Okay. So you're just dying to donate some money back to your beloved alma mater.

But how? Where? How much? And what are your options?

Look no further. Jenna Ashley Robinson over at the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy has it all figured out.

On the foundation's website, Robinson has explored all the different ways you can donate to a university. One message here - you don't just have to give to a school's general fund, even if that's where the institution would very much like you to direct your dough.

As she finds, you can give to a particular school, department, or student organization.

Have a read here.

Writing online for the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, a former teaching assistant at UNC Chapel Hill talks about how little preparation she had for the classroom when she was thrown into it.

Jenna Ashley Robinson writes about a wide variance in what universities require for their teaching assistants and the preparation mandated before a new graduate student is placed before a roomful of young undergrads.

It's not always adequate, she believes. She writes in part:

"As a first-year graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill, I was a teaching assistant for Introduction to American Politics. I led my discussion sections - and graded student exams and papers - after only a single half-day orientation for future graduate teaching assistants."