Grab a handful of chips and dig in:
- After the recent department meeting, you might appreciate that one use of CCSSE data has been Washington Monthly's rankings of community colleges. Valencia scores 23 on the list of top 30 schools. You can read Dean Dad's take on this information here.
- Months ago, Female Science Professor explained why she keeps her office door closed. After the massacre at Virginia Tech, you might find the behavior of campus police stranger than the "strange man" they finally arrested.
- Troubled by a loud talker on your hallway who listens to messages on speaker phone AT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE VOLUME? Evil HR Lady and Dean Dad take on noise problems with these two posts:
- Frustrated with low participation during a lecture, Angry Professor at A Gentleman's C considers a solution if she ran the world.
- If you have any interest in refreshing your knowledge of a second language or learning a new one--even Russian or Mandarin Chinese--you might want to visit Mango, an impressive, free internet program. After a very quick registration, you can start the first of 100 lessons in your chosen language, complete with native-speaker audio. Mango even offers English instruction geared to native Spanish and Polish speakers.
- How well do you know your geography? This map quiz will test your knowledge!
Do you remember how limited your vocabulary was when you began a second language? The student in this charming YouTube video makes use of every phrase he can remember to capture the attention of a pretty woman in "The One Semester of Spanish Love Song":
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