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Another Student Loan Resource:If your idea of an ideal campus job is earning money working from the computer in your dorm room, you’re in luck. Not that there’s anything wrong with the typical on-campus gig where you’re paid minimum wage and have to show up on a set schedule for a certain number of hours [...]

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Australian Phyllis Turner is not one to sit back and kick up her Easy Spirits. The 94-year-old great-great-grandmother—the world’s oldest recipient of a master’s degree—has officially put many working professionals to shame.
 
In the face of this sweet, cane-toting granny’s accomplishments, who can offer up any excuse for not pursuing a graduate degree? [...]

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YouTube, Digg, Flickr, Meebo, Facebook, MySpace, Wikipedia. These media, networking, and reference sites have exploded onto the Web scene, bringing with them access to an incredible amount of information and the ability to interact with millions of individuals across the globe.
 
Making new college friends on Facebook, keeping up with old ones through [...]

Another Student Loan Resource:“Green” for college students doesn’t mean what it used to. The phrase that once only conjured images of leafy substances now signifies recycling bins and fuel-efficient cars.
 
The “Go Green” campaign geared up into craze mode following Al Gore’s widely successful documentary of 2006, An Inconvenient Truth. And the trend has spread across [...]

Another Student Loan Resource:College students everywhere were dying of anticipation about a month ago, waiting to get their hands on one of Apple’s new iPhones, hailed by some as the new messiah of mobile media. Released last month, it was one of the most hyped products in years, with ads plastered all over the Internet, [...]

The following article by Chris Studer, Chief Executive Officer of ScholarPoint Financial, Inc.is courtesy of Higher Education Washington, Inc. http://www.hewi.net/ 
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ï‚·  7/26/07 AVOIDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT STRESS Recent graduates are leaving college stressed out over how they are going to pay back their student loans. No wonder– nearly two-thirds of students graduating from four-year colleges and universities [...]

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 Instead of a Job
2.  If You Can’t Get a Job Right Away, Don’t [...]