Choosing the Right Online College In today’s educational arena, students have a veritable buffet of menu options when deciding what college is right for them. Those choices are influenced by finances, work schedules, family responsibilities for adult students, and career plans, to name just a few of the things that weigh in on the decision process. Students Read more…

Just because you don’t see a person carrying a backpack or heading to campus on a bike doesn’t mean you’re not looking at today’s college student. They’re all around you, but they do their work in secret: the scholar of today often learns in the privacy of his or her home, studying by the light of a Read more…

Tips To Make Your Semester Easier Before It Even Begins You have no doubt heard the old adage, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and that is because it is so true. As your long break off from school comes near its end, putting some thought and time into getting ready for next Read more…

Eight Mistakes College Students Should Avoid Wait Until The First Week of Classes to Buy Books There are two reasons that you don’t want to do this. First, and most importantly, you will get behind in your reading for classes! Yes, it can happen that quickly! Depending on the classes you take, you may be reading hundreds Read more…

Eight Must Haves For Your College Study Sanctuary Whether you are taking college classes online or heading out to a local traditional college to attend class, the one thing you definitely need is a “study sanctuary.” Now, some of you might think that phrase an oxymoron, but just wait until your classes really get rolling, and you Read more…

Five Tips For Writing College Term Papers I teach basic Freshman English at the college level, and every semester I have at least one student who complains, asking why he or she should have to take two semesters of English if it’s not his or her major. My answer is always the same – English isn’t the Read more…

How To Leverage Your Online Education In Job Interviews Online colleges have been around long enough that countless employers have overcome their unreasonable bias against them. Employers also understand that online education is going nowhere soon, since the number of online college students continue to increase year after year. Even the Ivy League universities, such as Harvard Read more…

How To Make Your Second Semester More Successful So you started out excited about a new college semester, but your grades were less than impressive. Take heart! A new year means a new semester when you get a fresh start on being the successful college student you know you can be. If you have regrets about last Read more…