independently, I started having trouble writing and reading at the same pace as I did for my grad seminars. At times it can be hard to stay motivated, especially when some of those external accountability structures fall away. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Op-Ed vs. Scholarly Journals
By DeWitt Scott. Obtaining success and recognition in the halls of academia rests largely upon one’s ability to publish rigorous scholarship in scholarly journals. As graduate students, this concept is shoved down our throats almost daily. We are told that publications are what get you hired, promoted, and tenured. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
The Importance of Asking for Help
By Katie Shives. One of the most important things that I’ve learned in graduate school is how to ask for help when I need it. Knowing when and how to ask for help can make navigating this unknown terrain much easier and save you time by avoiding the mistakes (or experiments) that others have made. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Happiness in Grad School
By Shira Lurie. When I got accepted into grad school, I felt like I had just won the lottery. Someone was offering me money to read all day, meet my academic heroes, and eventually write a book - I’d be a fool to pass that up. My elation lasted for the first few weeks of September, but after that, the grind of grad school began to take its toll. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
The Importance of a Cohesive Brand for Millennials
By Alexandra Ritter. As an institution of higher education, you are constantly competing against other schools to reach, attract and convert students. With more than 7,000 postsecondary institutions in the United States, how do you plan on standing out? Do you have a marketing strategy? If so, is it heavily digitally-focused with a connection to your print and in-person tactics. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)