Archive for StuartNachbar
Comics For Extra Credit - Part 2
My first post about comics as an educational aid generated an interesting response — from the managing director of Classical Comics, a comic book company in the United Kingdom. Not to be confused with Classic Comics, often teasingly referred to as a study guide for college literature classes here in the State, Classical Comics turns […]
16Jun2008 | StuartNachbar | 0 comments | Continued
Should The High School Military Test Be A Mandatory Test?
High school students interested in serving in our armed forces must take an entrance examination called the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The ASVAB is used to not only assess a recruit’s aptitude for military service, but also help identify their Military Operational Specialty — service-speak for job — if they choose to serve. […]
5Jun2008 | StuartNachbar | 0 comments | Continued
More Guidance Counselors Would Help More Children Get Ahead
Before becoming a writer, I spent ten years marketing Web-based job posting and resume tools to college career centers. One outcome of this experience is that I gained considerable appreciation for career counselors and guidance counselors at the high school level.
When I was in high school, I visited my guidance counselor to make my class […]
Merit Scholarships Should Be Earned Not Handed Out
I’ve read about the decisions of flagship state universities to increase merit-based, not need-based scholarships to the best-of-best students, the ones who might have chosen an Ivy League school, or other highly selective private college.
This is not an academic strategy as much as it is an economic development strategy; state politicians do not want the […]
Caleb’s Choice
During the last weekend in April, West Point cadet Caleb Campbell was drafted to serve in a different Army. He was selected in the seventh and final round of the National Football League (NFL) draft.
It is unknown whether Campbell will make the final roster of the Detroit Lions, the team that drafted him. While the […]
Comics For Extra Credit
Last week, I was one of the first to see Ironman, the first summer blockbuster movie and the next hero in the Marvel Comics universe to come to the silver screen. I like the movie so much I went to see it again in an early morning matinee.
Although I loved the movie, I must admit […]
The Basics Of The Student Loan Mess
These past weeks there has been talk in the higher education press about private lenders and state guarantee agencies either withdrawing from the government-subsidized student loan market or refusing to underwrite new loans. These financial institutions cite either a cash crunch or a credit crunch, or reductions in the federal interest subsidy as the reasons […]
26May2008 | StuartNachbar | 0 comments | Continued
A Student Government Election Made For TV - The Sequel
This day, May 6, 2008, I spot a front page headline in my local New Jersey paper, The Trenton Times that reads: Ewing H.S vote is void a second time. I had previously commented on my hometown high school’s senior class elections in a prior post, so I read on.
Seven students, one black and Hispanic, […]
A New Jersey Student Government Election Made For The Screen
This day, April 29, 2008, I spot a front page headline in my local New Jersey paper, The Trenton Times that reads: Students kept off ballot: District to explore race factor while rescheduling vote. Our local races for school board took place last week, so I thought this was an aftermath.
I was wrong: It […]
Chased Away From Student Loans — Some More Digging
On April 17, I checked my inbox and found a message from a reader who had read the previous day’s column on the JP Morgan/Chase decision to discontinue lending to schools with historically low repayment rates.
I had pointed out that Chase’s spokesperson refused to list the affected schools, but that borrowers deserved to know. I […]
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