Why Chinese students put us to shame

This summer, I spent 7 weeks teaching English in Jiangsu province, China. While I was there, I became progressively more and more Chinese. The superficial, cultural traits I picked up – driving like a maniac, clicking my fingers at waitresses, proposing a toast every five minutes to anyone I’m remotely enjoying having dinner with – are proving that they can be unlearned (which is probably just as well, as “when in Rome”… Read More
Making the grade

By Beau Hayhoe | and Ian Kullgren Amidst the start of an academic year with record tuition rates and the largest incoming freshman class in history, one well-recognized ranking provides some evidence education quality at MSU is stable. On Tuesday, U.S. News and World Report released its 2012 list of Best Colleges, a nationally distributed report that takes into account everything from class sizes to student-faculty ratios to graduation rates in measuring… Read More