Motivation and Success

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A favorite song of mine has a lyric that says, “You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know”.  Isn’t that the truth?  Nothing is as essential to success as motivation.  Case in point, check out this engineer who suffered from a congenital heart defect.  He knew his heart would one day fail.  So he […] Read More

All Nighters Make Your Pants Tighter

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As an online student, chances are you have lots going on besides studying.  This is why you likely chose online education in the first place.  But between work, family, friends and studies, it can be hard to get everything done.  As a result, we often find ourselves having to pull an all-nighter to get caught up.  Now, […] Read More

Wired’s How-to Wiki – An Excellent Resource

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Need to know how to supercharge your resume?  Use Skype?  Learn how to speed read?  Get paid more for your work?  Open a bottle with a cigarette lighter?  You should know about an excellent resource I recently found.  Propellor-head that I am, I love reading Wired Magazine every day online.   It always has lots of […] Read More

Tips For Making a Good Impression at Your New Job

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Staffing company, Robert Half International published this excellent article on how to start a new job off on the right foot.   The five suggestions are: Get a read on the company. Pay attention to the unwritten rules, too. Practice proper diplomacy. Pace yourself. Finally, cut yourself some slack. Click the link above to read the […] Read More

Tone It Down! Folks Are Getting Killed Out There!

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As a blogger and a regular contributor to the online dialogue in this country, I would call on our leaders to tone down the violent, angry, hateful rhetoric they have engaged in over the last few years.  As the famous saying goes, “Politics ain’t beanbag” and as President Harry Truman once quipped, “If you want […] Read More

2010 Tax Deductions for Students

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Its officially the beginning of tax season and with that in mind the Allen School Blog will be including some posts on ways that students can maximize their returns.  In the post, we link to a a short piece explaining how students between the ages of 19 and 24 can take advantage of the Hope […] Read More

Growth in Jobs & Economy: Illusion or Reality?

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By academic measures, the US economy has been technically out of recession (defined as two or more quarters of consecutive GDP decline) since the end of 2009.  Tell that to all the folks who remain unemployed through 2010 and now into 2011.  However, there are several recent signs pointing to the more tangible kind of […] Read More

“Liquid Biopsy” One Step Closer to Reality

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File under, “awesome emerging medical technologies”: Johnson & Johnson’s prototype blood test for cancer is being fast tracked to the market.  This ingenious new technology is a blood test so sensitive that it can detect even a single cancer cell from a sample taken from a patient.  Performed simply in a doctor’s office, this blood […] Read More

Predicted Winners & Losers in 2011

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Along with just about every other outlet, US News & World Report recently published some end of the year prognostications about the rapidly approaching New Year.   In a set of twin pieces, US News made some pretty salient predictions on where things are headed for different groups of readers.  I have included a link to […] Read More

5 New Years Job Hunt Resolutions

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Lydia Dishman of www.payscale.com wrote this interesting piece of 5 New Years resolutions that job hunters owe it to themselves to make.  They are: Hone your elevator pitch Brush up on your hard skills Solidfy your soft skills Work better with others Treat each failure as an opportunity Click here to read the full article and […] Read More