Every soon-to-be college student struggles with which major to choose once they are accepted to college. If your college-bound teen isn’t sure about a major and is open to options, the Wall Street journal posted a chart based on the 2010 Census data: College Major to Career. Choosing a major based on employment outlook might [...]
It’s no secret that there are things incredibly wrong with our higher education system. Tuition keeps rising and kids keep graduating with degrees and few job prospects. It’s clear that the “degree” is not enough to assure that the student received an education that prepared them for the workplace. It’s not just the economy that’s [...]
When my daughter was trying to decide on a college, I called my uncle who was a professor at the University of Tennessee to ask him what he thought of her final choices, some of which were technical colleges and business colleges. He said, “I think every student should get a strong liberal arts education.” [...]
College students at Occupy Wall Street are voicing their dissatisfaction with the amount of debt they have incurred and their inability to find gainful employment to pay off that debt. Recent news stories have reported that the national student loan debt will reach 1 Trillion dollars this year, exceeding credit card debt. Houston–we have a [...]
Over the weekend, 6 students were shot at a fraternity party near the University of Akron. This is why I’m not so sure advocating concealed weapons on campus is such a good idea. I get that after the Virginia Tech shootings, students and teachers believe that allowing concealed weapons on campus will protect them from [...]
When your student heads off to college, you want them to be happy. Happiness is measured in many different ways, but with colleges you can get a good idea by looking at their freshman retention rates. Happy freshmen translate into happy sophomores. What does that mean for parents? It means that if you send your [...]
Facebook has become the #1 student hangout these days. Instead of dragging your kids offline to do their homework, there’s a new Facebook app that might actually help them become engaged with other students academically. Hoot.me was started by three UT students as part of a business plan competition. It’s now an active service connecting [...]
I’ve been at this college admissions information game for awhile now. I’ve talked to parents of high school students, college students and even middle school students. If you were to poll them, the #1 concern would be: How do I pay for my child’s college education? Tuition prices keep rising, along with other costs, making a [...]
We’ve all seen the movies where that one student simply won’t graduate. They linger on for years, holding out with one credit just to stay on the college scene. I’ve often asked myself how true this is in real life. Are there students who are on the 5, 6 or even 7 year plan? A [...]
With the average student spending $900 per year on textbooks, there is a push to create open source textbooks, making the cost more affordable for parents and students. Of course this movement has opposition and is in it’s beginning stages; but this could be the future for college textbooks as it gathers momentum. The Atlantic [...]
