It was when Molly O’Neill told me that I was going to have to re-dry roughly 30 pounds of granola a second time, that I seriously questioned my decision to spend the summer cooking at cookNscribble. I’d already had to dry this batch of granola twice. What had happened to it that it was now […] … learn more→

I am not a believer in the “one cool trick” school of personal growth. Articles proclaiming to have one simple trick that will make it easier to manage your money, eat healthy, or improve your productivity may garner a lot of clicks, but they rarely produce much in the way of meaningful progress. In an […] … learn more→

There is a new student movement sweeping South Africa’s universities. Its enemies? Excessive fee increases and underpaid workers. The next step in this fight could be taken beyond university campuses. The final battle will be fought at South Africa’s National Treasury and Reserve Bank for four simple reasons: There needs to be more state funding […] … learn more→

Drawing on statistics available through the Departments of Education and Labor, Business Insider has published a state-by-state list of the “most lucrative” college major in each state. The salaries of those who have earned baccalaureate degrees in certain disciplines and who are working in occupations related to those disciplines have been averaged. What follows is […] … learn more→

Shaun Kai Ern Ee has been pushing Washington University in St. Louis to become more socioeconomically diverse. A junior at Wash U., he is hardly alone in this pursuit. But the story of how this international student from Singapore came to care about this issue is unique. At 18, Ee, who attended an affluent high […] … learn more→

The art of futurology – predicting what future society might look like – is plagued with difficulties. Books, films, TV shows and plays that feature such efforts are all judged through the prism of hindsight. The 1989 film Back To The Future Part II (BTTF2) saw its characters travel in time to 21 October 2015 […] … learn more→

I’ve always had problems with boundaries. Control is achieved through strict routines around food, booze and exercise. A bit OCD but it worked well until I began my PhD. A late starter, my first degree was after the children, after the divorce; I was full of life-experience but not of the academic kind. In spite […] … learn more→

I daresay that higher education has reached a breaking point. Accreditation has deeply failed in its mission, by granting legitimacy to every place that wants to call itself a school. This didn’t just hurt our young people, many of whom have been lured into fake schools, which tricked them into deep loans, ruining their lives. […] … learn more→

How would you react if you were told that your local public school planned to change the schedule from the traditional Monday-through-Friday model to a schedule that contained four longer school days? Would you worry about long days for young children, their academic accomplishments and, of course, childcare? Across the US many public school districts […] … learn more→

I was sitting in my office the other day talking with a beginning PhDer. A nearly-finished doctor popped her head around the door. I asked her what advice she would give someone just starting out on their doctorate, and her first words were “Don’t panic.” This is great advice and it seems fitting to end […] … learn more→