Going to college as an undeclared major often leads to students having to spend extra semesters or years in college to get the classes that they need for the major that they eventually choose.
Instead of joining the crowds attending the Shanghai Expo, I spent much of my summer preparing to serve as a chaperone for a group of college students traveling to India earlier this month on a two-week study tour.
If that money had to be borrowed and repaid, the investment in education could quickly become marginal compared to alternatives, especially as college students are a self-selected group who would probably earn more than the average high school graduate anyway.
Niconchuk signed up for Facebook in 2005, just after it opened to high school students, and started searching for college friends as soon as he received his acceptance to Tufts.
Through technology-enabled mentoring, Mike is enlisting the vast array of experienced and caring adults within a community to serve as 1:1 mentors, helping all students within a school develop critical skills linked to college success.
Subscriber metrics for cable operators like Comcast tend to soften in the second quarter, as college students and seasonal residents relocate for the summer months.
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Instead, the areas near college campuses, including Harvard and MIT, shine bright, uncovering the first clue as to why PBR may be popular among hipsters and college students: Pricing.
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To ingratiate themselves to college customers, online booksellers run ads in school newspapers and hire students to act as roving ambassadors tactics that are long on cool and less expensive than traditional marketing methods.
Until recently, the kiddie tax only applied to children under the age of 14, but in 2005, the Tax Increase Protection and Reconciliation Act moved the age to 18, and the new legislation that was passed on Friday expanded it further: Effective Jan. 1, 2008, the kiddie tax will apply to children age 18 and younger as well as college students under the age of 24.
Specifically, DivestTerror.org will educate elected officials, public employee beneficiaries, college students and professors and individual investors as to how they can enlist in and help wage that war.
Likewise, buying a health-insurance policy from a college generally isn't a qualified expense but a parent might have an argument if the college requires all students to have coverage as a condition of enrollment, says Andrea Feirstein, managing director at AKF Consulting Group, which advises states that administer 529s.
In fact, 2 out of 3 college students graduated with debt in 2008 as compared to less than half in 1993, reports FinAid.org.
So as of 2007, The College Board will begin offering its Mandarin AP exams, which is almost certain to spark even more interest as students clamor for that early college credit.
Mr Wales said the website still lacked the authority to be used as a citeable source for college-aged and university students.
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Affleck also chatted backstage with the college film students who won a contest to serve as trophy carriers during the ceremony.
Maker Corps will hire 1300 hire college students over the next 3 years to serve as mentors and educators to children in summer and after-school programs.
So some of the most fun I've had as President is when I get a chance to talk with you, college students, about the importance of earning a higher education in today's economy.
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The site www.happybirthdaystevejobs.com was created by Raul-Gabriel Urma along with several computing students from Imperial College London, as a tribute to the Apple co-founder who is now on indefinite medical leave.
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After McCarren fingered a particular liquor store in Georgetown as one of the spots underage high school and college students flock to for illegal purchases of said beverages, those under 21 got angry.
Mr Watt cited sports coaching as an example of college courses which are popular with students but lead to relatively few jobs.
The event was affiliated with the Tulane College Democrats and held off campus as a way for students to get acquainted with the organization.
Available in several colors--including Dragon Jacquard, Burnt Adobe and Roasted Brown--it means college students can now rock out to their favorite tunes as they make their way across campus.
As nearly all prospective college students know, colleges rarely miss an opportunity to trumpet favorable recognition they receive from national publications (like Forbes, whose college rankings are compiled by CCAP).
There are about 2000 US universities trying to increase student body diversity by offering commissions, and paying college counselors such as those in Bangalore handsome sums to send them international students.
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Some high school and college students who were brought to the U.S. as young children began living openly and holding rallies.
He's convinced that the US military absolutely must be able to tap into the talent pool of college students across the country as a matter of national security.
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On their website as of May 16, the Boston College pro-choice law students vow to "promote awareness of reproductive issues in order "to ensure that future lawyers will be prepared to successfully defend and expand reproductive rights.
To illustrate the points, he documents everything from a sadly amusing competition to house the tallest climbing wall in Texas to the fact that as state budgets are tightening and unemployment is rising, many institutions are unable to serve more students as evidenced by California pairing back its public college enrollment by 165, 000 in the 2009-10 school year even as the for-profit sector added capacity.
The Obama administration has a cradle-to-career agenda to support states and districts as they reform their schools and make college more affordable for students.
Most important, she confirmed my observation that students continue to want more from their college experience, especially as a socially-conscious and technologically-savvy millennial generation enters campuses nationwide.
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