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In a July 22 article from The New York Times, students who have survived their first year at college share some helpful hints. Here is a sampling:

David Glenn wrote an article entitled: “Close the Book. Recall. Write it Down.” This title, in a nutshell, sums up the best way to learn. If you are a freshman in an introductory level course, by November you will be facing your first large test, the midterm. Many students are [...]

More and more colleges are using iPhones for classes. Abilene Christian University is distributing iPhones to all its in-coming freshmen this fall, Stanford has programs that integrate iPhones, University of Florida pharmacy students are required to have iPhones, and now the Missouri University School of Journalism is requiring either an iPod Touch or [...]

College students surveyed in Britain reveal boredom is rampant in their classes, and they reveal further that Power Point lectures are the dullest of teaching methods in their classrooms. They give low points, as well, to other computer-assisted class activities. Jeff R. Young writes about how to combat this effect in his article [...]