Category: Education
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“Hey there admissions! I’m amazing and engaging!”
A retooled version of the Plain White Tee’s “Hey, There Delilah,” the video below could easily be the anthem of high school seniors everywhere. Their voices may not be the best but you have to admit they’ve got spunk! I wonder if they submitted this as part of their college admissions application packet? What do…
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Thoughts on Plagiarism
The Chronicle of Higher Education had an interesting article on Monday about what colleges should be doing to educate students about plagiarism (here’s a link to the original article–Should Colleges Do More ). It baffles me that more colleges don’t see discussing plagiarism as a major part of freshman orientation. Even at Kenyon where we…
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News: Study Abroad is Helpful for Students!
I came across more than one article on my RSS feed this week about the study reported in Inside Higher Education that students who studied abroad do better in school upon their return. Most of the articles I read seemed to take the stance that merely suggesting that studying abroad was useful to education was…
The Library of Alexandra 