Why Your College Degree Has More Value Than You Think

A college degree goes beyond just improving your chances of getting a job and making money.  It offers other benefits as well.  The following post explains.

We all know about the obvious benefits to having a college degree—namely, a steady job and financial security. But we often overlook other benefits to higher education: quality of life improvements that deserve to be brought into focus, whether you’re on the fence about going back to school or are just having a

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Why Your College Degree Has More Value Than You Think

32% of Employers Hiring College Grads for Jobs Once Reserved for High School Grads

Brent Rasmussen of Careerbuilder

Need another reason to stay in school after high school and get a degree from a one-, two-, or four-year college or university?

A recent survey illustrates just how important higher education has become to employers in virtually every industry. Employers have historically looked for educated labor to fill high skill positions but now more and more report that they’re also demanding post-secondary degrees from candidates who wish to fill lower skill jobs as well. Thirty-two percent of hiring managers and human resource professionals said they are hiring more employees with college degrees for positions that were historically held by high school graduates. While this trend is most prevalent among financial services organizations, it spans across various industries: Continue Reading

What The Future May Hold for Higher Education

With technology constantly advancing, it should be no surprise to expect changes in the way college students learn in the future.  The following infographic examines how a college education of today might be different tomorrow. Continue Reading

Driving Productivity in Postsecondary Education Through Innovation

The following post summarizes a meeting of multiple groups discussing the need to include innovation in higher education.

Driving Productivity in Postsecondary Education Through Innovation

College Life 101: How to Deal With Financial Emergencies

College students and their families understand certain costs come with going to college.  However, what about those unexpected times when extra cash is needed?  Find out how military students and their families, and other people can get through challenging situations.

For many college students, class is back in session, which means there are books to read, homework assignments to complete, and papers to write. It also means another year of tuition bills, housing costs, and other expenses. Financing a college education is no small feat, especially for military parents and students whose education budgets have very little wiggle room. So what happens when an unexpected education expense pops up? For military parents and students, the answer is easy: a military loan.

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College Life 101: How to Deal With Financial Emergencies

Nine strategies for successful enrollment management in today’s higher education environment

Like all of us at some point, colleges and universities will see the need for change.  The following post identifies strategies that can help them adapt to change in enrollment management, as well as their recruiting and retention efforts.

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Nine strategies for successful enrollment management in today’s higher education environment

The Economy of Top Colleges in the United States

Some of the top colleges in the U.S. are not just hard to get into academically, but also financially.  Learn more about these schools and how they are functioning in the following infographic. Continue Reading

Colleges and Universities to test Electronic Textbooks and other Learning Materials

A new method of learning may benefit college students and others in the future.

EDUCAUSE and Internet2 recently announced a series of pilot efforts to evaluate technologies and business models in the fast evolving migration from traditional textbooks to digital learning materials. For the fall 2012 term, the pilot is being conducted in partnership with McGraw-Hill Education and Courseload, through which more than 25 colleges and universities will provide eTexts to their students. Continue Reading

Number of Unemployed Young People Since 2002 Increases by 64%

According to one source, there has been an increase of young people not working since 2002, in 2012.

Nick Gidwani, founder and entrepreneur of SkilledUp.com (a search engine that provides easy access and discovery of more than 40,000 online, career-advancement and skill development courses), says there are a growing number of young people who have been priced out of higher education and are looking for alternative ways to increase their marketability. Many of those who have acquired a degree have found that its value no longer guarantees a well-paying career in their field of study. Millennials typically have excellent basic computer proficiency, but they lack specific and marketable skills that businesses can use, such as using graphic design or data analysis software. With thousands of low-cost or free courses, these young people can get “skilled up” so that they can take control of their career paths and compete in the marketplace – both with their peers, and with an increasingly global digital workforce in India, South America and Eastern Europe. Continue Reading