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Campus Life

Stress Points and the College Student

Stress and college seem to go hand and hand for most students. It seems unavoidable, especially as students transition from youth to adulthood.

Personal Advice

Money Challenges and the College Student

If you are a college student, then you are familiar with the financial challenges experienced by most collegians.

Personal Advice

To a Safer and Better Spring Break

Spring break is upon us, with hundreds of thousands of college students enjoying a much-needed respite from their educational pursuits.

Career Planning

Georgetown University: College Majors, Unemployment, and Earnings

If you’re in college and have yet to declare your major or if you have already declared a major and you wonder what types of jobs are in the offing once you graduate, the latest Georgetown University report should be of interest to you.

Campus News

Adjunct Faculty: Their Voices Are Being Heard

Colleges and universities across the nation rely on adjunct faculty to varying degrees. That reliance typically follows an alleged need to manage costs as adjunct instructors cost far less than full-time, tenured professors.

Personal Advice

Tips for Finding Part-Time Work On and Off Campus

If you are pinching pennies or otherwise counting every dime, then you have very little money to meet your needs. Moreover, if ramen noodles is your diet of necessity and not of choice, then you really are pinched, aren’t you?

Academics

College Advice That Remains Largely Unspoken

If you want to succeed at college, then following much of the tried and true advice you hear is wise. But that advice may not cover everything about college life, leaving you wondering if something unspoken should be said.

College Budgeting

Textbook Saving Tips for College Students

On SayCampusLife.com, we have trained the spotlight on textbook prices from time to time over the years. It hasn’t escaped our attention that what students pay for textbooks can be a real budget-buster, on top of the steep tuition and fees college students already face.

College Training

Sage Advice for Snagging a Summer Internship

Your academic progress is certainly important to recruiters, but they want to see something else. Namely, real life experience. That experience can be hard to come by, unless you are willing to work as an intern.

Study Tips

Motivational-Based Goals for College Students

You are well into the semester and one look at your current progress shows you have much work to do. By staying the course, you hope to reach certain goals that you have in mind.

Personal Advice

UCLA Cardiologists Offer Heart-Healthy Advice

You are never too young to consider your heart health. As a college student, you are exposed to germs, fatty foods and binge drinking, what can make you sick, wreck your health or even kill you.

Personal Advice

Questions HS Students Should Ask Their Guidance Counselors

You’re in high school and have plans to attend college. Like many high school students, you’re trying to do your best academically to secure a high spot amongst your graduating class and to polish your college-bound credentials.