http://blog.scholarships.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:02:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not too long ago, the furnishings in a typical college dorm room included things like posters of your favorite band, boxes of ramen noodles for late-night snacks, and a land-line phone. The rogue mini-fridge that you covered with a bed sheet to avoid a fine (as mini-fridges were on the ... http://blog.scholarships.com/college-culture/college-students-expect-more-from-dorm-living/ As the number of returning adult students continues to grow and the "traditional" student population has only become more diverse to include those with backgrounds and life experience in varying fields of study, some schools are looking at rewarding those new students with credit hours for "prior learning," rather than ... http://blog.scholarships.com/tips/colleges-consider-prior-learning-when-awarding-credit/ If you've had classes since 2001, the year the (in)famous online, user-edited encyclopedia was launched, chances are you're guilty of using Wikipedia as a source of information while completing your coursework. A new report from First Monday, an online peer-reviewed journal, took a look at just how prevalent the site ... http://blog.scholarships.com/just-for-fun/report-looks-at-wikipedia-use-of-college-students/ The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) released its latest list of the highest-paying college majors of the class of 2010 last week, with engineering- and technology-related fields of study once again coming out on top. This probably won't come as much of a surprise to you. Engineering and technology ... http://blog.scholarships.com/tips/engineering-and-technology-top-highest-paying-majors/ If you're someone who "thinks outside of the box" and has led some kind of a project to prove it, you could be a good fit for awards that recognize students' innovations and drive to better their communities. This week's Scholarship of the Week is the Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation ... http://blog.scholarships.com/scholarships/milton-fisher-scholarship-for-innovation-and-creativity/ To compensate for stalled negotiations on both health care legislation and a bill that would overhaul the country's student loan program and improve college students' access to federal aid, Democratic leaders proposed a solution yesterday that would move both of those hot-button issues forward—combine them, and pass them as one. Both ... http://blog.scholarships.com/student-loans/student-loan-bill-may-become-part-of-health-care-package/ A recent survey shows that college students are in line with young adults when it comes to the economy and President Obama's handling of the economic situation in recent months—they're all worried. The report, titled "Survey of Young Americans' Attitudes Toward Politics and Public Service: 17th Edition," was an online ... http://blog.scholarships.com/college-and-the-economy/survey-shows-college-students-agree-with-young-adults-on-economy/ Perhaps, for the time being, American colleges (see Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc.) are among the most desirable in the world, but there is some concern that this might not always be so and that perhaps this shouldn't be taken for granted. Before Toyota started shipping automobiles to the United states in ever-increasing quantities, ... http://blog.scholarships.com/uncategorized/asian-education-superior-first-cars-now-college/ As the number of returning and adult students continues to grow in an economy where advanced skills are necessary to not only land a good job but keep that job, it was only a matter of time when we'd start seeing more students in school at the same time as ... http://blog.scholarships.com/college-culture/college-experience-becoming-family-affair/ More and more students are considering majoring in business now that the GRE is accepted in lieu of the GMAT at many business schools, and the job market has been looking a little better for business school graduates as the economy finally starts to pick up. This means business scholarships ... http://blog.scholarships.com/scholarships/national-business-association-scholarship-program/