Khan Academy College Without Loans: Where to Find Scholarships Wise Bread Picks We hear a lot of “gloom and doom” reporting about the student loan crisis, but there’s a positive side to paying for college — scholarships. Each year, there are millions of dollars in scholarships available to students, and unlike loans, you don’t need to pay them back. Some scholarships require completed applications, essays, letters of recommendation, high GPAs, athletic ability, or financial need. Whether you just want some spare cash for books and living expenses or you need to pay for your entire tuition, the following resources can help you on your scholarship quest. Your University’s Financial Aid Office The first place you should check for available scholarships is the financial aid office at your university. Local Clubs and Organizations Other sources of potential scholarships are the clubs and organizations in your area. Online Scholarship Websites Scholarships.com One of the easiest to find, easiest to use websites for scholarship searches is Scholarships.com.
Book Reviews What this handout is about This handout will help you write a book review, a report or essay that offers a critical perspective on a text. It offers a process and suggests some strategies for writing book reviews. What is a review? A review is a critical evaluation of a text, event, object, or phenomenon. Above all, a review makes an argument. Typically, reviews are brief. First, a review gives the reader a concise summary of the content. Becoming an expert reviewer: three short examples Reviewing can be a daunting task. Consider the following brief book review written for a history course on medieval Europe by a student who is fascinated with beer: Judith Bennett’s Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women’s Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600, investigates how women used to brew and sell the majority of ale drunk in England. The student describes the subject of the book and provides an accurate summary of its contents. There’s no shortage of judgments in this review! Who is the author?
Night Owls Smarter: A New Study Suggests That Late-To-Bed-Late-To-Rise Leads To Greater Workplace Success : Healthy Living A new study suggests the early riser has only more time for mediocrity. Researchers at the University of Madrid followed nearly 1,000 teenagers and found that night owls bested "morning larks" in qualities linked to general intelligence, such as inductive reasoning, conceptual and analytical thinking. "What hath night to do with sleep?" asked John Milton, the 17th century English poet who worked as a civil servant, among a class of people generally obliged to rise early in the morning. Indeed, while many early risers outperform night owls in school, researchers said the late risers surpass their counterparts later in the workforce. Differences in preset circadian rhythms might explain the 8 percent advantage enjoyed by early risers in school, researchers said. A previous study conducted by the U.S. Jim Horne, a professor of psychophysiology at Loughborough University, commented on the Spanish study. In comparing the two types, Horne said stark differences in personality emerged.