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Posted on Jul 02, 2012 - 06:00 AM
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| Comments (0) Everyone loves a visionary, that person who sees the next big thing in business, technology, entertainment, you name it. They even become household names: Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg. But being a visionary isn’t just about innovation and revolution. It’s a skill you can apply to your own future. It lets you set up a career and college path to your future success. Establishing a Career and College Path The first thing you need to do is consider careers that interest you. Will those jobs be hot in 5 years? 10 years? 20? Many of t... More
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Posted on Jun 27, 2012 - 06:00 AM | Career Prep | Comments (0) “If you think college is expensive, try ignorance.” – Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University This quote by Mr. Bok came to mind the other day after the Kinsey Global Institute released a report on the value of a college education in an increasingly technological world. Of course, Mr. Bok wasn’t just referring to ignorance as a lack of education leading to a lack of money, but rather as Socrates would say, living the “unexamined life.” But in this day and age of sky-high tuition, massive student loans, a struggling job ... More
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Posted on Apr 30, 2012 - 06:00 AM | Career Prep | Comments (0) As parents, we have two visions of our children. In one, they’re finishing college with a great degree and heading into the workforce bent on making their mark in the world. In the other, they’re a college dropout, sleeping on our couch and playing video games at ten in the morning. Both are extremes, but at a time when 85% of college graduates move back home, only 56% graduate in six years, and 35% never graduate, it’s easy to see why we worry. So how do you make sure college is a career builder and not a career buster? Creating a Successful Colleg... More
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Posted on Apr 04, 2012 - 06:00 AM | Career Prep | Comments (0) What’s a liberal arts major to do in a world demanding grads with a STEM degree? That questions been plaguing college students for two decades now. The answer: Counter those demands with your own career plan. Consider these facts: · Only 15% of students major in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, or math). 85% of college students pursue something else. · 40% of STEM students leave their major because it’s too difficult. Some leave college all t... More
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 - 06:00 AM | Career Prep | Comments (0) Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. – Martin Luther King, Jr. On this holiday when we encourage the nation to come together as a whole, it’s a good idea to look at one other way in which we’re uniting, like it or not. While there’s been a big call to keep education local and let school districts and states handle curricula and graduation requirements, the exact opposite has been happening. Among the 31 states that require exit exams prior to granting high-school diplomas: · ... More
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Posted on Dec 09, 2011 - 06:00 AM | Career Prep | Comments (0) The ancient Greeks had a great view of education – it was worth the trouble. Socrates said, “All learning is accompanied by pain.” His contemporary, Sophocles said, “Success is the reward of toil.” Two generations later, Aristotle added, “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” In other words, getting a good education is not supposed to be easy. It wasn’t easy then, and it’s not easy now. Today’s student faces different challenges, of course: rapidly rising tuition, high-interest student ... More
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