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The Cost of Dropping Out

Tweet By Parker Boyack The reality is, dropping out not only is bad for yourself, but for the country as well. The average lifetime effect of dropouts is — $5,191,

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5 Android Apps That Will Save You Money

Tweet By Nick Williams It seems like everyone is watching their pennies at the moment, you seemingly can’t have a conversation these days without it at some point turning to

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Book Review: 10 Best College Majors for Your Personality

Tweet Your happiness can depend in part on what you do for a living. Some people are analytical, others are emotional, but even those characterizations are not always specific enough.

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7 Quick Ways to Earn Cash This Summer

Tweet Unless you already have a job, you know that replenishing your funds will take an extraordinary amount of luck, namely asking your financially squeezed parents to give you the

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7 Steps to a Job This Summer

Tweet College students will find the job pickings slim this summer as persistent high unemployment and economic doldrums keep businesses from relaxing enough to hire. If you’re looking for work,

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4 Safety Tips for Roadside Emergencies

Tweet With the semester about to end, your student will soon be journeying home for extended break away from school. Whether your adult child commutes to school or must drive

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Improve Grades and Fight the Freshman 15 with Diet & Exercise

Tweet By Jessica Bosari One 2004 Cornell University study found that the average freshman gained 4.2 pounds in the first semester of classes alone.1 Late night eating, binges on greasy

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Troubled Teens: Helping College Bound Students Stay on Course

Tweet That promising future, however, can come crashing down if your supposedly innocent teenager hangs around with the wrong crowd or makes a mistake that can come back to haunt

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How to Return to College Years Later

Tweet Perhaps to pursue a new degree or to complete some unfinished business, mature students often have a completely different outlook on life, gained through life experience and accomplishing goals

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10 Common Financial Mistakes Every Student Should Avoid

Tweet By Roxanne Lane 1. Not Applying For Student Aid Most college students have applied for Federal Student Aid and college scholarships before leaving high school and they leave it

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5 Steps to Protect Your Social Profiles From Identity Theft

Tweet By John Phillips But, not all of our friends are psychologists who are sworn to secrecy about those intimate details of our lives.  Most people don’t even know who

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4 Simple, Super Time-savers for College Students

Tweet By Lior Levin Regardless of what some people may believe, plenty of students want to make the most of their time, something they can do by incorporating four simple,