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Studying Tips for College Students | 11.18.09

Most students assume that because they beat the high school system in the studying department, they would do so again in college. In their minds, studying can’t be any different, right? They couldn’t be any more wrong.
Chances are whatever helped you pass your classes in high school may not work so well when you hit [...]

Best Work-Study Jobs for College Students | 11.17.09

Do you spend most of your time attending classes and studying? That’s usually the problem with full-time college students. Yet besides the education aspect, there also is a need to strengthen the resume, and these days job experiences are just as important as receiving that hard-earned degree.
Fortunately for students, there are numerous positions that can [...]

Top 15 Colleges With High Early Decision Acceptance | 11.16.09

High school seniors are now scrambling to put together resumes, test scores, recommendation letters, and applications for this season’s college process. Among many of those who are applying, some know exactly where they want to go, and it’s either that particular college or bust. In most cases, these students have already sent in their early [...]

Explore Your Options Before Choosing the School for You | 11.05.09

Although for-profit schools claim to provide a great service to those who are looking for a way to pursue a degree and launch a rewarding career, critics maintain that these schools may be focusing more on profits than they are on education. Furthermore, critics worry that these schools are specifically targeting those students who are [...]

Online Schooling has its Advantages | 11.02.09

Investing time into education can be difficult, especially when we are also juggling various other important tasks such as work and family life. With the hectic schedule, going back to school is at a low priority, only something we consider when we have free time and extra money stashed away.
However, getting that degree or extra [...]

Up, Up and Away! College Tuition Rising to Unreachable Heights | 10.20.09

Students today are getting an increasingly raw deal. The recession has affected young people across the board. Graduating students must contend with serious job shortages across almost all industries, while younger students are being shaken down for even more cash.
Yahoo news reports that the average cost of tuition at a public four [...]

Top Ten Most Bizarre College Courses | 10.14.09

1. The Unbearable Whiteness of Barbie – President Barack Obama’s alma mater, Occidental College, is now offering a mandatory course for freshmen called, “The Unbearable Whiteness of Barbie – Race and Popular Culture in the U.S.” The course tries to “explore ways in which scientific racism has been put to use in the making [...]

Go Back to School with NBA Players | 10.09.09

Why not go back to school with NBA players like Chris Paul at Wake Forest or Kevin Durant at Texas or Russell Westbrook at UCLA or Jeff Green at Georgetown? It looks like many NBA have traded in their gym bags for backpacks.
There has recently been a classroom migration of NBA players. In [...]

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