Motivation

http://www.back2college.com/library/faq.htm

Have you been thinking about going back to school, or are you a recent high school graduate that is debating going to college? Read this article about frequently asked question to help decide if higher education is for you. Leave comments about your own 'going back to school' experiences!

Stay Fit During Back-to-School Madness

http://exercise.about.com/od/plateausmotivation/a/backtoschool.htm

Staying fit and squeezing in exercise during back-to-school chaos may seem impossible. With the shopping for school clothes and supplies, registering at a new school or dealing with upset kids who don't want summer to end, exercise may not be at the top of your list. of At the same time, it's the perfect opportunity to return to the exercise routine you may have abandoned in favor of outdoor fun. If you find you're putting it off until your schedule calms down, you might be waiting for a long, long time.

How do you keep fit while juggling other activities?

Education - The Great Equalizer

http://awesome.good.is/ecosystem/#/education/infographic

Equal access to education for girls and boys provides the foundation for all other targets for developing nations. Tell us how education has helped improve your life throughout the years.

Keywords From a Librarian

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/keywords_from_a_librarian

This is the first of a series of occasional posts I call FUNQs, for Frequently UNasked Questions. These are perplexities that anyone new to an institution — whether faculty, freshman, or employee — is sure to have about the campus library. Some FUNQs, like that below, appear to be straightforward, one-time issues. After someone has discerned the answer, they think they can check it off their agenda for good. But no. Unlike species on a birder’s lifetime list, certain FUNQs need to be checked off anew for each library a person confronts. Many arrangements, both physical and virtual, vary from library to library, some to good purpose and some to no purpose. All a fresh student or scholar can do is accept that the campus library is not Walmart and proceed with caution as they would when encountering a foreign culture.

The Game of Ghost Writing

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/09/11/ghostwrite

When Sen. Charles Grassley raised concerns last month about scientific "ghost writing," in which papers are produced by companies or other parties whose names do not appear as authors, he acknowledged that he was unsure how widespread the practice was. A pair of studies presented Thursday at a scholarly meeting in Vancouver offer evidence of both the depth and the bread of the controversial activity.

What harm do you see in having unnamed authors participating in scientific ghost writing? Do you see benefit, and what are they?

Professor Using Crowd Sourcing to Grade

http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Duke-Professor-Uses/7538/?utm_source=wc

Crowdsourcing,' the notion of using the wisdom of the crowd for sites like Wikipedia, could be making its way into schools as a grading method that holds students more accountable. Do you believe this method has a place in academia?

Some Parents Oppose Obama School Speech

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/us/04school.html?ref=education

President Obama’s plan to deliver a speech to public school students on Tuesday has set off a revolt among conservative parents, who have accused the president of trying to indoctrinate their children with socialist ideas and are asking school officials to excuse the children from listening.

What are your opinions about the president addressing school children?