College
I started watching Breaking Bad late this summer, but before I started I already had a good idea of the characters and plot -- so the scene came as a shock. If this main character raped, or at the very least sexually assaulted, his wife, shouldn't I have heard about it? Why don't we discuss the fact that Walter White sexually assaulted his wife?
This year's Georgia Tech freshman class received a welcome of epic proportions from sophomore Nicholas Selby. The video of Selby's energetic speech has now gone viral. Nick joins Mike to talk about what makes him so passionate about his school.
The more I looked the more I began to notice problems facing higher education - and the more I felt a growing need to do something about it. Below, I've identified what I believe are three big problems facing higher education today and three possible solutions to fix them.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A civil suit against the three men last seen with Lauren Spierer, a Indiana University student who went missing two years ago, has moved to federal court.
Fisher v. University of Texas-Austin and Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, could have the most groundbreaking rulings regarding affirmative action in higher education to date. These cases have the potential to set a new precedent for how applicants are evaluated in the admissions process.
UConn decided as part of a visual identity revamping to change its Husky Dog logo from the current mascot to a more "powerful and aggressive" looking logo. This is a threatening image and it communicates the wrong message to men and women trying to live in a less violent society.
Matthew was once a student of mine. He regularly left class early, arrived late, and seemed bored. His coursework was mediocre, and when he got his grade at the end of the semester he came to complain. Imagine my surprise when he then asked me for a letter of recommendation.
If you are a senior who receives a thin envelop from a dream school and are "bewildered at an admission decision," take heed. If you do what you do out of "love and enjoyment," you will have already succeeded in life beyond any institution's measure.
What counts as cheating? A survey of college students showed that hand-holding was scored as 63 percent cheating on a hundred point scale...and that's not all. Caroline talks with Daniel Kruger, who authored the study.