Today seems like the right day to remember two things: The freedom to pursue a higher education at all is a gift that’s easy to take for granted. That freedom also comes with a responsibility to value and appreciate the gift. The opportunity to spend four years learning, growing, discovering your passions, having fun and […]
Read More >Hard work in exchange for _________.
It feels good when you’re known as a hard worker. And with good reason. In just about any field, very few people are successful based on talent and luck alone. They do the hard work to get where they’ve arrived. That willingness to pair ambition with effort is also an important ingredient in developing a […]
Read More >Pair learning with doing
Seth Godin’s recent post highlights the conflict we’ve created between learning and doing. Compulsory K-12 education involves a lot of learning without much doing. “The thing we usually seek to label as ‘learning’ is actually more about ‘education’. It revolves around compliance, rankings and ‘will this be on the test?’… Being good at school is […]
Read More >Happier if you do
Dóra Guðmundsdóttir studies happiness and well-being at the population level. Her research uncovers how different groups within a country are faring and helps policymakers understand the needs of their citizens. And her work uncovered something interesting that might be a good lesson for both parents and students, as related in “What We Can Learn About […]
Read More >Mix up your meetings
Dr. Steven G. Rogelberg is a professor of organizational science, management, and psychology at UNC Charlotte and the author of The Surprising Science of Meetings. I’ll admit that when I first watched this short interview with Dan Pink, I initially dismissed Rogelberg’s three tips to make meetings more successful as being somewhere between impractical and […]
Read More >Round out the dish
One of the factors that increases anxiety around how to pay for college is this notion that the best way to get financial assistance is to find, apply for, and win scholarships. But that’s not where you’re most likely to find a financial boost. When people talk about applying for scholarships, they’re usually referring to […]
Read More >Left, right, left again
I’m currently engaged in a lesson with my four-year-old that every parent reader has taught their own kids—how to cross the street safely. We’ve practiced together under the safety of hands held: look left, look right, look left again. He’s pretty much got it down, but he still occasionally makes mistakes. So I’m letting him […]
Read More >Where interest meets action
Cal Newport wrote in How to Be a High School Superstar: “When admissions officers say they’re looking for students who show ‘passion,’ what they really mean is that they’re looking for the type of student who would appeal to an NPR talk show producer. That is, a student who could sit down and chat about […]
Read More >Future fodder
Every Friday, we pose a lighthearted “social question” to all of our colleagues at Collegewise. From “What’s the best concert you’ve ever attended?” to “Got a snack that you’re addicted to?” to “What were you best known for during your college years?” the replies always lead to revelations and more than a few chuckles. Participation […]
Read More >Business as usual isn’t news
The college admissions news that receives coverage frequently isn’t news at all, at least not to everyone. I don’t mean that it’s factually inaccurate or even misleading—the just-the-facts stories usually have appropriate due diligence behind them. But as I’ve written before, while the press loves to cover stories whose headlines blare that it’s still really […]
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