For anyone living or doing work internationally, distance education offers a chance to learn via online means. If you live abroad as a volunteer, a missionary, are traveling for a business enterprise regularly, or simply don’t have access to a ground school higher education for geographic or other factors, distance education offers you distinctive benefits. Read more...

Life is made up of thousands of dilemmas. Sometimes people get so caught up in making the right choice that they forget to act. Putting off a decision is the worst thing a person can do when it comes to his or her education. It doesn’t matter if the degree is received in a classroom Read more...

Over the past months, we have been deluged with bad and tough news on jobs and the economy. In many situations, this has caused fear among many. For others, the unstable job market has caused them to reflect on where they are in their career – or with their employer – and caused them to Read more...

We’ve written about the importance of doing research on the company before an interview. Here’s a tip that goes beyond the standard review of the company’s website: Make contact with at least one customer who does business with the company. You will be amazed at the information these customers are willing to share. Ask them Read more...

When you are in college, you’ll be exposed to all types of study habits. Some people study best in groups, while others prefer to cram in solitude. Some students study every single day, while others have never studied before in their lives. Whatever works for you, do it. Just know that however you choose to Read more...

Money is tight for many Americans today. If you don’t have a sufficient amount of resources to afford higher education, and your federal financial aid award just isn’t adequate, attempting to obtain scholarships is usually the next best choice. Scholarships are free money that you do not have to pay back. A number of scholarships Read more...

Is President Obama’s ambitious goal of producing eight million more college graduates by 2020 feasible? And, if so, how will the United States’ education system meet this lofty challenge?  The challenge can be met, say the results of a new report issued by three higher-education agencies.  But meeting the goal will require an unyielding commitment Read more...

One question students ask before returning to school is “will my degree help me get a job?” While a degree cannot guarantee employment, knowing where the opportunities are can help you make a decision in selecting a career path and degree program. Despite unemployment numbers remaining high, across the country there are desirable positions open Read more...

Budgeting does not have to be complicated. It does not require a computer, or fancy software, or fancy Excel spreadsheets. If you want to keep it simple, the best budgeting tools are pencil and paper. Here are three tips to erasing debt, using a budget made with old-fashioned pencil and paper. Tip # 1: Use Read more...

After all the hard work and effort, you finely landed the job.  The anxiety about what’s going to happen next is gone and you’re relieved that you can stop updating your resume.  Now that you have a job and you’re about to start next Monday, you’re starting to feel the sheer terror of what you Read more...