Decoding Higher Ed
Here’s What You’ll Find
Decoding Higher Ed provides a comprehensive guide to the basics of the college admissions, selection and enrollment processes while specifically focusing on issues unique to first-generation students, students of color, low-income students, and underrepresented students. This module features submissions by students, faculty, and academics on their journey to and through college. Readers will have a glimpse into the challenges, struggles, and successes of those who chose to pursue higher education.
Academics in hell
Grad student costume
PhD life
OC – Transitional words
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How important is a major?
There is always a lot of anxiety amongst students when it comes time to declare a major. Even students who have a *pretty good* sense of what they want to study might have reservations being pigeon-holed into a specific career by making this choice. It might interest...
What is accessibility?
“Accessibility” is a word that you may hear in the context of college or a workplace. According to Dictionary.com, the word means “the quality of being suitable or adapted for use by people with disabilities.” If we think a little broader, we can use the working...
A Theory of Intelligence
Psychologists are very interested in intelligence. Its study brings up many conceptual questions, and we can start with: What is intelligence? How do we assess it? And, how does it change over thelifespan?The truth is, one’s idea of “intelligence” is highly dependent...
How to email your professor (Part 1: Greeting)
So, you want to email your professor. That’s great! Your professors generally like to hear from you, whether you’re asking for help in a course or making a connection for a letter of recommendation down the road. Are you worried about putting a strain on your...