Tag "college"
7 Critical Ways to Improve Your Credit Score
A low credit score can effect you in ways beyond the interest rates you pay for your loans. Bad credit can keep you from leasing an apartment and may even stop you from getting a job.
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.
Six Steps to Prepare for Your Career While in College
Your time in college will fly by fast. Before you know it you will be on stage, collecting your degree and turning your tassel. Hopefully, you’ll have a job offer in hand too and ready to launch your career.
Key Indications Your College is in Trouble
Earlier this month SayCampusLife reported that a small college in New Hampshire suddenly canceled classes just before the start of the current academic year.
College Worth: The Experts Weigh In
A generation ago, if you attended college and walked away with a bachelor’s degree, there was a good chance that a job offer and a career path were awaiting you.
First Year College Student: After the Euphoria Dies
The weeks leading up to your freshman orientation were filled with excitement. At orientation, you got a good feel for the school, met your roommate and began to make new friends.
The Pros and Cons of Dorm Life
You are heading off to college and will soon encounter a familiar environment: West Hall, the dorm building you have lived in for the past two years.
Education City: Academia Rises in Qatar
Qatar (pronounced cutter) is home to just over 2 million people, a sovereign Arab country found on the northeasterly coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders Saudi Arabia and is a nation of tremendous wealth, due to oil production.
How to Avoid Alcohol Pressure While at College
Despite a national drinking age of 21, alcohol is widely available across most of the nation’s campuses. Some schools such as Brigham Young University not only ban alcohol, but require students to adhere to an honor code. Violate the code and students can be disciplined or expelled.
ACT Test Preparation Advice and Tips
For years, the ACT trailed the SAT in the number of annual test takers. Beginning in 2011, more students sat for the ACT than they did for the SAT, underscoring the ACT’s growing influence.
Technology, Higher Education and You
Technology has had a profound effect on society, connecting people like never before. In the education sector instructors and students alike have benefited, with access to schooling one result.
At-Risk Students in Danger of Failing
It should not come as much of a surprise that at-risk students have a greater risk in failing. These students are identified as coming from select ethnic minorities and include English language learners, students with disabilities and low-income families.
