Monthly Archives: April 2010

In the coming weeks, we’ll be serving up a stream of posts
about why the summer is such a great time to take college courses – both online
and in the classroom. Today, let’s take a look at some reasons why summer is such
a good time to sign up, log in, and start learning.
Reason one:  You can [...]

For years, it’s been an open secret that students get preferential treatment when applying to the colleges that their parents attended.

Is that fair? It depends. Colleges think it is a good idea. Applicants who lack the right connections tend to disagree.

Colleges have fielded a number of justifications for the practice. Some of these reasons sound [...]

In the current economy, more than ever it is critical for a job seeker to have a resume that stands out. A resume is a sales document and you are the item for sale! It takes some work to write a crisp, clear, well-organized resume, but hopefully the end result will be worth it. Following [...]

If you think that only students at brick-and-mortar colleges get to study overseas, we have some good news for you. Online learners get to study abroad too, in lots of exciting places.
Here are two examples of programs that don’t discriminate against online learners . . .
Instituto Hemingway offers many Spanish-language courses in Bilbao [...]

More colleges are requiring students to take additional courses before they arrive on campus
Once upon a time, a college freshman could arrive on campus with writing or math skills that were just a tick below admissions standards. And guess what? The college offered them courses that would address those shortcomings.
Then colleges began to realize [...]

A student we know named Sophie got some good news last April. Her transfer application was approved! As she was hoping, she could leave her quiet little all-women’s college and transfer to a big university that offered football, excitement – and boys.
Then the following week, a fat envelope arrived. It contained instructions on procedures she [...]

The waiting is over.  You know which colleges want you to be part of their student body.  After all the months of waiting to find out if you "made the grade", now it’s your turn to decide which school will make your final cut.  Still, this can be a daunting decision.  Without a doubt, the [...]

Okay, we’re not going to take sides in this argument. We only want to relate some news that was recently reported in USA Today.
In that article, “Will Tea Party groups threaten community college funding?” reporter David Moltz writes “As if the recession had not given community college advocates enough to worry about, some fear [...]

A Quick Review of Tax Basics

You don’t have to become an accountant to minimize the taxes you pay. And depending on the complexity of your financial situation, you might not need to hire one either.
But whether you do your taxes yourself or bring in a pro, you can still avoid some of the bigger mistakes [...]

What is the first place you would try to cut educational classroom costs if you were running a college?
If you have a good head for business, it probably didn’t take you long to realize that high-enrollment introductory courses are the place where you could save the most dollars without harming the quality of your [...]

How to Beef Up Your Study Skills
Once upon a time, educators believed that people were either "good students" or "bad students."
Good students found it easy to absorb information and pass tests about it.
Bad students found it hard to soak up information and pass tests about it.
Some educators foolishly believed that the ability to study efficiently [...]