At a recent meeting, the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission denied the proposed 9 percent tuition increase approved by Portland State’s Board of Trustees in April. This is the first time…
Dress to impress: thoughts after visiting the Career Fair
The Career Fair took place April 24 to May 4, for which the Portland State School of Business Administration and the office of Advising and Career Services put on eight workshops, several…
Our tuition just went up by 9 percent: Could we have prevented it?
Portland State’s Board of Trustees just voted to increase in-state tuition by nine percent. Across the state tuition is rising. University of Oregon boosted its tuition rates by more than ten…
Teamwork: finding a role and winning as a group
Teamwork is one of the most important soft skills in the working world. Those who cannot work productively with others will not find as many opportunities as professionals who have learned…
Are you feeling entrepreneurial?
Previous articles in this column have focused on how to score a better-than-average job after graduation. However, what if you don’t want to work for someone else? There is a…
Communication and context: seeing the whole picture
How often have you been involved in a conversation that you either did not understand at all, had no place participating in or did not care about? Do you know…
Organize your time or waste it
“Busy people get things done.” According to the preeminent authority on procrastination, Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. of Canada’s Carleton University, procrastination is an avoidable part of life if students can…
Take better notes, get better grades
It’s about halfway between midterms and finals for students at Portland State. Some students have only just begun to wonder how they are doing in their classes. Maybe a particularly…
Learn how to handle credit cards before they handle you
In a paper titled, “Money Attitudes, Credit Card Use, and Compulsive Buying among American College Students,” James Roberts and Eli Jones write that American culture is shifting from fearing debt…
Good grades aren’t good enough: Part III
The previous articles in this series focused on what students can do for themselves to broaden their opportunities. The key is being deliberate and active. This article focuses on what…
Good grades aren’t enough for the future: Part II
By a wide margin, the number one employer for recent college graduates is Enterprise Rent-a-Car, according to data from College Grad’s table on top employers. In 2016, Enterprise expects to…