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  • Yawn

    Wow, yet another article questioning whether graduate degrees are worth it. Are you seriously trying to make this argument? I find this article to be seriously flawed, almost irresponsible. First of all, that is a huge generalization. There are definitely some graduate degrees, like masters in sociology, that will probably not ''pay off.'' ...
    Posted to Family by stevenstevo on April 14, 2009

  • The Big Bailout...Ha!

    There is no need for a bailout of the bank when we can bail them out through tax payer spending...heres how: America has fought hard to become an independent nation and a leader in innovation, so how can we fix our current economic downtrend efficiently? Some seem to think that throwing money at the corporations who failed us is the answer…we all ...
    Posted to Trailhead by Mejamz on September 29, 2008

  • We Need a Harvard Solution

    Of course parents and students are anxious--to vie to be one of the few chosen to attend Harvard (or other Ivy) is to enter a losing battle. You might as well pin your hopes on becoming a celebrity. One problem is that the population of college-bound seniors (now from an international pool of applicants) has been growing exponentially for a ...
    Posted to Foreigners by Anni on May 28, 2008

  • This Generation

    I am only 7 years removed from college. But what I see every day at the university I currently work at echoes this latest article from ''The Fray.'' Expectations for the generation currently at university are terrifically low. This boy had not matured enough through high school to care about his future, to the extent that he did not apply to ...
    Posted to Family by shrike10997 on April 26, 2008