Ling- English
What is a Master’s degree worth?
A debate at NYTimes.com Regarding MBA degrees in particular, see this, that, and the other thing.
Richard Brisebois
Persons
Parting words to graduating students
find out what you are meant to do and do it, and find out who you really are, under all the junk that has been attached to you by those who would make you everybody else, and be that. (...) what you are meant to do and who you really are
United States of America
DC defined
a town full of people steeped in politics but short on substance via The Economist
Why e-mail is ineffective in conveying ideas
In a world where businesses and friends often depend upon e-mail to communicate, scholars want to know if electronic communications convey ideas clearly. The answer, the professors conclude, is sometimes "no." Though e-mail is a powerful and convenient medium, researchers have identified three major problems. 1.
Information richness
What changed in the last 200 years
Powerful visuals are indeed worth a thousand words... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPt8ElTQMIg&feature=player_embedded]
Teaching and Learning
Learning optional
A recent study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, found that a third of students surveyed said that they expected B’s just for attending lectures, and 40 percent said they deserved a B for completing the required reading. via NYT
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Before you twitter
Read this story.
International and Cross-cultural
Not just for profit: corporate design for social purpose
This was a pathbreaking collaborative enterprise, launched that year as a 50–50 joint venture between Groupe Danone — the US$16 billion multinational yogurt maker — and the Grameen companies Yunus had cofounded. Yunus called the joint venture a “social business,” which he said could be a pioneering model for
English language
Slang
A language with its sleeves rolled up and its necktie loosened. (...) [I]t is “the language that says ‘no’. No to piety, to religion, to ideology and all its permutations, to honour, nobility, patriotism and their kindred infantilisms (...)”. It is all those words we wouldn’t utter in a job
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The history of the internet
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Persons
Our deepest fear
This topic, and the movie, came up in a conversation earlier this week. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the
Ling- English
Athlete and scholar rejects identity crisis
Dedicated to students on athletic scholarships and their teachers. That Rolle long ago recognized he isn’t defined by athletics, that he refused to allow a jersey or helmet to constrain self-awareness and personal esteem is what should really be saluted. Rolle is an athlete, yes. A really good