Posts Tagged ‘student’

8 Qualities of Powerful Writing

Every semester I agonize over how to help my students learn to write more meaningful, interesting papers. Not just in my class, but altogether. Writing well is a key skill in today’s information-heavy society, and above all else my job is to help prepare students to become active participants in the society we live in.Writing well is about far more than proper grammar and spelling. In fact, good writing… Continue reading

January 15 2010 | By Dustin | Tagged: college, persuasion, student, university, writer, writing | 32 comments»

College 401: Tips for Advanced Students

It’s hard to believe, but the Spring semester is upon many of us already – I have colleagues who are already 3 days into the semester, and my own classes start back in just a few days. Outside the US, students are still working on their Fall terms, but they’ll be starting Spring soon enough, too.At the beginning of the school year, I posted a list of tips

January 6 2010 | By Dustin | Tagged: academic, college, education, school, student, university | 17 comments»

Writing Research Papers

No matter where you are in your intellectual journey, the ability to assemble and analyze large amounts of complex information is a skill that can pay large dividends both in monetary terms and in terms of your overall satisfaction with life. What follows is a very short guide and template for writing excellent research papers.Re-Evaluating Road-Crossing: The Chicken Was PushedA Short Guide to Writing a Research Paper Abstract The Abstract is usually… Continue reading

September 25 2009 | By Art | Tagged: college, education, paper, research, student, university, writing | 9 comments»

A 6-Step Guide to Networking for First Year MBA Students

If you are a first year MBA student, especially if you are at a lesser-known MBA program, networking is going to be an essential component to landing your summer internship. Start Early If there’s any piece of advice that I would give first year MBA students it’s that your job search stats the day you start school, and if you are really a go-getter even before you arrive at school. There are… Continue reading

September 24 2009 | By | Tagged: business, career, education, networking, planning, student, success, work-life | 3 comments»

Back to School: How to Graduate from College with a High GPA

I graduated from UC-Berkeley in December, 2000 with a far less than stellar GPA. But, I took everything I learned from my mistakes and guided my younger sister to graduating with honors in a much more challenging major. Looking back I really wasn't prepared for the challenges of college life and if I had been aware of the advice below, which I gave my sister before she entered college, I… Continue reading

September 14 2009 | By | Tagged: advice-for-students, back-to-school, college, school, student, studying, university | 22 comments»

Back to School: Keep an Academic Reading Journal

Aside from partying, the thing you're probably going to do most in college is read. Assuming you're at all serious about your education, you'll read so much that words will come out your ears. Unfortunately, much of what you read will also go pouring out your ears, or so it will seem looking back.One of the best habits you can develop in college -- or even in high school, if… Continue reading

August 27 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: college, journal, learning, reading, student, university | 16 comments»

Back to School: Talk to Your Professor!

For university students around the US it’s time to go back to school, or go for the first time for freshmen. European and other students might have a while before the next school year starts up, but this advice is for them, too.Talk to your professors!In one of my earliest posts here at Lifehack, I explained how to talk to a professor – today, I want to talk about… Continue reading

August 26 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-school, college, conversation, education, learning, student | 10 comments»

Freshman 15: Coping with the First Year of College

We’re coming up on back-to-school time, and for thousands of young people everywhere, that means taking their first great big step into adult life: college. Going to school, whether you stay at home or travel across the country or around the world, can be terrifying. It can also be your life’s greatest adventure.

What you do in your first year of college can have a… Continue reading

August 13 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: college, education, freshman, student, work-life balance | 18 comments»

10 More Linux Resources for Kids

Yesterday, I wrote about Linux distributions designed with kids’ needs in mind and some of the software for children that runs on Linux. Today I thought I’d share some of the other resources I came across while researching a likely candidate to install on my nephew’s and niece’s new PC.

Switching Your Kids to Linux by Scott K. This is a great primer for parents getting ready to give

June 30 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: children, computer, education, kid, linux, parenting, pc, student | 5 comments»

Linux for Children

I recently took possession of a pair of older PCs – the natural consequence of nagging one’s older relatives to get something a little more “post-Columbian” – and of course my first instinct is to refurbish one as a Linux PC for my nephew and niece, ages 7 and 5. My nephew, especially, is computer-obsessed, and I figure that giving him a complete child-friendly, education-focused PC might encourage some more… Continue reading

June 29 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: children, computer, education, linux, parenting, pc, school, student | 15 comments»

Where to After College? A Review of “How’d You Score THAT Gig?” by Alexandra Levit

One of the few things scarier than going to college is graduating from college. Once you toss that mortarboard in the air, "real life" sets in: it's time to get a job. Or better yet, to start a career.Therein lies the rub. For most college students, not only has there been little instruction about how to start building a career, there's also been little guidance about how to choose a… Continue reading

April 17 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: alexandra-levit, book review, career, college, job, planning, student | 3 comments»

The Value of Writing Well

It’s that time of year again. No, not “the holiday season”. I mean, it is holiday time, but for professors it doesn’t start feeling like holiday time until final grades are in and the books are closed on another semester. No, for me, it’s paper-grading time, the time of year when I’m reminded over and over of the importance of good writing skills – and of their rarity.The ability to… Continue reading

December 8 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: learning, student, style, talent, thinking, writing | 26 comments»

How To Ace Graduate School Entrance Exams

Every student's nightmare: Another life altering standardized test. To make matters worse, it's increasingly likely college seniors won't be able to find a job after graduation. You might have heard your friends talking about graduate school. Is everyone doing it? You don't need to look far to see: Graduate and professional school enrollment is on the rise across America.The recently unemployed, college seniors, and those looking for a… Continue reading

November 17 2008 | By Brandon | Tagged: advice-for-students, career, college, education, job, planning, student, university | 12 comments»

Edit This Post on Editing

Readers of Tim Ferriss's 2007 book The Four-Hour Workweek might be familiar with a quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupery that appears on page 65 of the book: "Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away." This is especially evident in writing. Free-writing is the process of assembling raw material, but careful editing is like sculpture or construction. It is the process of… Continue reading

November 3 2008 | By Art | Tagged: editing, language, student, style, writing | 5 comments»

Deirdre McCloskey on Writing

One of the best books for writers in the social sciences is Deirdre McCloskey's Economical Writing, a very short, very small book that offers a number of important principles for writing. McCloskey is an economist by training, but she has written across a wide variety of fields. Economical Writing is a must-have and a must-read for any serious writer. Here are five of her points from… Continue reading

October 10 2008 | By Art | Tagged: college, efficiency, persuasion, social-science, student, university, writing | 19 comments»