This fall, law students are competing for half as many openings at big firms as they were last year in what is shaping up to be the most wrenching job search season in over 50 years.

“Had I seen where the market was going, I would’ve gone to a lower-ranked but less expensive public school,” [a second year law student at Penn] said. “I’m questioning whether law school was the right choice at all."
posted by plexi on Aug 26, 2009 - 214 comments

The National Association of Scholars has been publishing a series of articles called "If I Ran the Zoo" (inspired by Seuss) in which various contributors describe what they would do if they were in charge of higher education. (via) [more inside]
posted by prefpara on Jul 9, 2008 - 25 comments

Photo Graduates Online - from source magazine - some good stuff (ymmv).
posted by sgt.serenity on Jun 19, 2008 - 4 comments

Source magazine - uk photography graduates online.
posted by sgt.serenity on Jul 4, 2007 - 24 comments

“I never think of my age,” she said. “We don’t die at a certain age. And if people didn’t know they were getting a certain age, maybe the same age their father died or their mother died, I think they’d be better off.”

Nola Ochs, 95, will soon become the oldest person to graduate from college, according to Guinness World Records.
posted by Brittanie on Apr 29, 2007 - 18 comments

And here's to you, Mrs Robinson! RIP
posted by Duug on Jun 7, 2005 - 69 comments