http://blog.scholarships.com Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:39:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You don't need to work retail or deliver pizzas to make money in college. Many on-campus opportunities have the potential to act as good resume-builders and keep you interested in the task at hand while providing you with a (modest) wage. They don't all have to be federal work study ... http://blog.scholarships.com/college-life/working-through-college-consider-an-on-campus-job/ We're almost a full week into November, which for many students means the end of the semester is nigh.  It's likely time to start working on those final papers, or at least generating some paper topic ideas.  It's better to start sooner than later to avoid pulling all-nighters or finding ... http://blog.scholarships.com/graduate-school/website-lets-you-write-like-an-academic-or-at-least-a-grad-student/ Scholarships.com has a virtual booth over at CollegeWeekLive today, Thursday, November 5!  Stop by to chat with our staff members.  Scholarships.com Vice President Kevin Ladd is also giving a live interview at 3 PM EST.  Come say hello, ask your financial aid questions, and see what Kevin has to say ... http://blog.scholarships.com/scholarships/scholarshipscom-is-at-collegeweeklive/ Tuition and fees aren't the only college costs families are finding hard to swallow these days.  Room and board is also on the rise--now nearing $16,000 a year at some colleges.  A survey of the most expensive college dorms found that students attending The New School's Eugene Lang College in ... http://blog.scholarships.com/college-costs/most-expensive-college-dorms/ Your opinions on how tech-savvy your professors are differ quite a bit from the instructors' opinions of their own technological effectiveness in the classroom, according to a survey released this week by CDW-G, an education technology provider. According to the survey,  which was collected via a nationally representative samples of students ... http://blog.scholarships.com/college-culture/survey-reveals-obvious-technology-gap/ Few foods have become as big a staple in college students' diets as ramen noodles. They're easy enough to make where even the most kitchen-shy college student can heat up a bag and enjoy them while studying for finals or hanging out with friends and lamenting about how they can't ... http://blog.scholarships.com/just-for-fun/traditional-college-fare-gets-makeover/ "So, you want to be a teacher?" Students pursuing degrees in the liberal arts are all too familiar with this question. It can seem at times like no one around you can fathom a career beyond teaching high school English or history, or some other subject that may have ... http://blog.scholarships.com/tips/landing-a-great-job-with-a-liberal-arts-major/ College admission practices are often points of contention, especially when tricky issues like race, gender, and socioeconomic class are concerned. Colleges worry about trying to promote diversity and give students a fair chance in their admission practices and other parties worry about practices potentially shortchanging students. Based on ... http://blog.scholarships.com/news/do-colleges-discriminate-against-women-in-admissions/ More private colleges than ever before are charging $50,000 a year or more in tuition and other fees, according to an analysis of College Board data done by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Last year, only five colleges charged $50,000 a year or more for tuition, fees, room, and board. ... http://blog.scholarships.com/college-costs/50k-becoming-new-norm-at-private-colleges/ Think getting admitted to the local public university is just a numbers game? Think again. State colleges are increasingly adopting a holistic approach to college admissions, especially at more selective flagship institutions. While applicants with high GPA's and standardized test scores are still likely to easily gain ... http://blog.scholarships.com/college-search/more-public-colleges-taking-holistic-approach-in-admissions/