Campus Overload: University of Chicago


Posted at 12:14 PM ET, 01/19/2011

Stanford has the most 'klout' on Twitter
By Jenna Johnson
Many colleges and universities have created a Twitter feed to share campus news with students, parents, alums, faculty, sports fans, journalists and everyone else. But is it worth the time? And what's the best measure of a Twitter feed's success? Is it number of followers, number of RT's, number of clicks on bit.ly links, number of interactions or something else?

By Jenna Johnson  |  12:14 PM ET, 01/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Networking | Tags:  Columbia, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Syracuse University, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin

Posted at 11:54 AM ET, 06/30/2010

College president's essay-writing advice
By Jenna Johnson
The University of Chicago is known for having provocative, off-the-wall undergraduate admissions questions. This year there are five questions, including this one: "How did you get caught? (Or not caught, as the case may be.)" Last week I had coffee...

By Jenna Johnson  |  11:54 AM ET, 06/30/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Admissions | Tags:  Admissions, University of Chicago

Posted at 09:00 AM ET, 05/20/2010

Even teaching jobs hard to find
By Jenna Johnson
The mantra in college (especially among English majors): If all else fails, you can always teach. But even teaching jobs are difficult to land right now. The New York Times had a story Wednesday about school districts being flooded with...

By Jenna Johnson  |  09:00 AM ET, 05/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Real World | Tags:  Georgetown, University of Chicago

Posted at 10:45 AM ET, 01/22/2010

Friday News Overload
By Jenna Johnson
The big story: California budget For the first time ever, the University of California might start wait-listing freshmen to give administrators at the state's 10 schools more flexibility in planning their budgets, The Daily Californian reports. But university officials said...

By Jenna Johnson  |  10:45 AM ET, 01/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  News Overload | Tags:  Loyola University Chicago, The Daily Californian, University of California, University of Georgia, University of Illinois, University of South Carolina, University of Southern California