college

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A Letter to High School Seniors: Don’t Accept College Rejections

Posted by zoeweil ⋅ May 2, 2013 ⋅ 1 Comment

I wanted to share a recent essay I wrote for Care2.com, an online community for people passionate about creating a better world. Here’s an excerpt from “A Letter to High School Seniors: Don’t Accept College Rejections”: Dear High School Seniors, Over the past few weeks, many of you have received letters from the colleges to … Continue reading »

Is College Worth it? Guest Post by Mike Newman

Posted by dloitz ⋅ October 25, 2011 ⋅ 5 Comments

This question about the value of college in today’s faltering economy seems to be a popular question that has been floating around the blogosphere lately. For me it has been a question floating in my mind since graduating from college in 2004, primarily because my college experience was very lackluster to say the least. I … Continue reading »

An Open Letter to Educators

Posted by zoeweil ⋅ December 17, 2010 ⋅ 6 Comments

Take a look at this YouTube video from Dan Brown: “An Open Letter to Educators”: Dan dropped out of college because, as he said, “my schooling was interfering with my education.” As he describes a typical college class and makes a passionate and positive plea for real education for the 21st century, do you find … Continue reading »