After getting their diplomas, a lot of college graduates decide to head to the big city to try and make it big.
The question that arises, though, is which city is the right one?
Despite the fact that some college tuitions have reached an excess of $50,000 per year, these days colleges can't guarantee that their graduates will have jobs waiting for them. In the wake of this uncertainty, some institutions have begun to guide their students in cleaning up their social media profiles, to lower the risk of a poorly-timed facebook post ruining their shot at employment.
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There have been some tough rulings by the NCAA over the years. Colleges stripped of wins or titles, excluded from bowl games, scholarships reduced. The NCAA’s ruling against Penn State is unprecedented. They ruled the following:
"It’s official; student loan debt exceeds debt owed on credit cards for the first time in history. If they have not already passed it, student loans will top $1 Trillion dollars soon. In addition, nearly $100 billion, or 10% of those, are delinquent."
There are so many questions to answer before ever taking your first college exam. Where will you go to college? What will you study? How much will it cost? To help you out a bit, here is the list of the top six majors you can study at Montana State University
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Could Ron Paul be alienating and losing the votes of college students across the country? In a visit to Meet the Press on NBC, Ron Paul explains his vision of a future that involves no student aid from the Federal level. Just hearing that, a 20 something studying at the school library might be thinking, "He just lost my vote." But Paul actually delivered a thought out, reasonable explana
Forbes, along with the Center for College Affordability & Productivity, tallied up the cost of tuition, books, transportation, computers, and room and board to determine the new list of America’s most expensive colleges. And some of them may surprise you.
A bake sale being held by the Republican student group at the University of California, Berkeley is garnering nationwide attention.
Why? Because the advertised prices show men pay more than women, and whites pay more than Asians, Latinos, African-Americans, and Native Americans.
To most college students, a vacation means getting away from the stress of everyday life, with maybe a few palm trees and cocktails thrown in for good measure. But not to Chris Jeon.
Last month, the 21-year-old University of California, Los Angeles math major packed up his bags, bought a one-way ticket, and went to Libya to fight with the rebels trying to wrest control from dictator Muammar Qaddaf
“Would you consider yourself a member of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community?”
That’s what Elmhurst College recently asked prospective students on its application form. The private liberal arts school in suburban Chicago, which is affiliated with the United Church of Christ, is believed to be the first college in the US to ask the question.