PubDrug update

April 27th, 2007 Stewart

Just a very quick note to let everyone know I’ve updated PubDrug’s main page again. Mostly it was a much needed clean-up of old posts, but I also added a current list of all certified drug monographs. By my count, we currently have 17 certified monographs, with several more in-process.

Another PubDrug editor and contributor is also working on a new record form, a type of evidence-based synopsis of major drug trials. Not ready for prime time just yet, but we should have a major unveiling before too long.

Lastly, this summer, the PubDrug steering committee here at UB will be working on internal documentation and streamlining the editorial process, including adding Mediawiki-style templates, categories pages, and other wiki enhancements.

If anyone has questions about PubDrug, feel free to post them here or to e-mail me. Thanks!

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Millennials talk, Nassau Community College

April 24th, 2007 Stewart

Just writing a quick note tonight in preparation for tomorrow’s Millennials talk at Nassau Community College, Long Island. I’ve embedded the slides below if anyone needs to look at them. I also wanted to add a few links:

Teaching Naked - Tomorrow’s Professor
http://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/archives/
2007/04/786_teaching_na.html
I really like this article and the ideas it conveys. Not everything will work for everyone, but there’s some good ideas here on the whole.

23 things - Learning 2.0
http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/
For faculty who need to “catch up” with the technological savvy of their students, here’s 23 things that make one outstanding tutorial.

Educating the Net Generation
http://www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen
Free e-book from EDUCAUSE, and possibly the best book on college-age Millennial mindset ever.

I will add more on Wednesday after I get back. In the meantime, I’d like to encourage any and all NCC folks to post their comments and ideas here so we can continue our conversation.

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Student loan programs being investigated

April 6th, 2007 Stewart

Federal Official in Student Loans Held Loan Stock - New York Times

Today’s modern student loan program is a corrupt exercise in corporate profiteering built on the backs of students who find themselves left with no other options. Kudos to Andrew Cuomo for investigating student lenders and universities for their ethically-confused practices. Let’s hope to see this investigation extend to the federal level very soon.

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"You’re Okay, I’m Perfect"

April 1st, 2007 Stewart

For Girls, It’s Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too - New York Times

In Millennials Rising, there’s a cartoon of a Mil kid in her t-shirt that reads, “You’re Okay, I’m Perfect!” The quest for perfection among these kids, or more accurately pushed upon them by their ambitious parents, gets cited quite a bit as a Mil trait.

This article does a fair job of outlining this trait, specifically in teen girls, and in particular the added caveat that this perfection needs to be perceived by everyone around these kids as being “effortless.” “Effortless hotness,” as one girl calls it, but also effortless athleticism, effortless intellect, and effortless character and spirit.

Of course, anything close to perfection comes at tremendous cost. (See Robbins’ The Overachievers for more on that.) Career burnouts and divorce rates will likely rise considerably with the Mils. Maybe the emphasis should be that while one should strive to be great, it’s still okay to be just “okay?”

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