The 'Bush administration' recently passed rules designed to limit the number of welfare recipients enrolled in college programs. Officials justified the decision here. Supporters claim that...
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From Inside Higher Ed: "We know we did wrong, and we admit that. Please don't be too hard on us." That's how Bill Greulich, a spokesman for Victor Valley Community College,...
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There's one syllabus at the University of Wisconsin Madison that may have to be revised. "Islam: Religion and Culture," taught by Kevin Barrett, posits unpopular opinionsBarrett, a...
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The Commission on the Future of Higher Education recently drafted a national strategy plan for improving higher education. Of course, you can't make improvements without first finding the...
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It can't be denied that college is getting more and more expensive. Often it seems that financial resources are getting more and more scarce. The United States has always led the way with inflated...
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by Rhys on June 30, 2006
Summertime brings many things: mosquitoes, sunburn, extended daylight. In Florida, it also brings the boom of the Disney College Program. If working for Disney seemed like a dream come true when you...
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Filed in archive Campus Life
by Rhys on June 30, 2006
If you'd grown up in a tiny, isolated Alaskan town, homeschooled your entire life, with the nearest phone more than 50 miles away, would you have trouble adjusting to university life? Of course...
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by Rhys on June 30, 2006
When did you start preparing for college? Junior year? Junior high? Perhaps you thought it was never too early to prepare. This seems to be the sentiment of some motivated middle school students who...
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Section 529 plans have long been a preferred method of getting the funds to pay for college. Some recent changes to the tax codes have made these plans even more viable. These savings plans offer tax...
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Filed in archive Student Issues
by Rhys on June 30, 2006
Every time I find an article like this, I rejoice. Recent college graduate Kalee Iacoangeli tells us why college takes much more than just a financial commitment, and how the most important lessons...
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Ticktock, ticktock, ticktock.... The end is near for Larry Summers, the embattled president of harvard university. Tomorrow, June 30, marks his last day in office. Derek Bok, Harvard's president...
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by Rhys on June 29, 2006
What college student couldn't use some extra money? This may be the easiest way you've ever made any. StudentLoanConsolidator.com, a service of the Student loan Network, recently announced...
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Filed in archive MBA programs
by Mark on June 19, 2006
(Source: Harvard Business School) That's the question behind a documentary on Harvard Business School graduates. The film aims to track HBS alums, visiting them every few years to chart their...
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by Mark on June 12, 2006
Every year, commencement speakers across the country try their best to say something original, something inspiring, something memorable. They most often fail. Commencement speeches, as a result, wind...
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by Mark on June 09, 2006
Students arriving at Stanford Business School next fall will discover a new philosophy of curricular freedom and individual choice. Consider this from the Boston Globe: Starting in the fall of...
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by Rhys on June 06, 2006
Some students attend college for the richness of experience; others go in order to set up a promising financial future. Whatever your motivation, you're going to need a good job when you graduate....
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Filed in archive Campus Life
by Mark on June 06, 2006
(Source: UCLA) Startling news from UCLA, courtesy of the LA Times: This fall 4,852 freshmen are expected to enroll at UCLA, but only 96, or 2%, are African American - the lowest figure in decades and...
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by Rhys on June 04, 2006
With the Internet encompassing so much of our lives these days, providing our entertainment, valuable information, and pathways to exciting careers, the quality of your web development software is...
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by Mark on June 02, 2006
We all get them-those pesky dinnertime phone calls from people asking us for money. We're annoyed, and our meal's getting cold. So we mumble something obscene into the phone and abruptly hang...
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