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Is an Entrepreneurship MBA Program Right for You?

The number of students going to business school increases by a small amount ever year. While you might think that you don’t need an MBA because you want to open and run your own business instead of working for someone else, an MBA might help you launch that company.

Education Tips

5 Smart Tips for Starting (and Finishing) the Semester Right

How did you do with your classes last semester? Was it a walk in the park? A tough experience? Or somewhere in between?

Academics

7 Schools for Medical Assistants

Medical assistants are making a big difference for doctors and nurses, by filling in the care gaps for patients.

Academics

Diploma Mills and Fake Degrees

A diploma mill is a company offering a college degree for a flat fee in a short amount of time with little or no coursework required. These "schools" are bogus, as are the accreditation organizations which state the schools are legitimate.

Education Tips

How to Ace a Last Minute Assignment

For whatever reason, you have either put off an assignment to the last minute or your professor has suddenly sprung a paper on you with little time to lose.

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How to Prepare for Final Exams

The semester is moving by faster than you had anticipated. Soon, your term papers will be due. Also, you’re just weeks away from taking your final exams.

Education Tips

Apply to College: As a Junior!

Our neighbor’s daughter is a high school junior who recently applied to college and was accepted. She’ll start at the local community college at the same time that many of her friends begin their final year of high school.

Online Education

How to Succeed Taking Online Courses

You’ve finally decided to take an online course, perhaps supplementing your regular on-campus courses with one that you can complete at your own pace.

Academics

7 Smart Tips for College Juniors

Your junior year of college may be your most transformational one yet. Your basic, required courses are behind you and you’ve declared your major. You’re now taking the courses that will prepare you for your career.

Academics

7 Reasons Why You Should Transfer Colleges

Your college years will go by quickly, especially if you intend to complete your undergraduate studies within four years.

Advanced Education

Why Getting an MBA Online Will Benefit Your Future

A Master of Business Administration, or MBA, is a graduate degree program offered by business schools. Students who wish to enroll in a MBA program will need an undergraduate bachelor’s degree and meet other admissions requirements that will vary business school to business school.

Advanced Education

Aiming For the Top — The Merits of Higher Education

An education is many things. One of them is, of course, an investment in the future.