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A Look at Where 15,600 Liberal Arts Grads Got Jobs

on March 7, 2013 in Academic quality, Academics, Colleges, Liberal Arts Colleges

Today I’m sharing a post written by David Kochanek, who is the publisher of LiberalArtsColleges.com, a site dedicated to providing students and parents with the information they need to make intelligent college decisions. In his post he examines the the beauty of pursuing a liberal arts degree from the perspective of Williams College, an elite [...]

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25 Colleges with the Best Professors

on February 26, 2013 in Academic quality, Academics, College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

Where do the best college professors teach? This is an important question, particularly when you consider that traditional college professors are disappearing. Less than one out of three teachers on college campuses today are tenured or on the tenured track. Most college students today are being taught primarily by graduate students and part-time faculty. (See [...]

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Questions to Ask a Career Services Office

on February 5, 2013 in Academic quality, Academics, Careers

Today I’m sharing a guest post from Stuart Nachbar, a former executive at a major education software company, who is the creator of a valuable website called EducatedQuest.com. On this website, you’ll find a growing number of in-depth profiles of state universities that Nachbar writes after campus visits that includes lengthy interviews. I have never [...]

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A Secret to Acing Final Exams

on December 13, 2012 in Academics, Admissions, College readiness, Grades

What is the best way to ace your final exams? This is a timely question as millions of high school and college students are taking their final exams. You might assume that reading textbooks and notes over and over again is the best way to study, but researchers from Purdue and Washington University insist that [...]

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Chasing After the Money in College

on December 11, 2012 in Academic majors, Academics

Is your child interested in picking a college major based on lists of the country’s highest-paying college degrees? Plenty of students are pursuing degrees that they perceive will generate the biggest salaries. I assume that’s why business is the most popular major – more than one out of every five students select it. I can’t [...]

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A Look at America’s Newest PhD’s

on December 7, 2012 in Academics, Graduate degrees

I hear from a lot of parents who assume that their children will eventually go on to graduate school. And that’s hardly surprising since Americans who earn a master’s degree or a doctorate typically earn more in their lifetimes than the rest of us. For those who dream that their children will someday earn a [...]

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