By Laura Tropp. This week both my children and I go back to school. I’ve always liked the Back-to-School transition. I may sometimes complain about losing my summer, but in truth, the hustle and transition to the first days of school have invigorated me. Read more...
By Lee Skallerup Bessette. I read all the time, all day. I read tweets, I read articles linked in the tweets, I read articles on and reviews of books that are linked, recommended in the tweets. I read about people’s lives, about current events, about tragedy and comedy, in 140 characters. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. Last week, my MacBook Pro stopped working. It was a Monday morning and I was reading an email when the screen on my external display flickered and then went blank. I unplugged the monitor and opening my laptop's clam shell. It was at that moment that the laptop restarted on its own. Read more...
By Jeremy Thompson. Admit it. There are times when collaboration is a dirty word. When you are tired of soliciting input. When achieving consensus feels more like defeat. More...By Eric Sickler. Have you ever employed the concept of “opportunity cost” to make a compelling marketing argument? As a refresher from your undergrad microeconomics days, opportunity cost is the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen. More...
By Danielle Marias. Grad student guilt (GSG) (n) is the feeling that a grad student experiences when he/she does any activity that is not related to grad school work and does not make progress on his/her thesis/dissertation (e.g. classes, literature reviews, data analysis, writing). Read more...
By Emily Roberts. It may seem counter-intuitive, but graduate school affords you an excellent opportunity to grow financially, whether that means growing in your money management skills or growing your net worth. There is no need to wait until after you land a “real job” to put in the effort to improve your financial picture. Read more...
Pôle emploi met à disposition ses Mooc. Un sigle anglo-saxon qui désigne des Massive open online course. Ce mot rentré à présent dans le vocabulaire commun désigne des formations en ligne ouvertes à tous.
Construire son projet professionnel, Organiser sa recherche d’emploi, trouver et sélectionner les offres, Réussir son CV et sa lettre de candidature, Réussir l’entretien d’embauche et relancer l’employeur : voici les 4 Mooc mis à disposition par Pôle emploi.
Comment ça marche ?
Pour suivre un Mooc de Pôle emploi, il suffit de s’inscrire en ligne https://mooc-pole-emploi.fr/register puis de se laisser guider. L'inscription à la plateforme donne accès à tous les Mooc, au fur et à mesure de leur diffusion. Voir l'article...
By DeWitt Scott. Conversations on the role of sports in higher education have never been as popular, and in some cases explosive, as in recent times. We are constantly reading about instances of academic fraud among athletes, the questionable decision-making of NCAA leadership, the right, or lack thereof, of college athletes to be paid, and the questioning of the need for big-time college sports at all. Read more...
By Steven Mintz. Experiential education is all the rage. /https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
