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College Planning

Keep In Mind These Thoughts on College Planning

As a person who has worked in higher education at a private college for 12 years, I have seen many misconceptions that students have about college, whether it be the high school student graduating and heading to college or the adult that is wanting to go back to school.

Job Search

What Degree is Hot and What’s Not?

In today’s job market a degree alone will not get you more than a guaranteed job interview whereas two decades ago it ensured a more than decent income and a comfortable future.

NCAA Basketball

March NCAA Men’s Basketball News!

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is played by 68 college teams from all over the United States.

College Living

Running for Student President or Officer – Will it Help the Resume?

How does being a student officer or student president help your resume? As a student leader, you get to practice organizational skills and life skills. All these are essential in any business.

NCAA Basketball

The College Basketball Highlights 2016 – What’s Trending

March is just right around the corner, and March Madness has already started.

College Search

Is it Necessary for You to Attend a Top University to Achieve Success?

There is no question that top schools like Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Yale all have the name recognition that might help you earn a job interview or triumph over other candidates when getting hired.

College Budgeting

7 Tips on How to Set up a Budget in College

Budgeting and college don’t sound like 2 words that work especially well together. When you say college, you think about fun times, academics, new experiences and new friends. You rarely think about money, let alone a budget.

NCAA Basketball

Wisconsin Men’s Basketball Needs Your Help

I don’t suggest that lightly. Having run off six consecutive Big Ten wins, Wisconsin is going to have to work hard to get back to the NCAA Tournament this year where madness rules the March and, well, continuing into April these days.

Job Search

Unpaid Internships – The Key to Future Success?

Some people think of unpaid summer internships like they were some kind of prestigious academy all on their own. They are thought of as costly, prestigious, highly competitive, and the key to future success. Well, that may be true in some cases, but it isn’t always the case.

College Living

College Tours: They’re all Virtual Now

Tweet It’s that time of year again. You can spot them a mile away. It’s those incoming students, whether they be fresh off the high school campuses across the country

Personal Advice

Top 5 Reasons Why Working During College is More Valuable

Some people view college as a way to gain an early competitive advantage over their colleagues and learn some valuable skills for the job market through working. If you are thinking whether or not to get a job during college, here are the main advantages of doing so.

Job Search

Career Building Through Summer Internships

Commentary of another college friend of mine: I was involved in a University research a couple of months ago that involved interviewing employers to find out what kind of employees they prefer to work for them.