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How to Maintain a 4.0 GPA While in College

Tweet You made it through high school with high honors, but college has proven to be more challenging than expected. You no longer stand out among your peers, rather you’re

Personal Advice

Adderall and College Culture

Tweet By Robyn Schelenz For most students, the fall semester has just started and test-taking may be weeks away. But, before you know it, midterms and finals will be here

Campus Cars

7 Tips For Smarter Driving

Tweet Now that you’re away at college your thoughts have turned to your academic pursuits, perhaps allowing you some time to take in a sporting event, join a club or

Personal Advice

House of Horrors: Establishing Rules for the Roommate from Hell

Tweet By Sarah Danielson Every year, the young adults among us head off to their first year of college with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads, or more likely,

Book Reviews

Book Review: Online Education for Dummies

I must admit that I’m not a big fan of the various “For Dummies” reference books that have surfaced over the past two decades.

Book Reviews

Book Review: The Best 373 Colleges

Tweet There are sure things that take place every August and I’m not talking about students heading off to college. Rather, The Princeton Review faithfully releases an update of its

Book Reviews

Book Review: Barron’s Best Buys in College Education

Tweet Friends of ours are in a panic because they have one year to go before the oldest of their three children heads off to college. He is a gifted

Study Tips

The 10 Best iPhone Apps for the College Campus

Tweet By Anna Miller There’s no doubt that the first prize for the largest number of apps being developed goes to the iPhone – this brilliant gadget from Apple has

Book Reviews

Book Review: Women Astronomers: Reaching For The Stars

Tweet Some girls do not show much interest in science and math, which is too bad considering how well women have done in these fields down through the years. Though

Book Reviews

Book Review: How George Washington Fleeced The Nation

Tweet History as you may not know it! History is something we have learned, usually from educators as well as from our leaders, parents, family members and friends. What we

Book Reviews

Book Review: Community College Companion

Tweet “Everything You Wanted to Know About Succeeding in a Two-Year School” Two-year schools, sometimes called junior colleges, technical schools and most commonly community colleges, are an important part of

Book Reviews

Book Review: Debt-Free U

Tweet Tackling the college cost conundrum A UMass senior believes families are needlessly taking on too much debt in hopes of giving their adult children a head start in life.