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Jul 10

Rate My Professors Removes Chili Pepper Hotness Scale After Social Media Outcry

Judging teachers on their job performance rather than their looks? Now that's hot.
By John Bonazzo
NEW HAVEN, CT - APRIL 15: A woman sits on the grass on the campus of Yale University April 15, 2008 in New Haven, Connecticut. New Haven boasts many educational and cultural offerings that attract visitors to the city. (Photo by Christopher Capozziello/Getty Images)
Aug 21

10 Indispensable Pieces of Advice for Every College-Bound Student

1) Show up on time, every time. It should go without saying, but you need to get to class before your professor—i.e., five minutes early—and be prepared to take notes the moment he enters. From day one, you should think of attending classes as serious work. You cannot consistently waltz in several minutes late and expect to pass. 1.1) Dropping your books on your desk before class starts, then heading out to grab a cup of coffee, doesn’t mean you were in attendance at the start of class. Your books are not you. Think of how an employer would react if you dropped off your briefcase at the start of the day, then left for a half hour
By Mark Goldblatt
Aug 5

How to Turn Your Most Humiliating Secrets Into Novels

Bestselling author Susan Shapiro (who also has contributed articles to the Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal and The New York Observer, among many other publications) was told by a critic that she writes best about people she loves. Ms. Shapiro employs that talent in her latest novel What’s Never Said, a fictionalized tale about her own affair with her poetry professor as a student at NYU. After writing and searching for a publisher for six years, (a lifetime for a journalism professor who teaches “instant gratification takes too long” classes) What's Never Said is released this week.
By Catherine Rafter
Palestinian students celebrate during their graduation ceremony at al-Najaf University near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on June 7, 2010, as some 2705 students received their degrees at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH (Photo credit should read JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images)
Jun 7

Censorship on College Campuses Is Stifling Debate and Cheating Students

By Keith Zakheim
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