the Sam Jackson College Experience

Just took the weekend off to forestall a downward spiral into information addiction (too late?) or something like that. Or not so much weekend as Sunday, and Saturday was finishing up things for work. Spent time with my dog and read newspapers but not websites--all that sort of thing. But in doing so--there was no [...]

Parents aren't exactly doorbusting at keggers across the nation (Van Wilder aside) but they are getting more involved than ever, says the Boston Globe. Make that Elizabeth Benton of the New Haven register, via the Associated Press. Link to NHR article here--registration required. Globe has the same text, just published it four days later. Use [...]

Providence College, in an effort to bridge a "Student accessibility gap" (read: increase its applicant pool) has implemented a new initiative whereby they will no longer require undergraduate applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores as part of the admission application. (emphasis mine) http://www.providence.edu/Admission/Undergraduate/Test+... The new "test-optional" policy is effective immediately for students applying for [...]

As just about any High School senior could tell you, the most important factor in their college search is their impression of one person who they will know for around an hour. Wait, what? No, really: Kids just can't get over college tours as being a crucial piece of the college-judging process. Personally, I feel [...]

For those of you not hip to the jive of the GLBTQETC community, trans+ means "trans positive," as in, accepting and welcoming to transgendered / transsexual people. I still think "trans+" was a bad tagline to grab for that submovement, because it does sound like some sort of disease, but regardless. I discovered yesterday that [...]