Second Life to host first college graduation

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10256640-93.html

Second Life on Wednesday is hosting the commencement ceremony for online students graduating from Bryant & Stratton College, and appropriately, Second Life founder Philip Rosedale will be the guest speaker.

What do you think about virtual graduation ceremonies? Would you attend one?

'Youth Magnet' Cities Hit Midlife Crisis

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124242099361525009.htmlt

Hip cities are attracting the young and educated and will continue to thrive.

What other cities would your consider thriving, even under the current economic situation?

Divide Among College Faculty: To Tweet or Not to Tweet

http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=20179

To tweet or not to tweet - it's the question some university faculty members are asking, according to a unique survey released today by Faculty Focus.

Do you believe teachers need to get on board with social networking to relate more to the students they teach?

News: SAT Scores Drop, Gaps Grow

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/26/sat

While College Board materials stressed those increases in participation, the data released also included news that may concern many educators: gaps in scores -- both by race and ethnicity, and by family wealth -- grew this year.

What are your own opinions of why SAT scores have dropped this year?

Enrollment & Pell Costs Soar

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/26/pell

Buried within the Office of Management and Budget's "mid-session review" (see Page 21) is a startling figure that arguably has both good news and bad news for President Obama's higher education strategy.

Should democrats reconsider some of the plans they are rushing through Congress like the author states?

What Should Colleges Teach? (Opinion)

http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=20178

A few years ago, when I was grading papers for a graduate literature course, I became alarmed at the inability of my students to write a clean English sentence. They could manage for about six words and then, almost invariably, the syntax (and everything else) fell apart. I became even more alarmed when I remembered that these same students were instructors in the college’s composition program. What, I wondered, could possibly be going on in their courses?

What do you think colleges should teach?

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