Archive for December, 2006
College Alternatives
5 Ways to Get the Education You Want –Without Signing Up for Camp College
Yeah. I’m badmouthing college a lot. College lends itself well to being ridiculed. It’s a funny institution –an icon of enlightenment and idiocracy. People take higher education so seriously that they don’t see themselves getting ripped off most of the [...]
December 12, 2006
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College Grads Lack “Smarts”
While the cost goes up, the quality is getting worse
If colleges are factories, their products (the consumers) are lacking some serious nuts and bolts. In recent years, it's come to the public's attention that college graduates are lacking [...]
December 12, 2006
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Dissatisfied College Customers
Are Colleges Producing Disgruntled Graduates?
If college came with a money-back guarantee would you turn in your diploma for a full refund?
According [...]
December 12, 2006
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The High Price of College Text Books
If you are a full time college student this year, you are probably paying about $1,000 on college text books. According to reports, between 1986 and 2004 textbooks prices have increased an average of six percent per year –well above the rate of inflation.Why are text book prices so high?
NEW EDITIONSUsed books from last year [...]
December 12, 2006
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College Students; Biggest Back-To-School Spenders
College students (especially college freshman) are the largest back-to-school spenders. According the National Retail Federation, they are expected to dump 36 billion dollars into the economy this fall.RETAILERS LOVE COLLEGE STUDENTSCollege students are expected to spend 10 billion for electronic equipment. (Up 27 percent from last year)The list of "neccesitiies" include… Laptops, cell phones, digital [...]
December 12, 2006
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