Income Based Student Loan Repayment Plan

http://www.finaid.org/loans/ibr.phtml

Learn about the new income based student loan repayment plan. Will the loan forgiveness program affect you or someone you know?

What type of school did you/do you envision attending?

http://chronicle.com/news/article/6749/most-graduating-seniors-will-attend-the-kind-of-college-they-prefer-survey-finds

Are you attending the type of college you thought you would, or are you a "switcher?"

Advice on the Job Search

Advice for the novice and the veteran:

http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/06/26/potter

Have any job search tips of your own? Post them here for other readers!

Finding a Job Despite the Grim Market

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/business/economy/03jobs.html?_r=1&hp

"…Businesses are still cutting positions and imposing pay cuts and hiring freezes as the economy continues to contract."

If you're a student nearing graduation, what are you doing to give yourself a head start on finding a job in this tough market?

How are Americans Spending Their Time?

Check out the Bureau of Labor Statistics summary of the American Time Use Survey:

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm

What do you spend most of your time doing every day? Are you matching up with the statistics on the BLS summary?

So You're Writing a Dissertation…

Check out the advice from a woman who knows how it feels:

http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/dissertation/single

Author Peg Boyle Single points out the necessity of "prewriting." What are your tips on writing a successful dissertation?

E-books: The Death of the Common Textbook?

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0130/p13s01-algn.html

Furthermore, says Mr. Nash, of Soft Skull, "Independent publishers have the most to gain from electronic publishing. Every tech innovation has in theory benefited us, by lowering the barriers of entry and making it easier to achieve economies of scale, or by making economies of scale less important. The critical thing right now," he continues, "is that the reproduction costs for digital books is zero. The major advantage of corporate publishers is that they have the capital to print large runs of books. One doesn't need capital to generate large quantities of digital downloads."

E-books are forcing the publishing industry to evolve. Do you think an e-textbook would hamper or help study habits? If you've ever used an electronic book or textbook, let us know your reaction.