Advice

I believe that Baruch College currently does a pretty good job with keeping up to date with all the changes in new media. They utilize various social media sites to share and inform their students, alumni and future students. Their website is also updated. If I was hired by Baruch College to use new media to improve the college, I would make a few suggestions. First, the relationships between students and professors can be more interactive and engaging. Many professors that I have had just use PowerPoint slides to teach and are only available outside of class for maybe 2 office hours. That is not sufficient time, especially if you are not grasping a topic or there are many students there in the same position as you. An interactive portal or blog would be really great. The professor and students can easily post questions, problems and solve any issues more efficiently. You are also constantly learning all day with a site similar to this one. Textbooks could also be digitalized ...