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Study finds that students learn more from non-tenure-track instructors | Inside Higher Ed

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insidehighered.com A major new study has found that new students at Northwestern University learn more when their instructors are adjuncts than when they are tenure-track professors.

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What the Future of Learning Might Look Like

blogs.kqed.org Education and learning could look radically different in the next few years. The education foundation KnowledgeWorks has released a forecast on the future of learning, focusing on ways that technology and new teaching strategies are shaking up traditional models.

6 Ways College Students Can Earn Extra Cash-Kiplinger

kiplinger.com These money-making opportunities are ideal for students with busy schedules.

12 Ways to Spot a High Achiever

linkedin.com As part of my day job, I run a company that trains recruiters and hiring managers how to attract, assess and hire top performers using Performance-based Hiring. To overcome the impact of first

College Majors That Require The Most Effort

education.yahoo.net Want a new job that you actually enjoy? It's true that work is much more fun when you truly love what you do. So here's an idea: Look to your hobbies for clues. Keep reading to learn about six common hobbies that might easily transfer into a fulfilling job.

Houston tops list of best cities for recent college graduates

abclocal.go.com A new study from MSN suggests the best cities around the US for recent college graduates. The website did the rankings when it comes to job growth, unemployment rate and salaries for new grads as well as percentage of people in the same age group.

AP sources: Senators reach deal on student loans

news.yahoo.com Heading off a costly increase for returning college students, a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal Wednesday that would offer students better rates on their loans this fall but perhaps assign ...

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The New TSI Assessment is coming in August! Register now or your test scores will expire on August 26, 2013

Explore Opportunities at LSC-Atascocita Center

lonestar.edu With 78,000 students in credit classes, and a total enrollment of more than 90,000, Lone Star College System is the largest institution of higher...

Five High-Paying, Low-Stress Jobs | Monster

We can help with these!

career-advice.monster.com Check out five high-paying jobs in which workers report below-average levels of stress.

How to Avoid Ending Up on the Unemployment Line

I know many tutors and instructors that would agree with this!

linkedin.com We all know the economy is changing at warp speed. The ten jobs most in demand in 2010 did not exist in 2004. Even those who had the opportunity to align themselves with this new economy —

How Much Should Your Self-Driving Car Actually Do?

Is this close to becoming a reality?

linkedin.com Self-driving cars have the potential to completely transform America's highways — for the better.Once fully-autonomous cars become safer than human drivers, insurance companies will adapt

Attention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell

Slightly unnerving.

nytimes.com Using video surveillance, and signals from shoppers’ cellphones and apps, retailers are tracking customers’ behavior and moods.

Robots to revolutionize farming, ease labor woes

news.yahoo.com SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — On a windy morning in California's Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, refrigerator-sized contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce plants. Engineers from Silicon Valley tinkered with the software on a laptop to ensure the machine was eliminating the right leafy...

Surviving copies of Magna Carta to be reunited for first time

news.yahoo.com By Adam Jourdan LONDON (Reuters) - The four surviving original copies of Britain's Magna Carta, the document that first defined government powers as limited by law, will be brought together in 2015 for the first time to mark the charter's 800-year anniversary. The British Library said on Monday the…

Six Careers Undergoing Rapid Growth

education.yahoo.net Want a new job that you actually enjoy? It's true that work is much more fun when you truly love what you do. So here's an idea: Look to your hobbies for clues. Keep reading to learn about six common hobbies that might easily transfer into a fulfilling job.

STEM and The Simple Mysteries of Life - AGL Initiatives - Andrew Vanden Heuvel

agl-initiatives.org Everywhere I look, I see math and science – even in the most ordinary places, like pouring a glass of soda or taking a shower.

The One Thing Successful People Never Do

linkedin.com Success comes in all shapes and colours. You can be successful in your job and career but you can equally be successful in your marriage, at sports or a hobby. Whatever success you are after there is

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Summer term II begin 7/11

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Florida may have accidentally banned computers and smartphones

Whoops!

games.yahoo.com Got a laptop or an iPhone in Florida? You could be violating the law. In an attempt to ban Internet cafes in the Sunshine State, legislators may have been a bit too broad in their language, resulting in what some … Continue reading →

How Successful People Think

A great article! Think outside of the box, literally!

linkedin.com I love to give the following puzzle to new team members at our companies, Likeable Media and Likeable Local:Using four straight lines and never taking your finger off of your screen, connect all nine

The Learning Center is offering tutoring and STAR support during the Summer II semester!

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Last day to register and pay for summer term II, 7/10

Majors That Are Safe Bets For Finding a Job - Yahoo! Education

Here's a good article about choosing a degree!

education.yahoo.net Are you thinking of going back to school to pursue a new career but don't know which degrees will give you the best shot at landing a job after graduation? While bachelor's degrees on the whole have a remarkably positive effect on employability, some fields are safer than others. Intrigued? Keep rea...

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Last day to register and pay for summer term II, 7/10

5 Tips for Giving Amazing Presentations

Have any final presentations to give? Here are some tips!

inc.com Don't waste a presentation opportunity with foolish mistakes. Give it every chance of winning the day.

[07/08/13]   “It is never too late to be what you might have been."

George Eliot

The Power of the Unconscious Mind, How Does It Affect Your Everyday Conscious Decisions?

Do you make your decisions consciously?

linkedin.com We’d all like to think that we are good at being rational and that we conduct our lives with deliberate awareness. And why wouldn’t we? That’s what the professional world rewards--

Soroptimist’s Women’s Opportunity Awards and Scholarships

Scholarship Opportunity:
http://www.soroptimist.org/awards/awards.html

soroptimist.org Soroptimist’s award-winning grant program helps women gain the education required to better provide for themselves and their families.

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Nursing Information Sessions, 7/3, 1pm in HSB.

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Fall 2013 Honors Courses! http://ow.ly/i/1WAGZ

Florida law gives students and colleges flexibility on remediation | Inside Higher Ed

Good idea or not?

insidehighered.com Community college students in Florida will soon be able to decide to skip remediation and enroll directly in credit-bearing courses, even if college advisers or placement tests say they have remedial needs. And recent high school graduates in the state won’t even need to take placement tests, becaus...