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  • The Price of College

    Disclaimer: I really liked the 40 Colleges That Changed Lives and it seems to have stood my own children in good stead. This one, also from the NYTimes takes a different take on it but even the quick blurb of look at the costs differences in schools makes one realize that the decision needs care.…

  • Free Classes Online

    Online Education Database has this finder to locate free classes for credit. They have this to say: When else have you ever heard of free classes for credit? Online education has opened up countless numbers of doors for Americans everywhere, and offering free classes to students is only one of the many. Online education began…

  • Using Gamer Rewards Instead of Grades to Boost Engagement

    From IT News For Australian Business Clearly defined goals and fair, incremental rewards are two game design techniques that could motivate the ‘gamer generation’ in the workforce, according to a US academic. Lee Sheldon of the Indiana University believes managers may have to rethink how they engage the next generation entering the mainstream workforce. “As the…

  • LSSU unfriends words, phrases in 35th annual List of Banished Words

    View Larger Map Posted: December 31st, 2009 SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Word “czars” at Lake Superior State University “unfriended” 15 words and phrases and declared them “shovel-ready” for inclusion on the university’s 35th annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. “The list this year is a…