Sorry, Grad Students.
Bad news for everyone who hoped to sit the recession out in a cushy grad school program: A provision of the new debt ceiling deal will save money by eliminating special loan conditions for grad...
View ArticleYou Can Get a Master’s Degree in What?!
A headline in the special Education Life section of the New York Times says it all: “The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s.” Thanks to a stalled economy and high unemployment, more and more people are...
View ArticleMICA to Offer Degree in… Business?
Of all the strange graduate school programs out there, perhaps the most unexpected is the new MBA program that will be offered by MICA starting this fall. There will certainly be people who bridle at...
View ArticleWoodstock – in Eight Trippy Minutes
Gary and Elana Vikan at Woodstock. Writer Gary Vikan–director of the Walters Art Museum from 1994-2013–reflects on his quick trip to Woodstock, a glorified study break during grad school, and what...
View ArticleNo Longer a Shuck-Up
Photo by Youdontsmellbad via Wikimedia Commons. Jasmine France–University of Baltimore grad student in Integrated Design–found the courage to pursue her biggest dreams by learning to shuck oysters. We...
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