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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: -Don’t skip classes. -Take fewer clothes with you. You’ll end up wearing only a few things an

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 t

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

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 cla