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Fizz, a social network for college students, says it wants to be like Facebook — when it was actually social.The app, launched in 2021, lets students post anonymously (similar to Yik Yak), scroll through a “for you” feed of recommended content, and buy and sell items in a marketplace.”It’s most…
As top students are starting their college applications this summer, parents are asking me: Should my teenager use AI to write their college essay?As a college admissions expert, I tell most parents that the honest answer depends entirely on how and when AI is used.For starters, a student producing a…
When Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson’s son first brought up job-hopping, she worried about how it would look on his resume.Fresh out of college, he’d only worked at one job for a year when he considered switching to a new role. Gibson was surprised to hear that, unlike for her generation,…
Graduation is cause for celebration. At Glendale Community College, an AI-related flub made it cause for apology. Loading audio narration… The college’s recent graduation ceremony outside of Phoenix, Arizona ground to a halt after a naming mishap. Several students’ names weren’t called as they crossed the stage. Others were left…
Once a day, I get a text message with 10 photos of random people looking for jobs, professional connections, or, on occasion, a new friend or date.It’s not LinkedIn or Tinder texting me. It’s Series, a social networking startup that sends potential connections straight to its users’ iMessage inbox.”The whole…
