U.S. News Ultimate College Guide 2011, 8E (Us News Ultimate College Guide)
FROM THE LEADER IN COLLEGE RANKINGS The Most Accurate Up-to-Date Information on the Nation’s Colleges and Universities Public or private? Where does it rank? How hard is it to get in? Students per teacher Too big or too small? Compare your test score...
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What a cool trip this Full Sail student will go on.
Mark Dohn has been selected as a member of the Education & Research Team for the impossible2Possible Expedition Amazon 2010 (jungle2010.com). The expedition will begin on October 20, 2010. Full Sail University (fullsail.edu), and entertainment media school, located in Winter Park, FL, has announced...
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Guest Post: Citigroup Sells Student Loans Subsidiary to Sallie Mae, Discover
On September 17, Citi Holdings, a division of Citigroup Inc., announced the sale of the indirect subsidiary The Student Loan Corp. (SLC) to Sallie Mae and Discover Financial Services.
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Trained dogs inspect dorms for bed bugs before students move in at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. WTMJ reports. More on the Bed Bug Epidemic and potential solutions
More on the Bed Bug Epidemic and potential solutions
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Students are turning to the Web and social networking to raise money for creative projects. Some have gravitated to Kickstarter.com to help raise the money through crowd-sourced funding. Kickstarter represents a new way of funding creative projects. Neither investment nor donation, projects are funded because people believe in them and they are given...
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StudentNow.com recently launched a College Search feature to allow prospective students to search for nearby colleges or online programs. People can search by zip code for nearby programs; they can search by degree type; and they can search by the type of program. The search pulls-up a list of schools and programs as...
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An innovative Mississippi State University workshop introduces local high school students to a snapshot of what it’s like to study architectur.
Design Discovery Director Michael Berk said of the program: “The intent is to give them a simulated experience of what it would be like to study architecture in college and, specifically, what it would...
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While the job market is still terrible for recent college graduates (and other job seekers), there are signs of slight improvement. Job opportunities for the graduating class of 2010 are turning out to be just a bit better than for the class of 2009. Companies plan to hire 5% more new college graduates this...
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Actress Emma Watson tells Vanity Fair magazine about her time as a student at Brown University. She was concerned about fitting-in and feeling normal. But those fears for allayed when she got there and got to know her roommate and fellow students.
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Allison Frisch will start college at freshman dorms at Stephens College, with a special roommate, her 10-year-old Shetland sheepdog, Taffy. Stephens is hoping to smooth anxieties as students transition into college.
Other schools, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the State University of New York at Canton are welcoming cats into the dorms. Eckerd College...
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