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POPSHeiress, with $5 mil trust, claims she can't afford college Jacqueline Cooke, daughter of late Redskin's coach Jack Kent Cooke, lives off of a $5 million trust left in her name, which pays out $200,000 annually. Jacqueline says this can't cover her expenses and she cannot afford tuition at her college, so now she is suing her father's estate, which has placed most of his money in a foundation to fund scholarships for needy students. Via Inside Higher Ed .
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POPSWeb 2.0 in the classroom: use cases A long and pretty miscellaneous list of examples from NITLE.org's blog, "Liberal Education Today." Mostly professors trying to use various Web 2.0 technologies in their classrooms.
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POPSPlacements in India for US business graduates. Its good to see this happen. India can be a great place to work and gain crtical experience when it comes to working in developing countries. India itself has a huge talent in management and is a base of IIM (Indian Institute of Management), a highly acclaimed business school. I am sure its a great opportunity for business graduates in US.
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POPSdejargonator: stilted language makes Americans hostile to intellectuals Be sure to give this to all the members of your thesis or dissertation committee to let them know the error of their ways. :D Seriously, the author presents good points in a clear, useful, and entertaining way. Overuse of jargon often does take the fun and interest out of reading academic articles. Yet I believe that we also have to remember that writing clearly should not go so far as to "dumb down" the material to satisfy (spoon-feed) the poorly educated reader.
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POPSLog on, drop out, cash in... Top techies who left school "Of course, for every dropout's success story there are untold stories of disappointment and failure. Nathan Ensmenger, a University of Pennsylvania history professor who tracks the Silicon Valley labor market, says youngsters often are lured by high starting salaries and low barriers to entry. But not everyone can hit a startup grand slam, leaving many with fewer options as they try to climb the corporate ladder that quickly tops out for techies without a degree. "If we were shooting a movie of this, there would be a disclaimer at the bottom, 'Do not attempt this at home,' " said Paul Graham, a startup investor and founder of Y Combinator. "It's an extreme example of a fundamental, underlying trend: If you can program, you don't have to play by the rules." "We discourage people from starting startups too young. You're not a loser if you finish college first."
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