Some students see college as the chance to live in sweatpants and flip-flops. If you are a prospective college student, you may be looking forward to the freedom of no dress code, especially if you came from a strict high school. When dressing for class, however, keep in mind that what you wear to class [...]
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For students who need some sort of financial assistance to attend college, it’s a good thing grants are no longer limited to just the one that was offered by Lady Anne Mowlson in 1643. She is credited with offering the first ever college grant of 100 pounds to Harvard in that year. Now, a little [...]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that civil engineering is the largest of all the field’s specialties. As of 2008, there were over 278,000 of them out of 1.6 million engineers in the U.S. As it stands, President Obama pushed through a multi-billion dollar national stimulus package last year, which green lights the construction of [...]
The costs associated with attending college can overwhelm and deter people from furthering their education. But there may be a way to finance your education through your current employer. A portion of your costs for school, or possibly your entire tuition, could be covered. You can even maintain the work schedule you are on if [...]
You see the ads whenever you go on the net. They claim that President Obama himself wants single mothers to go back to school. Thing is, when you peel through the layers of hype, the core of the message is true. The country’s chief executive has set up a program that actually helps single parents [...]
There are many advantages to enrolling in an online college, as opposed to taking courses on a campus in person. You have the ability to set your own pace. Take as few as one class or two classes, or as many as five, per semester. Attend classes in the middle of the afternoon, or late [...]
If you want to be a more sellable commodity in a flooded job market or to earn more money in the future, you might consider higher education. And Internet-based classes and online degree programs these days offer the flexibility to accomplish this goal on your own time, in your own space and when you don’t [...]
National Public Radio recently broad casted a story about one young student, Ken Ilgunas. In order to afford going to Duke University, Ilgunas lives in a beat-up Econovan. He lives on a diet primarily of oatmeal, peanut butter and pasta. It’s a quarter mile hike if he has to relieve himself. It makes one wonder [...]
With the job market currently suffering a pinch, many are choosing to seek further education as a means of biding their time. Online degree programs designed for those currently serving in the military on active-duty are growing in popularity as a means of obtaining a higher education from the convenience of your own home and [...]
Trying to balance studying for an advanced education and holding down a full-time job is not the easiest thing to do. The introduction of the online university school does take some of the burden off of the hardworking student. At least such a person doesn’t have to go to night school, like their parents did [...]