http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:30:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/cheap-accessible-higher-education.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:10:32 +0000 The Faculty Project curates free online lectures by professors from top universities. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/virginia-tech-newspaper-used-twitter-for-continuous-publishing-headlines.html Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:45:14 +0000 The university's paper was able to publish updates during and after the shooting via tweets, gaining 18,000 followers in a few hours.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/college-students-make-new-connections-with-yapik.html Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:03:52 +0000 Net Element launched a pilot social networking site that helps college students find what they need within their campuses.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/peer-to-peer-car-rental-startup-wheelz-just-launched-at-stanford-headlines.html Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:00:36 +0000 Wheelz uses Facebook and an iPhone app to connect students who have cars with those who are in need.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/amazon-student-app-makes-it-easy-to-buy-and-trade-in-textbooks.html Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:51:39 +0000 It's back to school with the Amazon Student app. Now college students can quickly search, purchase and trade-in new and used books including DVDs, video games and other electronics.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/uncommon-peer-to-peer-consultancy-helps-you-prepare-for-college.html Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:25:11 +0000 A group of undergraduates band together to create a means of assisting high school students in their grueling college applications. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/college-2-0-risd-offers-artrepreneur-kits-to-help-recent-grads-succeed.html Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:24:18 +0000 The Rhode Island School Of Design has decided to go beyond generic career services by offering recent grads a selection of practical tools from companies like Etsy and Behance.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/class-of-2011-the-most-indebted-of-all-time.html Wed, 18 May 2011 09:01:30 +0000 The average student re-paying loans this year will owe $22, 900.00 nearly double the amount of ten years ago.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/tag4life-taps-into-college-students-idealism-to-support-unicef.html Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:27:23 +0000 A mobile game of 'tag' for college students generates awareness for UNICEF supported projects. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/kiva-launches-loan-program-for-students.html Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:00:34 +0000 A global microlending marketplace extends its scope to education.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/majoring-in-persuasion.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:30:29 +0000 Scott Adams offers a thought provoking idea for a future career.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/open-source-education-free-textbook-archive.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:25:58 +0000 In the spirit of open software, Open Culture is building a list of free, online collegiate textbooks.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/a-new-college-ranking-system.html Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:26:30 +0000 Washington Monthly creates a review method that places low-income and privileged students on equal footing. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/most-college-students-dont-think-twice-before-plagiarizing-from-the-web.html Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:39:45 +0000 Is it okay to copy-paste from any online resource without attributing? Many students seem to think so.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/moving-to-the-developing-world-to-wait-out-the-recession.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:19:29 +0000 Writer Andrew Dana Hudson explains how globalization can flow both ways.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/is-a-humanities-education-valuable-in-todays-world.html Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:32:55 +0000 Humanities may still have relevance in our specialized educational setup, argues a recent article.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/student-loans-does-it-really-help-students-and-make-economic-sense.html Mon, 17 May 2010 14:47:11 +0000 Are student loans and education debt leading us to a looming crisis?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/when-will-we-be-able-to-data-visualize-everything.html Thu, 13 May 2010 14:35:06 +0000 Street posters act as an entry point for exploration into data gathering.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/is-promiscuity-looked-down-upon-by-todays-youth.html Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:05:21 +0000 A new study suggests that the 'Millennials' look down upon promiscuous behavior by either gender.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/foursquare-graffiti-appears-across-college-campuses.html Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:03:34 +0000 As universities digitize the college visit by geotagging points of interest for users navigating via smartphone, many officials are running into issues with those digitally defacing the community space.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/seton-hill-university-gives-ipads-to-all-its-students.html Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:16:58 +0000 Seton Hill University of Pennsylvania will be handing out iPads to all its full time students.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/community-colleges-benefiting-from-the-depressed-real-estate-market.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:01:59 +0000 Community Colleges are taking advantage of the real estate market and buying vacant properties instead of building new ones.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/prospective-students-using-youtube-to-bolster-their-college-applications.html Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:09:15 +0000 University applicants now fancy Youtube as a medium to showcase their talents to the admissions committees.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/student-loans-the-new-housing-bubble.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:18:04 +0000 Yesterday, the New York Times's Economix blog wrote a piece addressing the hurdles that college bound students and their families will have to meet in the future.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/headline-news-roundup-google-out-of-china-one-day-business-trips-tony-blair-x-lvmh.html Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:03:43 +0000 A daily digest of relevant headlines from around the web.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/the-death-of-the-computer-lab.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:25:24 +0000 Traditional college computer labs are being phased out in favor of more flexible work spaces.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/straighterline-all-you-can-learn-for-99-a-month.html Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:50:43 +0000 StraighterLine is a new kind of remote education company, offering online college courses in basic subjects such as math, accounting and writing at an extremely low flat rate of $99 a month.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/the-un-opens-a-tuition-free-university.html Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:50:58 +0000 The United Nations recently announced the launch of the world’s first tuition-free online university. Named the University of the People, the school will open up access to higher education for many individuals around the world. The UN explains: For hundreds of millions of people around the world higher education is no more than a dream, Shai Reshef, the founder of the University of the People, told reporters. They are constrained by finances, the lack of institutions in their region, or they are not able to leave home to study at a university for personal reasons. Mr. Reshef said that thisRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/college-education-for-20-a-month.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:32:37 +0000 We’ve written a lot lately on the idea of alternative and open source education. Independent schools and learning centers are frequently being created to serve life-long learners and those who may not be able to afford the rising costs of higher education. And of course, there’s the ever widening pool of educational resources available online. Besides the sea of disparate knowledge comprising the web, there are also numerous instances of more formal offerings of educational materials, such as MIT’s open courseware. Author John Robb, who has done extensive studies on networks, communities and international relations foresees this critical mass ofRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/life-after-retirement-leads-back-to-college.html Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:57:02 +0000 Harvard has recently launched a new one year academic program to serve the growing number of retired professionals who aren’t ready to lead lives filled with early bird specials and afternoon golf games, but instead want to involve themselves with creating social change. The program, called the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, is a collaboration among five of the university’s professional schools — business, law, government, education and public health. It is seen as a next stage for universities, beyond undergraduate and then graduate and professional schools. If successful, Harvard professors say, it can serve as a model for schools atRead more...]]>