By Anna Swenson
Even if you’ve read twenty brochures and ten college guidebooks about a school you’re considering, it can be tough to determine what life at that university is really like. Until your futon is moved into your…
“Follow me and do exactly what the song says: smoke weed, take pills, drop outta school, kill people, and drink,” Eminem rapped in his 1999 song, Role Model. Even before the turn of the…
This school year Earlam College in Richmond, Indiana honored 14 of their student athletes by giving them Community Service Awards for their outstanding…
In a recent paper, three educators came together to explore the effect that family background and income has on SAT performance. Race, Poverty and SAT Scores: Modeling the Influences of Family Income…
In many cases experience is a good teacher. Doing an internship to get you closer to pursuing your career of choice is definitely one of those situations. For most employers, applicants who possess a substantial amount of work experience is a major plus when it comes to recruiting…
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As online degree programs surge in popularity, questions inevitably rise about a program’s legitimacy and quality. So how can you tell if you’re choosing a quality online program or enrolling in a diploma mill?
Faculty Qualifications
Most online students never come face-to-face with their instructors, but rest assured, most online courses are taught by core faculty members of the college or…
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As the semester winds down, many of you will head into Winter Break deciding or reassessing your major.
For freshmen, this may mean eliminating what you don’t want to study. For sophomores, it’s a question of finding the correct major for you. For juniors,…
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By Sal Gentile
With debt from student loans nearing or, by some accounts, surpassing the amount of debt from credit cards in 2011, there’s been a lot…
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In an article published on Sunday in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Eric Hoover and Josh Keller reported that public universities are escalating their recruitment of out-of-state students – students who not only bring geographic…
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The college graduation gap between rich and poor is widening.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — It’s getting more difficult for low-income students to climb the economic ladder as the college graduation gap between…
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