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The Government Is Selling You A Lie About College Education
A pair of interesting articles on MarketWatch highlights the plight of those graduating from college deep in debt and little prospects of landing a good job in their field. First consider Why go to...
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College Dean Stands By Decision To Ban Dreadlocks In Business Program
The dean of the business school of Hampton University, a historically black college, has banned students in the five-year undergraduate/MBA program from having dreadlocks and cornrows in their hair,...
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Columbia University Freshman Falls To Her Death From Dorm Window
A Columbia University freshman fell to her death from her 10th floor dorm window last night in an apparent suicide. Martha Corey-Ochoa, 18, had also recently been valedictorian at her high school, the...
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Here's What Your College Student Doesn't Want You To Know
When it comes to college and money, there's not much that is a secret these days. Tuition is transparent -- pricey, but transparent -- and the costs of room and board are readily available with a few...
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Make The Right Moves To Keep Your College Costs In Check
Now is the time to think about some money moves you can make that can increase the amount of college financial aid your student receives. I'm not saying you can magically get loads of free money for...
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An Incoming Yale Freshman Walked All The Way From Baltimore To New Haven
A Baltimore high school student wrote in his college application to Yale that if accepted, he would walk the 400 miles from his hometown to the New Haven campus. And he kept up his end of the bargain....
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Parents Are Using Rewards Credit Cards To Help Pay For College
Here's a smart thing to do: Use your credit card rewards to save for your child's college education. You can earn 2 percent on your purchases with the Fidelity Investments Rewards American Express...
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Harvard Is Investigating 125 Undergrads In Massive Cheating Scandal
More than 125 Harvard University undergraduates are being investigated for plagiarism and other academic misconduct surrounding final examinations, according to Bloomberg News. The incident is the...
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How College Choice Determines Your Future [Infographic]
The choice of where go to college is one of the first major decisions many people make, and increasingly difficult as the cost of higher education rises. A great infographic from onlinecolleges.net...
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The 10 Biggest College Cheating Scandals
Harvard University esterday revealed that it was investigating 125 students in what it called "the most widespread cheating scandal"in campus history. When something like this happens at Harvard, it...
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The Average College Student Is Spending A Record $907 On Dorm Decor
College students used to focus on utility in their dorm rooms. An egg crate and some twin XL sheets would do. Now, students are spending an average of $907.22 turning their dorm rooms into luxury...
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It's A Whole Lot Easier To Get An 'A' In College Now Than It Was 50 Years Ago
A report criticizing the American college system "credit hour" found that it's 187 percent easier to earn an "A" in a college undergraduate course today than it was in 1961. In 1961, only 15 percent...
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The 30 Prettiest College Campuses In America
“If you ask freshmen why they chose their colleges, they usually say one of two things,” says Baltimore architect Adam Gross, who’s worked on projects at the University of Virginia and Swarthmore....
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The Five Weirdest Ways You Can Earn A Free Ride To College
College is expensive. Scholarships can help to relieve some of that financial burden, and we’re here to clue you in to a few that are available to students who aren’t star athletes or in the upper...
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The Top 100 Universities In The World
The top three spots on the QS World University Rankings changed this year, with MIT taking the top spot for 2012. MIT overtook the University of Cambridge, which took second place ahead of Harvard,...
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People Are Finally Figuring Out The Simplest Way To Save For College
What might be the most accessible and simplest way to save for college–a 529 savings plan–is typically one of the most widely misunderstood financial tools among consumers. That all might be...
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Genius PhD Student Paid His Tuition With Mail-In-Rebates
You could say Jonathan Hood's mail-in-rebate addiction began before he was even old enough to drive. Ten years ago, at age 15, Hood tagged along with his father on a mission to score Black Friday...
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What It's Like To Attend The Best University In The World
If you are considering studying at the best university in the world, you'd better be prepared to work your socks off. The pace of learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been likened...
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10 Things College Didn't Teach You About Your Career
Our career paths seem so cut and dry when we're children. When asked what we want to be when we grow up, our responses are simple: teacher, firefighter, doctor. But as we grow up and head to college,...
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How A College Degree Can Get You Through A Recession [INFOGRAPHIC]
How important is having a degree during an economic downturn nowadays? This infographic from Online Colleges breaks down employment stats by level of education throughout the recent recession. It also...
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