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What Are the Best Cities for 2013 College Graduates?

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:16:18 +0000

After getting their diplomas, a lot of college graduates decide to head to the big city to try and make it big. The question that arises, though, is which city is the right one? Well, after four (or five, or – gulp! – six) years of life on campus, 2013 college grads may want to [...]

Renee's Countdown to College Graduation: May 18, 2013

Renee Nelson — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:17:34 +0000

I am a college student, what they call an “adult learner”. I am more “adult” than some in my program, less “adult” than others. By “adult” I mean…old. I have been doing since fall of 2008. This May I am due to graduate from Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield. This will be my first college degree. And this is how I am managing to keep the end in sight.

'Project Login' Aims to Help Maine Students Connect to Computer Science+ IT Careers

Renee Nelson — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:06:27 +0000

This sounds interesting. Maine business and education leaders have launched an effort to double the number of computer science and information technology college graduates over the next four years. It’s called Project Login.

Hey College Seniors — Your Bender is Showing and No One Wants to Hire You

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:00:43 +0000

Despite the fact that some college tuitions have reached an excess of $50,000 per year, these days colleges can't guarantee that their graduates will have jobs waiting for them. In the wake of this uncertainty, some institutions have begun to guide their students in cleaning up their social media profiles, to lower the risk of a poorly-timed facebook post ruining their shot at employment.

Colorado Students Serve Classmates Pot Brownies as Prank

Emerald Catron — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:01:24 +0000

Just because it's legal to do it on your own time in Colorado, doesn't mean you can drug your whole class. Two University of Colorado students in Boulder thought it would be funny to bring pot brownies to a morning class to share. Then a bunch of people who ate them had freak-

outs. Suddenly it was not so fun.

Have You Had Enough of All the Conference Realignments? — Sports Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:12:34 +0000

On Monday Maryland announced that after 59 years in the Atlantic Coast Conference, it was leaving for the Big Ten. Rutgers will be following them, bringing the total number of Big Ten teams to 14. Numerical dissonance aside, are you getting tired of all this conference changing? To replace Maryland, one of its founding schools, [...]

Maine Babies Get a Head Start on Paying for College with the $500 Harold Alfond College Challenge Grant

Renee Nelson — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:02:14 +0000

A baby girl from Lisbon has become the 15,000th Maine newborn to receive a $500 Harold Alfond College Challenge Grant. Overall, the program has contributed more than $7.5 million to NextGen college savings for Maine kiddos.

Duke University Creates 'Harry Potter' Style Invisibility Cloak

Amanda Ferris — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:22:11 +0000

If you’re a fan of J.K. Rowling’s hit ‘Harry Potter‘ series, you must have longed for your own invisibility cloak so that you could go off on your own magical adventures just like Harry himself. But invisibility cloaks are merely fictional, right? Wrong! A team of researchers at Duke University have created the first invisibility [...]

Duke University Offers Course In 'The O.C.'

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:35:14 +0000

College classes based on TV shows aren’t a new thing, as series such as ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘The Wire’ have made their way into course catalogs. Thanks to Duke University, the latest show to make the lecture hall is ‘The O.C,’ the popular teen drama that ran between 2003 and 2007. Josh Schwartz, the show’s creator, [...]

What Are the Best 529 College-Savings Plans — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:40:21 +0000

Earlier this week, the investment ratings firm Morningstar released their annual list of the year’s best 529 college-savings plans. The 529 investment plan gets its name from section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, which states that contributions to these particular investments are exempt from taxation on any generated profits. Ideally, these investment accounts are [...]