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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,
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.
Georgetown Study: Pay Scale of the College Majors
Tweet The Economic Value of College Majors,” reveals that the pay scales of college majors ranges from $29,000 for counseling majors to $120,000 for petroleum engineering majors. This first of
Accounting Association Notes Strong Demand for Accounting Grads
Tweet Demand for Accountants One group of recent grads won’t have much trouble finding work this year. That’s because demand for accounting grads is strong according to a report issued
Colleges Fail to Teach Entrepreneurial Skills Poll Finds
Tweet That May 2011 released survey, which focused upon entrepreneurism and education, noted that traditional teaching methods don’t equip students to launch start-up operations later on. Formidable Global Competition Small
Job Picture Begins to Brighten for 2011 Grads
Tweet NACE sees rise in job offers for 2011 grads. 2011 Student Survey The murky job picture college grads anticipated facing as they began looking for work this year appears
4 Job Finding Tips for New Grads
Tweet Like thousands of other graduates, you’ve finished school, but you don’t have a job. That’s understandable given that unemployment is about 9 percent and lots of people who are
Unique Ways to Find Internships
Tweet By JC Ryan Internships are not awarded to wallflowers. Waiting for an invitation or an opportunity may well cause stagnation and a poor impression in your field of endeavor.
Looking for Work? Make it McDonald’s!
Tweet If you’re preparing to graduate from college in the coming weeks and are looking for full-time work, your local McDonald’s restaurant may have a job for you. No, you
The Correlation Between a College Degree and Lifetime Earnings
Tweet By George Gallagher It has always been said that a person does not need a college degree in order to become very wealthy over time. This is still the
Critics Call for Closure of Kaplan University
Tweet Founded in 1937 as the American Institute of Commerce, Kaplan University is owned by the Washington Post Company and is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and
College Programs and How They Manifest Into Career Industries
Tweet By Paula Newton Choosing a major has never been more complicated. There are an ever increasing number of different possibilities to select from – the options can seem confusing
