Archive for January, 2009

RateMyProfessors.com might be valid

January 22, 2009

from: Inside Higher Ed :

…a new study is finding a high correlation between RateMyProfessors and a student evaluation system used nationally.

Facebook, MySpace posts fair game for colleges

January 19, 2009

From Florida Today:

Students such as (Jennie) Van den Boogaard, one of FLORIDA TODAYs Verge student journalists, are being more cautious about what they post on social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace in fear of giving college advisers or future employers the wrong impression.

“I think we are definitely cautious of what we put online,” said Kendall Lightly, an 18-year-old senior at Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School. “I mainly use it to keep in touch with friends who have moved away. If it’s something important, I don’t put it online.”