Education Value
A comparison of weekly pay by educational attainment illustrates that education pays. Note: Data are for persons age 25 and over. Earnings are for full-time wage and salary workers. Source: Bureau of...
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I wonder what these averages would look like for Student Affairs? Source: OnlineMBA.com
View ArticleChoose Education
The only thing that’s more expensive than going to college is not going to college, so you really don’t have a choice. ~Anthony Carnevale The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce...
View ArticleType, Worldview and Academic Success
Dilbert January 25, 2000 This overview of research paradigms assembled by Laura Pasquini inspired me to share my own postpositivist worldview and the research shaping it. As a postpositivist, I search...
View ArticleIntroverts Know How To Party
See full image at incidentalcomics.com Introversion: The state or tendency toward being wholly or predominately concerned with and interested in one’s own mental state. ~ Carl G. Jung Must Great...
View ArticleSignificance
And, this just happened. Yes! Implied significance at .001 !!#sadoc — Debra Sanborn (@DebraSanborn) October 21, 2012
View ArticleOpen Doors
Happy Anniversary to to the eighteen and life blog! Much has happened here in the last four years. Each post reminds me of the events, coursework, research, and friendships that have framed this blog....
View Article100 Days
Three and a half years ago, I made the decision to earn a PhD. After spending 90% of my professional career (post-Bachelor’s degree) working in higher education, it seemed a logical step. It has been...
View Article99 bottles…
Fear not. I am certain that I will not post my entire dissertation countdown, but I really like this sign as Highway 99 runs through the city of my birth, Sacramento, California. In a small way, it...
View ArticleJust Say No to Saying No
When I read yet another article minimizing the value of a college education I am challenged by thoughts of privilege. Yes, Steve Jobs, an individual I greatly admire, was a college dropout, but at...
View ArticleYour best story
The pages of 2012 are filled. It is time to begin our new stories for 2013. Great adventures await us. Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that...
View ArticleHoley rusted metal, Batman!
Words exclaimed when you complete the results chapter of your dissertation.
View ArticleOne Word: DO
My 2013 one word is DO. And to be precise, it is not Do. It is DO. As I reflect on projects nearly completed and opportunities ahead, it makes sense. DaddyPlus.com
View ArticleType and Learning
My dissertation examines aspects of Myers-Briggs® preferences and academic success in the first college semester. I became fascinated by the topic when I noticed trends in student academic performance...
View ArticleDissertation Defense
For my dissertation defense, I shall stage a light show on my power suit à la Carrie Underwood. T -74 hours.
View ArticlePh.Done.
For several weeks now, since completing and defending my dissertation, I have wanted to write about the process and share some words of wisdom for my friends and colleagues who are still in process....
View ArticleMBTI in Student Affairs #SAmbti
A new hashtag, #SAmbti, was created in the Student Affairs Twitter community this week promoting the discussion of psychological type preferences. Understanding differences of psychological type and...
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