Core classes. Mandatory classes. Gen Ed classes.  Whatever name colleges use for classes every student must take, the takeaway I hear from many professors and students is the same:  forcing classes on students sours them on those classes pretty much immediately.   I get it … More →

Aziz Ansari’s book on dating astonishingly touched on something relevant to job hunting. Ansari quotes Barry Schwartz and Sheena Iyengar (both authors, psychologists and professors), who describe what they call a “paradox of choice.”   “Maximizers” are people who weigh every option; they often get … More →

Fascinating if disturbing article in Psychology Today (from October 2015 – link below) discusses the anxiety many college students feel today, and how, and why, it differs from that of their parents.   Particularly illuminating to me, however, was a nugget near the end of … More →