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  1. Added May 16, 2008 by aseldow
    Gen Y is taking over. The generation of young adults that?s compromised of the children of Boomers, Generation Jones, and even some Gen X?ers, is the biggest generation since the Baby Boomers and three times the size of Gen X. As the Boomers fade into retirement and Gen Y takes root in the workplace, we?re going to see some big changes ahead, not just at work, but on the web as a whole.
  2. Added May 16, 2008 by pjkuttner
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  3. Added May 15, 2008 by katiebda
    Despite the worries of their parents (and professors), teenagers’ use of language online is surprisingly sophisticated. That’s the conclusion of two researchers from the University of Toronto, who looked at spoken and IM communications of 72 people ages 15 to 20. Instant messaging represented, they said, “an expansive new linguistic renaissance.”
  4. Added May 13, 2008 by katiebda
    The 2006 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth, a biennial national survey conducted by Josephson Institute and released as part of National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week, October 15-21, reveals high rates of cheating, lying, and theft.
  5. Added May 13, 2008 by mike
    Free to enter $1000 scholarship contest.
  6. Added May 13, 2008 by katiebda
    At age 15, Lebed had used the Internet to promote stocks from his bedroom in the northern New Jersey suburb of Cedar Grove. Armed only with accounts at A.O.L. and E*Trade, the kid had bought stock and then, "using multiple fictitious names," posted hundreds of messages on Yahoo Finance message boards recommending that stock to others.
  7. Added May 13, 2008 by katiebda
    Marilee Jones, the dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became well known for urging stressed-out students competing for elite colleges to calm down and stop trying to be perfect. Yesterday she admitted that she had fabricated her own educational credentials, and resigned after nearly three decades at M.I.T. Officials of the institute said she did not have even an undergraduate degree.
  8. Added May 13, 2008 by katiebda
    Jones falsely bolstered her credentials to get a job with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and over the course of her career claimed to have earned degrees from three schools. MIT officials say now they have no evidence she ever graduated from college at all.
  9. Added May 13, 2008 by aseldow
    Safety tips for online surfing/socializing for kids.
  10. Added May 13, 2008 by linem
    Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try — the more we step outside our comfort zone — the more inherently creative we become, both in the workplace and in our personal lives.
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