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High School, College, a Job, and Leave a Beautiful Corpse?

There’s a divide between the things a student generally learns in college, and the things an employer specifically wants to see out of a college hire. That divide represents the chasm between...

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MyEdu Publishes Full Research Study Highlighting Four Recommendations for...

Back in March, we published a short-form report of our academic research focused on the Academic Journey. This paper presents the results of a quantitative and qualitative research study conducted in...

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The Future Degree is Not a Degree

The future undergraduate degree is a mutt. It’s displayed by evidence and experiences rather than grades. It’s gathered through internships and real-world experience. And it’s about acquiring skills...

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The Funnel is Half Full; the Funnel is Half Empty.

Several of us were looking through our visit analytics yesterday, and we noticed that one of the sections of our site only had about 4% of our total traffic. We were kind of startled: how could such an...

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The Myth of the Connected Classroom

I was introduced the other day to a fellow who is working in education technology for high schools. He demoed an iphone app he was making; the basic functionality is one of real-time polling, where...

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The Company Culture Machine

Google is continually in the news not for their unique products, many of which are commodities, but for their process – their highly analytic, extraordinarily data-centric view of how a company should...

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MyEdu Introduces Clubs and Organizations Profile Tiles

Today we launched the ability for students to add clubs and organizations to their profiles. This new functionality helps students showcase their extracurricular activities, philanthropic service, and...

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MOOCs, Pre-Reqs, and Car-Crashes

When there’s an accident on the road, traffic grinds to a standstill, because the road becomes an hourglass. Four lanes of traffic become one, and since all of the cars are fighting to push through a...

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MyEdu Introduces Simple Job and Internship Browsing

Today, MyEdu launched a new Jobs & Internships design. Students can easily browse through jobs and internships based on their profile, and filter these jobs to show only those in a particular...

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MyEdu Introduces Faceted Talent Search

  Today, MyEdu launched a comprehensive Talent Search within our employers platform. Recruiters and hiring managers can easily browse through candidates based on facets like School, Major, and...

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