EAB Daily Briefing November 2, 2015 Today's EAB Daily Briefing View the Archives Print Today's Stories Subscribe EAB Insight Experiential Learning Toolkit This toolkit contains resources to improve experiential learning opportunities by helping students articulate the value of their college experience, as well as the skills and competencies they’ve gained, to differentiate themselves in the job search. More Latest News Why one expert changed his mind on student success software November 2, 2015 Writing in the Washington Post, Jeffrey Selingo says he thought colleges were "coddling" their students through analytics—until he saw the software in action. More The Economist names Washington and Lee the top university in its inaugural ranking November 2, 2015 The magazine says its goal is to rank schools based on whether graduates fare better or worse than expected, based on a range of data about the student population. More After paying out wages, UMass forced to cut $10.9M from budget midyear November 2, 2015 The University of Massachusetts (UMass) must cut nearly $11 million from its budget midyear because the state passed a budget bill last week that excludes anticipated funding. This fall, the university system paid retroactive wage raises to 6,500 employees because officials were confident they would receive the money. More One in four students work full-time—and study full-time, too November 2, 2015 The vast majority of college students work, but many of them are not gaining experience in their fields that employers expect upon graduation, according to a new study by the Center for Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University. More Can you make yourself smarter? Here is the science of 'brain training' November 2, 2015 Is intelligence fixed, or can it be improved over time? The answer, it seems, depends both on your age and how one defines "intelligence," a professor of clinical psychiatry explains in an op-ed for the New York Times. More Around the industry: Fighting the binge-drinking culture by selling beer November 2, 2015 One school saw alcohol-related calls drop after it began serving beer at the stadium, in today's bite-sized higher education roundup from Illinois and North Carolina. More Halloween on campus: Six college traditions across the country October 30, 2015 For college students, Halloween doesn't necessarily revolve around drinking and costumes. At many campuses, it's a time to strengthen town-gown relations, do some physics problems, and an excuse to seriously scare people for a good cause. More