Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Dealing with a Difficult Professor

Get­ting into the right classes can be quite a dif­fi­cult task in col­lege, espe­cially in your first cou­ple of years, when you do not have reg­is­tra­tion pri­or­ity.  Since you do not get to reg­is­ter first, some­times you will find your­self in a class with a dif­fi­cult pro­fes­sor. This is also the case when it comes […]

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Can we "red flag" professors?

Pro­fes­sors Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman, edu­ca­tors and higher edu­ca­tion experts, recently pub­lished a list on The Huff­in­g­ton Post about “red flags” that col­lege stu­dents should look out for when encoun­ter­ing new pro­fes­sors. I tend to be wary of absolute state­ments like some of the advice that they offer while other tips rang true for me as well.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Love/Hate Relationships…with college

I caught this "13 Things Stu­dents Love to Hate About Col­lege" arti­cle on the excel­lent Pro­fes­sors' Guide page on USNews.com. They pick up on sev­eral com­mon com­plaints that stu­dents have in col­lege and I thought I'd offer my two cents on a few that res­onated the most with me. 3. My pro­fes­sor is unbe­liev­ably bor­ing. What […]