Social Media and Young Adults — from Pew Internet, by Amanda Lenhart (Senior Research Specialist), Kristen Purcell (Associate Director, Research), Aaron Smith (Research Specialist), and Kathryn Zickuhr (Research Assistant)
From DSC:
Change…change…and more change…hmmm…how do we best prepare our students for a world that is changing so quickly?
How can liberal education prepare students for the future? — NITLE
We conclude our blog conversation series on the future of liberal education, elicited by the recent AAC&U conference, with an appropriate nod to the future.
One panel* addressed an intriguing topic: how do we prepare students for a future that doesn’t yet exist?
Discussion hit on a series of topics, which we can abstract and summarize here:
There are two ways to prepare for events, reactive and creative (shaping new things). What learning attributes do we associate with both of these?
Now more than ever, employers and HR pros are digging into your web presence. — from thenextweb.com
“If you have applied for a job recently, you just might find yourself regretting that ill-advised late-night Tweet, or that dodgy photo on Facebook. A survey commissioned by Microsoft to coincide with EU Data Protection Day has revealed that 43% of European recruitment professionals routinely analyse prospective candidates’ online reputations before deciding whether to select them for interview. Content drawn from search engines, personal blogs, and social networking sites all falls into the scope of the pre-screening techniques being applied by many HR professionals across the EU.”
Student loan demand at record high — from reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As lenders continue to curtail access to mortgages, credit cards and other types of loans, one area of the credit market is rapidly expanding: student loans.
“You have a whole generation of consumers who have never had this debt load, so they’re walking into this tough unemployment situation with higher degrees of debt,” Adams said. “Young adults probably face higher taxes ahead, and a national system overloaded with debt.”
The growth in student loans comes as other types of credit are drying up. A higher savings rate means less demand for credit, while supply is down as lenders increasingly target only the lowest-risk borrowers with strong credit scores.
