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An Interview With Author Frankie Bow
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Hey kids! Here’s a handy guide to higher education terminology
There are, according to one estimate, 1600 institutions of higher learning in the United States. Unlike other nations, many of America’s colleges and universities are privately run in addition to the government-supported schools. Since public schools often have tuitions far lower than their private counterparts, thus consequently impacting financial aid, the question of how to tell public and private schools apart is an important one. For that matter, what’s with the whole “college” versus “university” thing, anyway? It’s all easy, if you keep some simple principles in mind.
- A college does not offer degrees beyond the BA/BS level.
Examples: Boston College, Dartmouth College, The College of William and Mary
- A university1 does offer degrees beyond the BA/BS level, including law, medicine, and MBA degrees.
Examples: Princeton University, Wesleyan University
- An institute or a polytechnic offers vocational-technical degrees in fields like automobile or appliance repair. They may be public or private (see below).
Examples: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, California Polytechnic State University
- A college or university named after a city is a public school operated by that city.
Examples: University of Chicago, New York University,2 Boston College, Princeton University, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, Seattle University
- A college or university named after a state is a public school operated by that state.
Examples: University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, Connecticut College, Colorado College
- A college or university named after a person is a private institution.
Examples: Rutgers University, The College of William and Mary, Truman State University (MO), Thomas Edison State College (NJ), Medgar Evers College (NY), LaGuardia Community College (NY)
I hope this has been instructive and useful.
1 Leland Stanford Junior University (CA) is currently attempting to meet US Department of Education guidelines for qualifying as a full university. This status is expected to be reached as of the 2016-2017 school year.
2 New York University is operated by the City and the State of New York in tandem.
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Show your love for Mahina State University, “Where Your Future Begins Tomorrow” (and support the Waiakea Inter 7th grade band)
Mahina State University is where, according to the local radio and TV spots, “Your Future Begins Tomorrow.”
It is also where The Musubi Murder takes place.
The new official school colors (as decided by student vote) are red, gold and green, but the classic “happy moon” design remains a local favorite, and a bestseller in the Mahina State University bookstore.
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People prefer a healthy-looking leader to an intelligent-looking one.
“Health was an influential cue across all scenarios, while intelligence only had an effect in half of the presented scenarios. “
Well, at least intelligence wasn’t a negative predictor (The study was done in the Netherlands; I wonder how the same experiment might turn out in the US).
And yes, apparently there is a way to manipulate “intelligent-looking.”
“[H]igh and low apparent intelligence prototypes were created as described in Moore et al. (2011). Briefly, these prototypes were created by regressing ratings of attractiveness, masculinity, health, and perceived age against ratings of perceived intelligence. The faces with the largest positive and negative residuals (i.e., those who were rated as looking much more or less intelligent than predicted by their age, attractiveness, masculinity, and health) were “averaged” using Psychomorph software to create composite high and low perceived intelligence faces…”
Also, if you can figure out a way to make yourself look taller, that helps too.
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The exit to the 5 freeway wasn’t well marked, so artist Richard Ankrom performed an act of “guerilla public service.”
New Goodreads Giveaway! Signed ARC of The Musubi Murder
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Giveaway dates: Mar 30 – Apr 06, 2015
Countries available: US, CA, AU, and GB
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Today on CM: The Open Source University of College Misery
Over the last few years CM (in its various forms, including Academic Water Cooler and RYS) has given me comfort, validation, and actual good advice. I am honored to join their ranks, and proud to present my first post on College Misery.
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Author Interview: Amy Korman, KILLER GETAWAY
Amy Korman is a former senior editor and staff writer for Philadelphia Magazine, and author of Frommer’s Philadelphia and the Amish Country. She has written for Town & Country, House Beautiful, Men’s Health, and Cosmopolitan. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family and their basset hound. Killer WASPs is her first novel. Killer Getaway, the second book in the Killer WASPs series, was just released on March 10th, 2015.
Q: Can you tell us what the book is about? And for our non-U.S. readers, what is a WASP?
A: Killer Getaway sees the Killer WASPs characters head south to Magnolia Beach, Florida. The book is a mystery, and a fun escape to a warm, sunny town that’s hiding a few criminals among the palm trees and chic restaurants.
Kristin Clark, who runs a small (and not-too-successful!) antiques store outside Philly, and her basset hound, Waffles, are ready to escape the doldrums of winter to bask in the warm Florida sun and dine at her friends’ new restaurant, Vicino. But when a rival restaurant undergoes an HGTV makeover and attempts to steal Vicino’s spotlight and its patrons, the town is abuzz with gossip, and Kristin and her friends—Bootsie, a nosy reporter; Holly, a chicken nugget heiress; and Sophie, the soon-to-be ex-wife of a mobster—have parties to attend.
Everything is going swimmingly in the glitz and glamour of Magnolia Beach until a bad batch of clams threatens to shut down Vicino and their vacation for good. When it becomes clear that the clams may be more than an innocent mishap, the gang must unravel the mystery before there are deadly consequences.
WASP is a term coined by a writer named Digby Baltzell and signifies an old-school, usually East-Coast American who plays a lot of golf, drives an old car, drinks vodka tonics, and is probably an Anglophile! It’s more of a state of mind than an actual type of person in 2015, but the WASPs I interviewed over the years as a journalist generally had a great sense of humor about their preppy roots.
Q: What does Kristin Clark do for a living? Or does she have the means to sleuth full-time?
A: Kristin runs a small antique store outside of Philly, where she barely makes ends meet. She’s not a great businesswoman, but she loves the antique business. She sleuths in her spare time, and is usually dragged along by her energetic friends Bootsie and Sophie. Her other friends are lucky enough to have the means to go on great trips such as the one in Killer Getaway, so Kristin is able to go as well!
Q: What inspired you to write the Killer WASPs mysteries?
A: I’m such a fan of Agatha Christie-style “village” mysteries, and Kristin and her friends all have known each other and their neighbors since they were in high school together, which is a modern take on a village mystery. In Killer Getaway, they adopt a new small town (one with palm trees and margaritas), but the same principle applies—everyone knows each other, and has their own motives and agendas…which might make them try to shut down Vicino, murder restaurant manager Jessica, and run down Kristin’s friends with a “Death Chevy.”
Q: What kind of research did you do for this book?
A: I’ve read Agatha Christie, Carl Hiassen, Sue Grafton and other favorite authors for years, so I like to think anything we read influences us, and I wrote for magazines for many years, which is a great way to learn to meet deadlines and tell chapter length stories. There isn’t a real Magnolia Beach, Florida, but if there was, I wish I could have done research there for a few weeks!
Q: Are you a “plotter” or a “pantser?”
A: I like an outline! It’s always good to have a map, even if you wander off a bit.
Q: Is there one character with whom you particularly identify?
A: Kristin loves Basset hounds, is something of a klutz, and isn’t a great cook, but she’s optimistic and always thinks that her antique store might suddenly start doing a great business. I can identify with a lot of her characteristics, especially the Basset hound obsession, since I share that 100 percent.
Q: Why do we love basset hounds so? Can you explain this?
A: It’s got to be the droopy ears and soulful eyes! Plus, now that I’ve lived with our Basset hound Murphy for 8 years, I can honestly say he’s never in a bad mood, is super loyal, and is always up for a road trip, a walk, or a party. He’ll watch chick flicks with me and doesn’t mind being dressed up in reindeer antlers at the holidays. Plus, I’ve never met anyone who loves food as much as a Basset!
Q: Where can readers find you?
Amy’s Website
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