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Career Planning

Career Choice: Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Legal practices are not only staffed by attorneys, but also include paralegals and legal assistants, individuals that help gather facts, prepare legal documents and research legal precedent.

Academics

The Good & the Bad of Intersession Courses

As colleges and universities wrap up the fall semester, the spring semester will kick in about four to six weeks later. During that lull, some institutions offer winter or “intersession” classes.

Fun News

Teens Continue to Abandon Facebook

Teenagers are the world’s future and that is why Facebook with more than 1 billion global users is very concerned. While much of the rest of the world is liking and sharing Facebook posts and pages, teen usage has been falling.

Career Planning

Career Choice: Biomass Plant Technicians

So-called “green jobs” are growing and it has little to do with sunlight, water or good soil. What has happened is that people want, no they are demanding that the earth be cleansed and left in good shape for generations to come.

Personal Advice

What Are the Pros and Cons of Attending College?

If you are considering attending college, you may have some ideas about what you want to study and even have plans in place for life beyond academia.

Campus News

College Board: Trends in College Pricing

The College Board has released its latest report, Education Pays, outlining the importance of pursuing a college education.

Advanced Education

College Instructor Teaching Requirements

While colleges and universities employ full, assistant and associate professors, many schools augment their faculty with part-time or adjunct individuals.

Academics

Is Pursuing a Journalism Degree Still Relevant Today?

Higher education has changed over the decades as some fields of study that were once considered of prime importance no longer seem so relevant.

Campus Life

Cheap Renters Insurance Tips and Advice

If you rent an apartment or a house, you may not be covered in the event your home is robbed or damaged following a fire, storm or other circumstance. You cannot count on your landlord making you whole, but you can count on an insurance company to step in provided you have renters insurance.

Online Education

Should You Take Online College Courses?

Students seeking to advance their education have numerous options available to them including public and private colleges and universities, two-year programs and online schools.

Academics

Flunking Out: How to Stay in College

Because of your dismally low grade point average, you have received notification from your college advisor that you must pull up your grades or risk getting booted out of college.

Education Tips

College Sophomores: What to Consider

You did it! You made it through your first year of college and are returning this fall to advance your education.