Posts From Matthew C. Keegan
What Defines a Nontraditional College Student?
Not all college students arrive on campus immediately following high school. Some students serve in the military, complete their religious training, start a family or hit the workplace before enrolling in college.
Career Choice: Hydrologists
Clean and abundant water is essential to the maintenance of any society as governments have risen and fallen where water issues have played in. Humans may be able to last weeks without food, but without water death can take place in as little as 48 hours.
Financial Woes May Shut Down Some Colleges Report Says
Higher education may soon face a dramatic change with some colleges and universities shutting down due to funding issues.
College Football RoundUp and Forecast: Week Three
Tweet We are two weeks into the college football season and are not yet seeing much in the way of huge surprises. Then again, that a top ACC team has
Are Historically Black Colleges Short-Changed Financially?
The Morrill Act of 1862 allowed the creation of land-grant colleges, state-designated institutions of higher education that include many of today’s large public universities and a few private universities such as Cornell and MIT.
Maryland, Vanderbilt Announce New MOOC Initiative
The University of Maryland and Vanderbilt University are taking a different approach when it comes to massive open online courses or MOOCs. The two universities will now collaborate where such collaboration was not possible before the advent of MOOCs.
Is College Free Speech Under Fire?
Colleges and universities have long been considered bastions of liberty and free speech, but numerous incidents over the past several years seem to run counter to that thinking.
Career Choice: Green Marketers
If you have a passion for environmental sustainability and a desire to “save the earth” or make a contribution to a “greener” future, there is a new category of marketer that may appeal to you. Indeed, the career choice of “green marketer” is so new that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is gathering the data to support this career as of publishing.
College Football Kick Off Offers Some Surprises
Tweet Five consecutive days of college football ended on Monday evening with Florida State vanquishing Pitt as expected. There were some surprises too as both Boise State and Oregon State
College Freshmen: How to Make the Most of Your First Year
Few students register for college with the intent to fail or drop out. Unfortunately, by the end of your freshman year, one in three of your first-year classmates will quit according to US News and World Reports.
President’s College Rating Initiative and Financial Aid
If you listened to President Obama’s speech last month about higher education and affordability, you may have nodded in agreement with his comments that college has never been more important nor has it been more expensive than it is right now.
College Football Kickoff: 5 Straight Days of Action
Tweet The 2013 college football season kicks off tonight, the first of five consecutive days of games that concludes with No. 11 Florida State playing at Pittsburgh at 8 p.m.
