by Sam Jordan The cost of higher education sucks. It does. And don’t try to tell us the money is worth it because you receive some “gift of knowledge that keeps on giving”—horse pucky. College is what you go through to get a good job and learn which beers won’t make you violently ill. But [...]
We love Facebook, for many reasons. It lets us stay in touch with everyone we know, keeps us from forgetting birthdays, and provides an insight into what our friends and family are doing. Also, apparently, it lets college students land smack on their faces in front of the entire campus, not to mention the rest [...]
Safety on a college campus: It’s not the first thing you think about as you’re deciding on where to go to school (or send your child to school), but maybe it should be. So before you apply for that private student loan, listen up. We looked at campuses across the country and found the ones [...]
One of the founders of PayPal, Peter Thiel, does not want you to go to college. Instead, if you’re smart enough (as in, “started college in third grade” smart enough), he’ll give you $100,000 in seed money to start your own business. Thiel is jumping headfirst into a major debate over the necessity of college, [...]
Students attend college as an institution of higher learning. Studies should naturally be their main concern. However, all work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Engaging in other activities could act as a break from schoolwork. A good example is a part time job that generates income. Forex trading makes a great part [...]
Here’s a scary statistic: Your average student leaves college $20,000 in debt, and some unfortunate souls leave school with whopping six-figure debt totals. But don’t worry! It’s possible to pay for school. It will just cost you your time, and quite possibly your dignity and self-respect. But, hey, at least you can pay off those [...]
People love “rags to riches” stories, because it sends the message that we don’t need anything but hard work to succeed. But is that really true? Did modern-day billionaires actually come up from nothing? Or did they have an edge? Here are the facts, and how long it took them after high school to become [...]
We should say this up front: if you’re considering going to a school because of its party reputation, that’s a really bad idea. You should choose a school based on what it has to offer you academically, not what it has to offer you in terms of beer pong. You have your entire adult life [...]
It’s the fear of every single college student, especially when they follow the news: they’ll graduate into a terrible job market freighted under an enormous load of student debt, and be stuck working at a fast food joint for the rest of their lives, unable to pay off their loans. It made us wonder: what [...]
Ever wonder how college students perform, once they leave the warm nurturing teat of higher education? It’s not exactly commonly-released data: if colleges found out their alumni don’t do much better than high school graduates, it wouldn’t exactly help their bottom line. As a result, it can be frustrating for students to find out just [...]
