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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Students have never shied away from vocalizing their views. Demonstrations and student newspapers are the traditional forums of student opinion but increasingly, students are turning to blogs to express themselves. In our digital society blogs are ubiquitous; they are informal, easily accessible and convey a sense of immediacy to their reader. Student blogs can be [...]

Everyone has a pipe dream. Whether it is artist or astronaut, young people are being taught that in today’s modern society almost anything is attainable. Aspirations to be a rock star, actor or pro athlete are becoming increasingly prosaic as young people are expanding their ambitions. Today’s youth recognize that a career is not merely [...]

According to recent studies, volunteerism has been on the downfall as of late. Not only has the recession primarily affected our finances, it has also had a negative effect on volunteerism. The National Conference on Citizenship conducted a study, “America’s Civic Health Index,” which discovered that most Americans cut back on volunteer work [...]