Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Entrepreneur and The Princeton Review collaborated on ranking the top 25 entrepreneurial graduate schools. They wanted to shed light on the programs offered by schools to prepare students with entrepreneurship goals.
The magazine uses the following parameters to assemble the list: number of entrepreneurship courses, enrolled students who started business, percentage ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
The U.S. News Law School Rankings might be drastically changing their ranking system to crack down schools that are gaming the influential list. The rankings have become a barometer for prospective students. They also have an impact on the way law firms hire and how much alumni donates.
It has become ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Whether to take Advance Placement (AP) courses – “college-level” courses – in high school is a BIG discussion topic for students who want to apply to top colleges. This is because how many of the AP courses offered at a student’s high school are taken by a student is a ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Universities have begun handing out iPhones and iPod Touchs to freshmen. The Internet enabled devices open several doors for school administration. The devices connect to campus Wifi and do not require cellphone data plans. Many professors frowned on the decision to give these multimedia handhelds to students. A heated debate ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
To many parents and teens the idea of considering – during the summer before 9th grade – where the student may apply to college in 12th grade seems way over the top. Why put on the pressure so early?
Ironically, applying to college in 12th grade may be easier because of ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
As the mother of two high school girls, one a Senior and the other a Sophomore, I’m trying to prepare them for the day they leave the comfort of our home.
Here are five things I want them to know:
1. You will have to start at the bottom.
You will not have ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
The American Institute of Architects have selects the greenest buildings every year. We sorted through their selections and plucked the most interesting college and high school buildings.
Yale Sculpture Building and Gallery
Location: New Haven, CT
Built on derelict parking lot - Project features bicycle stalls and showers - Waterless urinals, dual-flush toilets, ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Student lender Sallie Mae released a shocking report, indicating that most families do not factor cost, when picking a college. Forty percent of families do not even estimate total expenses. The study was based on 1,400 interviews with parents and undergraduates registered for 2007-2008 year.
Families seem to overlook that a ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
If your feet, legs, and ankles are causing you pain, it could be the popular summer time footwear; flip-flops. Over the last couple of years flip-flops have made their way from the pool and beach to everyday wear. Take a walk on any high school or college campus and you ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
In an effort to curve dangerous binge drinking, college presidents from the nations top schools are pressuring lawmakers to lower the legal drinking age to 18. The consensus among this group of school officials is that the current restrictions encourage excessive behavior.
John McCardell , a Middlebury College president started the ...
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