In the moment, skipping class may not seem like a big deal, but the infograph below reveals some alarming statistics that will make you want to rethink the whole concept of ‘playing hookie.’ Check out the iontuition™ tool, ionLearn, for all the...
Michelle Bailhe was one of two graduating seniors chosen to speak at Brown University’s 247th commencement. Bailhe delivered her address, “I Don’t Know,” in Providence, Rhode Island, on May 24. Editor’s Note: What do you do when an eminent scholar says,...
For this week’s blog, Cool Stuff #2, I decided to take the inspirational route. I found four quotes from famous (and maybe not so famous) commencement speeches that really spoke to me. At graduation time, one might find these most inspiring but the truth these words...
In this TEDx video, Dr. Thomas Pleger, President of Lake Superior State University, rolls out the benefits of public education, how it’s been funded, and raises provocative questions about “the private good versus the public good”. For more information about student...
Florida Gulf Coast University is a public university in Fort Myers, Florida. The university is actually quite young; it was established in 1991 when the state Board of Regents recommended that a new state university be established in Southwestern Florida. Now, almost...
