Your New Best Friend on Campus: The Librarian
Besides for a theme party costume, when was the last time your really thought about your college librarian? If you’re a college student in 2010, you’re probably pretty satisfied with your knowledge of databases, digital research tools and even the Dewey Decimal System. But college librarians...
Welcome Home: How to Sell Your Study Abroad Experience in the Real World
In 2008, USA Today reported that a "record" number of U.S. college students were choosing to spend at least part of their college years studying abroad: a whopping 150% more students than had ventured overseas in the 1990s. And despite the languishing economy, colleges in this country are...
The Communications Degree
Majoring in Communications is rapidly becoming one of the most popular pursuits in colleges around the country. Within the past 15 years, this discipline has seen a sharp rise in students declaring it as their major. It covers such a wide expanse of topics, but is becoming so popular due to the internet...
101 Ways to Hack a Super Stressful Day
Everyone has a stressful day now and then, and knowing how to handle it when it comes around can be essential to making sure you get through it with sanity intact. Balancing online classes, work, family and friends can be hard, but you can do it with a little hard work and planning. Here are some simple...
Craigslist Can Be a Useful Resource for College Students
Long gone are the days of looking at classifieds in the local newspaper. These days, if you need something, all you have to do is visit Craigslist. This Web site can be a great resource for college students, as long as they practice caution when contacting sellers and always meet them at neutral locations. College...
Choosing a Computer to Suits Your Needs
Finding a computer that is going to meet your needs as a student can be a difficult process as there are many factors to consider. You need to consider all the different brands available and then research the capabilities of all the brands’ different models. An overriding concern is cost. ...
Are College Students Abusing Substances? Signs Point to No
For some, the words "college" and "partying" go hand in hand, as students are no longer living under their parents households and may use this time of freedom to experiment like never before. But just because students can abuse substances doesn’t mean that they will, and contrary...
10 Successful People Who Are Total Luddites
As a tech-savvy student who attends college online, you may find it surprising that there are some people in this world who are completely illiterate when it comes to technology, or who are philosophically, fundamentally opposed to our society’s dependence on the Internet and gadgets. Called...
What are Shared Degrees?
Colleges and universities across the country are in financial crisis. Amidst budget cuts and lost federal and state funding, schools are being forced to make tough decisions to make ends meets. These decisions often entail cutting programs and classes that are under enrolled. These cuts could spell...
Microsoft’s School of the Future
Several years ago, Microsoft and the City of Philadelphia teamed up to create a revolutionary new kind of school. Together they wanted to overhaul the current school system and curriculum, promote the use of technology in the classroom and better prepare minority students for post-secondary education....

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