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Job Hunting Tips for New Grads

For new graduates looking for their first post-college job, Alexandra Levit, Author, "They Don't Teach Corporate in College A Twenty-Something's Guide to the Business World,” offers the following five tips to get you off on the right foot: 1. Pick a Career Read More...

AVOIDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT STRESS

The following article by Chris Studer , Chief Executive Officer of ScholarPoint Financial, Inc. is courtesy of Higher Education Washington, Inc. http://www.hewi.net/ Financial Aid Advice  7/26/07 AVOIDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT STRESS Recent graduates are Read More...

Health Insurance Coverage Drops for Recent College Grads

According to an "Economic Snapshot" from the Economic Policy Institute, employed college graduates between the ages of 23 and 27 are increasingly less likely to receive health insurance provided by their employers. The rate of employer paid health benefits, Read More...

Confusion Reigns Supreme on Student Loans

According to a recent report by Consumers Union ( http//www.consumersunion.org/ ) when it comes to student loans—confusion reigns supreme. When given information currently used by schools, the Department of Education and lenders, parents and students Read More...

Student Loan Legislation Hurts Small Lenders

The following article is courtesy of www.hewi.net . STUDENT LOAN BUDGET BILLS ESPECIALLY HARSH ON SMALLER LENDERS, EXPERTS, LENDERS SAY By Maria Koklanaris July 24, 2007 Lenders agree that the passage of student loan budget reconciliation bills in the Read More...

Starting Salaries Increase for New Grads

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), reports that employers continue to offer higher starting salaries to new college graduates. According to the quarterly salary survey, higher salaries are not just for those in engineering, computer Read More...

Student Journalists Victorious in Oregon

Today, the governor of Oregon will sign the first law to help protect student journalists in both high school and college. The new law will give students the right to sue their schools if they believe their free-press rights are violated; it also makes Read More...

Working Poor and Higher Education

The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), in a recent report, calls for better policies to help America’s working poor earn college degrees. The report, “College Access for the Working Poor: Overcoming Burdens to Succeed in Higher Education,” Read More...

Cell Phone Fun

A college student at UCLA accidentally dropped her cell phone into a toilet on Valentine’s Day; she replaced the phone, was assigned a new phone number and that’s when it started. Her new phone was flooded with wrong number calls and text messages between Read More...

Wasting Time at Work

According to a Salary.com survey, employees admit to spending an average of 2.09 hours each day surfing the Internet, running personal errands, making personal phone calls, socializing with colleagues and other non-work related activities. Below are highlights Read More...

College Cost Reduction Act

As President and CEO of ScholarPoint, Chris Studer, wishes the College Cost Reduction Act really was legislation to reduce college costs. Instead H.R. 2669, which was passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday, would increase loan costs for 6.5 Read More...

Cost of operating colleges rises slightly

The costs of operating institutions of higher education rose only 3.4 percent in the last academic year, which is the smallest gain since 2002-2003 according to the Commonfund Institute’s Higher Education Price Index. Why? Utility bills at colleges and Read More...

Employers check credit, personalities before hiring

In the UK, where there is an average of 29 applicants for every job, blue chip companies have begun using psychometric personality tests to select graduate employees. Testing attributes of ability under pressure, emotional intelligence, and logical thinking Read More...