Leaders within the educational community are questioning the methods that are currently used by universities when it comes to awarding tenure to their professors. Traditionally, tenure has been awarded based on the number of times the professor manages to get his or her writing in a scholarly journal rather than on the professor’s teaching capabilities. [...]

Learning about business and finance isn’t something that you have to wait until college to do. In fact, according to an article in USA Today, many states are requiring students to complete coursework in personal finance in order to graduate. Even in those states that do not require the coursework, many of the individual schools [...]

When trying to decide which college or university you wish to attend, you may become a bit confused about public schools versus private schools. After all, there are plenty of both types of schools to select from, so how are you to decide which school is right for you? The reality is that there are [...]

Despite their national reputations and despite their best efforts to expand their student bodies to include people from around the country, a new analysis conducted by the University of Denver has found that many private institutions are still more local than many people realize.

“There is a misperception that ‘national’ universities are drawing most of their [...]

One of President Obama’s signature initiatives is education reform and an important cornerstone of this plan is revamping the student loan business by removing financial ‘middlemen’ from the process. If the president’s plan goes forward, all federally-funded college loans would go directly from the lender to students, eliminating the service of financial institutions that [...]

Hasbro has announced a new design for its 75th anniversary Monopoly edition. The modern makeover is to include changing the board to a slick, round design as well as including an ATM and debit card rather than the traditional paper money. The traditional game tokens are also being replaced with clear plastic representations, while clips [...]

The recent release of the Apple iPad provides many lessons to those who work in the marketing field as well as for those who work in the area of product development and in the world of education. Here’s a look at a few of the lessons that the Apple iPad has taught us.

Lesson #1: [...]

We have all heard for years that having a bachelor’s degree will help you earn several hundred thousand dollars more over your lifetime than someone without a college degree. In fact, many publications have touted a difference of $800,000 to $1,000,000 between those with a degree and without a degree. According to an article in [...]