Tuesday Sept  11 2012 I was frustrated at the lack of connection between my college classes and the real world of business. When I began trading bonds in 1984, I had to teach myself all about the bond market. UT Austin had not done that in any way. So the first goal was to link…

Monday Sept 10 2012 Debt Collectors see the trillion dollar student loan debt as a bonanza. I noticed many of you chose to write on my blog posts on re thinking college and or the student loan debt.  I have also speculated that the next cousin to the sub prime mortgage crisis will be a student…

Monday Sept  10 2012 One student built on my idea about re thinking college. She suggests that a stepping stone process following the nursing model I suggested is the way to go. This makes lots of sense for accounting. There is a designation as Certified Bookkeeper. That would be the first rung on the ladder.…

Monday Sept 10 2012 One student makes a good point about my post concerning the art of accounting. I would disagree on one point. Proper practice means every day, just like Michael Phelps trained for the Olympics. If you do that, staying up all night is not only not necessary, it is counter productive. But…

Labor Day Weekend 2012   One day as an undergraduate I watched a scene I remember to this day. A student was standing in the hallway of the UT Austin College of Business office building.  He clearly was having difficulty with an accounting question in the textbook. Dr. Griffin, whose advanced accounting text was then…

Thursday August 30 2012 INterninSanAntonio will have its next  event Fall Internship Fair Info Event Date:         Saturday, September 8th from 2:00 – 5:00PMEvent Location:   San Antonio Food Bank at 5200 Old Highway 90 West San Antonio, TX 78227Event Details:      To see what to expect, watch this quick 3 minute Video of a prior Internship Fair Are any of…

Wednesday August 29, 2012 TAMUSA hosts free films the second saturday of each month. The are shown in the larger auditorium at the rear of the Brooks Building.   September 8 Moneyball   PG-13 Tracy Hurley & Douglas Carter October 13 Too Big To Fail   PG-13 Syed Harun

Wed August 29 2012 In the rush to embrace technology, this essay by a physics professor contends that interaction between professors and students is the key to learning and college success. I'd call it motivation, I don't think an onlline class in and of itself motivates anyone, that has to come from within the student.  I am…

Wednesday August 29, 2012 Dave Ramsey  reveals the one and only way to discharge your student loan debt to Sallie Mae without actually paying it off. Click to find out. Death and taxes are said to be inevitable, here is one silver lining to that rule.  Students now to this blog should be aware that I…