One problem with students today is that they don’t pay attention to what’s credible or not anymore. The main culprit? Wikipedia (and all the other free encyclopedia cites on the Web). While Wikipedia claims that their articles’ accuracy is just as par with the Encyclopedia Britannica. And there’s also definitely one advantage to the system [...]

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I was revisiting some Top Gear episodes and Jeremy Clarkson DVDs a while ago for some inspiration for AutoJab. One segment in Clarkson’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly DVD feature him ambush quizzing several Americans on the Las Vegas strip asking them about Europe. Not one of them got anything right. Yeah, combine [...]

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With you back in your dorm rooms anticipating another year of frat house parties and other forms of college debauchery, better think of the reason why you’re in college - you’re studying to earn your degree. However, like. But this year’s a good year to revisit good study habits. So here are some study tips [...]

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Miss school? We know how you feel. School is one of the best experiences you’ll ever have in your life. And going back to school this time around is definitely going to be different - could be a bit harder because you have more things that need your time. Be guided as you delve into [...]

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School is just around the corner and for many of college students it’s will be just about time to start packing bags to scoot over their dorm rooms. And more often than not, they’d just wait until the last minute to pack their stuff. The result - things get overlookedCollege and Finance listed 18 things [...]

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While most of the larger institutions can provide ample housing for students, some don’t actually enough housing. If your kid doesn’t get accepted to dorms, that’s when you would opt to look for off-campus housing. But little do most parents know that this is actually a decent investment opportunity or at least save on housing [...]

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I missed this bit since my news feeds are the most abundant in my feed reader. It’s already a few days old but still, I think it’s an important issue to discuss.
The business school of the University of Chicago is now requiring applicants to submit PowerPoint presentations together with their applications according to a [...]

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For some reason, doing kiddie science projects can be fun for adults. Ever done one of those off-the-shelf science lab kits with your kids. You’d be amazed at times that even the simplest activities in science can be entertaining.
Ever did one of these lemon battery experiments as a kid? It’s simply cutting a lemon, [...]

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I have to admit that ever since eBooks became popular, my life as a student became a lot easier. I remember having the need to read the Complete Works of Shakespeare as an undergraduate. For a self-supporting college student, any required book, especially those thick and expensive ones, can really burn a large hole [...]

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A few months back, we featured this bit on how to afford college. Now supposing you have prepared well for your child’s college plans, it’s probably a matter of deciding where. The thing to remember here is how to help them and not how to choose for them.
Kids going off to college should be properly [...]

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I’ve recently taken up a teaching post with a university teaching business communication. One thing I’ve observed with kids today is their penchant to take up the “kinder” instructors and most especially those who give high marks. While each university might have its own grading standards, there are bound to be teachers who really think [...]

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Learning is a life-long process. You can learn from experience or you can learn from books. You can also learn from other people. But one thing that adults seldom reconsider is going back to school. Further learning helps one cope in certain deficiencies like . Considering further learning generally helps you improve yourself by giving [...]

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If you’ve work with measurements, you probably know how tedious it is to convert from one system of measure to another. Inches to centimeters. Liters to quarts. Celsius to Fahrenheit. These sure gave me a headache back in school.
So until now, working on the web, I encounter different units of measurement (especially when researching [...]

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A college degree has become so important in today’s job market. But today’s college tuition price tag can be a scary thing. Some of the more popular private universities carry a $30,000+ price tag. But tuition fees aside, how could one afford the rising costs of education. With the future riding on a college diploma, [...]

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Back in college, we used to leaf through a thick books. The crazy thing was that reading assignments were only handed out a day before the dreaded graded recitation/interrogation.
Good thing I was taught the “Wood method” of speed reading back when I was in grammar school so I always made it to class [...]

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