Matt’s a junkie. He gets his fix on social media, technology news and politics. As a student at UMass Amherst, Matt led the UMass chapter of Students for Barack Obama and was a web communications editor for the university. Follow him on twitter: http://twitter.com/mattcad
A study recently came out preachin’ the gospel on how educated-people-don’t-believe-in-God, which made Glenn Beck absolutely livid to the point where he forgets how to speak English. Move over Boomers, we are coming for ya with our apathetic torches a-blazin’.
If we call for quality, accessible education from our social institutions, we shouldn’t demand anything less from the media, the so-called “Fourth Estate,” as providers of information.
I’m the enthusiastic and ever-present Community Manager here at TNGG. My day job allows me to play with social media and advertising, but I’m also obsessed with good food, theatre, and travel. My life is impossibly hectic and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
As the most educated generation in American History, many Millenials find this new trend troubling, and we’re not buying this silliness. We remember sitting back in class and learning that it is education, not willful ignorance, which guarantees the longevity of a democracy.
This is the “information age.” We are all information processors, and the more efficient we get at it, the better we fare in the real world. Older generations should take a cue from us, not lament the end of the world as they knew it.
The ultimate goal of for-profit institutions is to get as many people signed up and in a classroom as possible – but it’s often at the expense of the students, the people whom such schools are supposed to help.
The education system in the U.S. if broken. A new documentary, the popularity of Teach for America and similar programs, and Arne Duncan’s insistence that we need to fix it shows that this is a top issue for this generation. But how do we do it? There’s no easy way.
In a world of Facebook, Twitter and entire virtual lives, higher education’s online presence is crucial in getting prospective students interested. It’s the fastest way to get information about colleges, but many university sites are terrible.
Does passion for your major really matter when you’re unemployed and scraping to pay your bills? Yes. Passion is the one thing that does matter.
