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Tag: high school

  • Making the case for Social Media Education

    Over a year ago, I gave a talk to local high school students about my career. The conversation eventually turned to social media. 10 months ago, I wrote this post, Should Social Media be a separate college course? Just like there are training wheels, driving lessons and hygiene class, there should be a course on…

  • The Huffington Post covers Plagiarism

    I have spoken about my experiences as an adjunct professor regarding plagiarism.  Recently, the Huffington Post wrote a post  – More Students Misunderstand The Fundamentals Of Plagiarism. Colleges and Professors need to know that their students can form their own opinions and plagiarism is a dissolution of any original thought. Hopefully, with the new school…

  • Commmunity Colleges are the Foundation for Success

    http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wabc&section=&mediaId=7478227&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site= This was what  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said when she delivered  the commencement address at Hostos Community College yesterday. In addition to her collegiate duties, she also had a Bronx Housing Project, Bronxdale Houses renamed after her and attended a ceremony at her high school. As a former New York  City Project Kid…

  • College students and Credit Cards

    When I first arrived on the college campus  as a student back in the last century, I got my first credit card before I was able to vote. I was with a fellow student (oh, the peer pressure)  questioned the representative  asking how I could of possibility qualified when I didn’t reach my 18th birthday…