Blog: GradHackerJonathan Reardon is a PhD student at Durham University. He runs the @academicchatter Twitter account. You can also find him at @waterlego. Twitter is a powerful, yet often under-utilised networking space for graduate students. Healthy use of Twitter has the potential to provide friendship, support, connection, and opportunity. Below are 6 tips to help you get the most out of Twitter as a graduate student. 1) Represent yourself Your bio is your chance to tell the world who you are and what you do, so be sure to make the most of it. Use this … [Read more...]

About 90 percent of job openings in IT are in nontech industries such as professional services, manufacturing and financial services, according to new research from Oracle and Burning Glass, a job-market analytics company. IT jobs for nontech employers also are less likely to require a college degree, the research found. In the tech sector, 89 percent of IT jobs require at least a four-year degree, compared to 76 percent in nontech industries. Ad keywords: administratorscommunitycollegesIs this diversity newsletter?: Hide by … [Read more...]

Blog: Technology and Learning Photo credit Wolf Matthewson Twenty-seven years and some months ago, my wife and I met at the GCB - otherwise known as the Graduate Center Bar. She was a first-year MFA student (creative writing). I was a first-year grad student in sociology. This past weekend, we returned to visit the place where it all began for us. We both look back at grad school was something of a magical time in our lives. Grad school for two people in their early twenties, lacking responsibilities of mortgages or childcare responsibilities, felt like a … [Read more...]

Blog: Technology and LearningWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading by Leah Price Published in August of 2019. Nowadays, we expect much from our books. Readers who prefer paper look to books for not only entertainment and edification, but also to enforce a disconnect from the world of screen-based distraction. The paper book becomes both buffer and antidote to the allure of surfing, and the demands of the tweet and the e-mail. Those of us who read digitally are perhaps looking to enhance the density of information in our … [Read more...]

Blog: GradHackerCarolyn Trietsch recently defended her PhD in Entomology at Penn State. You can check out her research at the Frost Museum at Penn State, view her website, or follow her on Twitter, @carolyntrietsch. Caption: Some of the business cards I’ve printed to help communicate my research. Try experimenting with different pictures, card sizes and styles, to see what works best for you! Photo by Carolyn Trietsch.    Welcome to a new semester! Classes are getting started, the smell of fresh school supplies is in the air… and … [Read more...]

Blog: Student Affairs and TechnologyEvangeline (Evie) Tsibris Cummings is the Assistant Provost and Director of UF Online at the University of Florida. Evie graciously agreed to answer my questions about how hybrid degree pathways widen participation, on-campus orientation for online students, and how these degree programs overcome their skeptics. Q1: One of my favorite aspects about LinkedIn are the myriad opportunities for learning new things. Earlier this summer, you posted about the “welcome orientation” sessions for the University of … [Read more...]

Blog: Technology and LearningSuper Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac Published in September of 2019. We have complicated feelings towards Uber. On the one hand, we worry what Uber symbolizes about our shared future of low-wage insecure gig employment, and the profound certainty that AI-powered robots will eventually replace our jobs. On the other hand, we have internalized Uber (or Lyft) as our go-to transportation choice whenever we travel for work or pleasure, as summoning a car from our smartphone remains both more reliable and less expensive than … [Read more...]

One of Germany's most historically significant universities has been engulfed in crisis after its president-elect stood aside, amid accusations by professors that he lacked a good enough research record and that his selection process had been “clandestine." The University of Göttingen, which has educated figures including statesman Otto von Bismarck and the sociologist Max Weber, has faced criticism from politicians, a legal challenge, and now has to rerun the search for a president. The case highlights the continuing importance of academic involvement in … [Read more...]

Only the relatively wealthiest students can afford to attend most public flagship institutions, according to a new report released last week by the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The report found that only six of 50 state flagships meet an affordability benchmark for low-income students (see graphic, below). Mamie Voight, vice president of policy research at IHEP and a co-author of the report, said public institutions funded by taxpayers should better serve low-income students, a demographic that's growing in overall college enrollments. Flagship universities … [Read more...]

This webcast explores how Montana State University streamlined budgeting to make more informed, data-driven decisions that support their short- and long-range financial plans. Section: Advertiser WebinarsImage: Registration Link: Registration LinkEvent's date: Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 1:00pm … [Read more...]