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Sponsored Post: iPad Textbooks Need Professor Endorsement

Posted by meredith | 02/02/10 | No Comments

Today we have our monthly sponsored post from Jason Bakker, the Director of Marketing at Campus Media Group. This is the latest in a monthly series of posts that's part of Campus Media Group's site sponsorship.

iPad Textbooks Need Professor Endorsement

Will the new…

Ypulse Interview: Stephanie Kaplan, Her Campus

Posted by meredith | 01/12/10 | 1 Comment

Today's Ypulse Interview is with Stephanie Kaplan, current Harvard undergrad and co-founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief of Her Campus Media LLC., a company started by Stephanie and two fellow students to launch the flagship site: HerCampus.com, an online mag for college women.…

How Teaching & America Factor Into Teach For America

Posted by meredith | 01/07/10 | 2 Comments

The other day in Ypulse Essentials, I cited a New York Times piece, reg. required, on a recent study sparking discussion around the finding that Teach For America graduates demonstrated lower rates of civic engagement in areas like voting and…

Sponsored Post: 2010 Social Media New Year Resolutions

Posted by meredith | 12/29/09 | 5 Comments

Today we have our monthly sponsored post from Jason Bakker, the Director of Marketing at Campus Media Group. This is the latest in a monthly series of posts that's part of Campus Media Group's site sponsorship.

2010 Social Media New Year Resolutions

I will…

Are Young Adults Angry, Angsty… Or All Of The Above & More?

Posted by meredith | 12/08/09 | 1 Comment

The other day I tweeted an article from MSNBC about a study on how and when American adults (aged 18 and over) feel angry. According to the researcher, the idea was to build "a broader social portrait of anger in…

Start Spreading The News [To College Students]

Posted by meredith | 11/17/09 | 2 Comments

As regular readers know, we here at Ypulse are strong supporters of free newspaper access for students. So it should come as no surprise that this initiative from USA Today to test out an e-Edition at select colleges (Penn State,…

Sponsored Post: Marketers Should Test The Waters With Wave

Posted by meredith | 11/17/09 | 1 Comment

Today we have our monthly sponsored post from Jason Bakker, the Director of Marketing at Campus Media Group. This is the latest in a monthly series of posts that's part of Campus Media Group's site sponsorship.

Marketers Should Test The Waters With Wave

Remember…

A New Generation Revisits Masculinity

Posted by meredith | 11/11/09 | 2 Comments

I know we've had a lot of  coverage on gender this week, but after a thought-provoking interview with the authors of Packaging Boyhood, a follow up phone chat with Mark Tappan and some awesome suggestions for fictional male role models from commenters…

Guest Post: Youthonomics

Posted by meredith | 11/05/09 | 1 Comment

Today's Ypulse Guest Post is from our own Dan Coates, president of Ypulse Insights, on generational shifts in the current political climate reflected in our October 2009 Ypulse Report and the abbreviated October Ypulse Monitor product.

If you work in youth media or…

The Influx Of Young Adults On Twitter

Posted by meredith | 11/04/09 | 8 Comments

In today's Research Roundup we cite numbers from the Pew Internet & American Life Project that reflect a growing number of Gen Y'ers (18-24 year olds) using Twitter. It got me to thinking about the evolution of my personal Twitter account and…