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The value of a college education

‘Get Rich Slowly’ blogger: a million reasons to stay in school. By J. D. Roth. I’ve been thinking lately about the value of a college education. I earned a BA in Psychology from Willamette University, U.S., in 1991 with a minor in English literature, and almost another minor in speech communication....

September 2nd, 2009 | 01 (4) 2009 / html, Learning | Read More

Texting

Students prefer it. So the library goes for it! A recent survey conducted at a university in Indiana confirmed what most college students (and those who work with college students) probably already know: text messaging is the college student’s preferred form of communication. ... more for subscribers...

July 13th, 2009 | 01 (3) 2009 / html, Choosing | Read More

Open source education

Trend in higher ed embraces Walt Whitman’s democratic spirit. In the U.S., the National Endowment for the Humanities recently awarded Matthew K. Gold, assistant professor of English at New York City College of Technology (City Tech) a grant for his innovative digital humanities project, “Looking...

May 14th, 2009 | 01 (2) 2009 / html, Learning | Read More

Unmanaging knowledge: You’re engaged in knowledge work and you’d like to tell the boss to back off. What do you do? Explain it to the boss first chance you get. Here’s a good way to do it. ... 9 comment(s) | 7607 view(s)
New Smart People magazine editorial board member: Say hello to Jane I. Dysart, co-founder of Dysart & Jones Associates, Canada, as a new member of Smart People magazine's editorial board. For Smart People magazine Jane will act as Library and In... 2 comment(s) | 4848 view(s)
Smart People bookshelf - make YOUR suggestion!: Smart People magazine is maintaining a bookshelf on google. Here we mainly store books mentioned in the magazine but also other interesting literature related to personal knowledge management and soc... 0 comment(s) | 4510 view(s)
The Learning Factory: If a schoolteacher from the 1890s were to step into many of today’s classrooms, he or she could easily pick up where she left off. ... 0 comment(s) | 3025 view(s)
KM Six Pack #6: Networks: Power of sharing, learning, discovering together. By Jerry Ash. This is the sixth and final column in a series of six articles introducing newly engaged employees and managers to the bas... 1 comment(s) | 2335 view(s)

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