A criminal justice career can be started with credentials that range anywhere from a high school diploma to a four-year college criminal justice degree. However, the Department of Labor reports that more education means higher earnings, lower rates of unemployment, and access to a wider range of career options. Students [...]

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Looking for an alternative to counseling, Meredith Silvia accepted a job as a usability engineer after graduating with her bachelor’s degree in psychology and government. She seeks to understand the ways in which people learn and remember knowledge and applies that information towards making hardware, software, and websites more user-friendly. [...]

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As of 2003, 27% of U.S. adults had earned at least a bachelor’s degree within their cumulative education. The total number of bachelor’s degrees awarded jumped nearly 50% from 1992 to 2004. Meanwhile, the average cost of tuition has been rising faster than the rate of inflation. The most [...]

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Few can forget the hype that surrounded the release of Stephen Lundin’s Fish! in 2000. The revolutionary book became an addition to nearly every manager’s library. Large corporations, such as Sodexho, made Fish! required reading for all company managers. The effective advice from the book stemmed from a fish [...]

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There is no experience like the actual, day-to-day experiences you’ll find in the real business world. However, by obtaining your business administration degree, you will be exposed to a wider spectrum of problem sets and compelled to grapple with them. Throughout your studies you will be challenged to analyze and synthesize complex [...]

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With criminal justice becoming one of the fastest growing career choices and the recent threat of national and international terrorism continuing to spread, many students are choosing to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Not only are more and more students choosing Bachelor’s degrees, but they are choosing to pursue their Criminal [...]

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A bachelor’s degree is not necessarily all you need to begin a teaching career. A majority of states have other requirements in addition to the bachelor’s degree. There is also a vast number of options in educational administration that has requirements beyond an undergraduate degree.
In order to teach on the elementary school level, you will [...]

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Liberal arts majors and business majors are like oil and vinegar. They don’t exactly blend well together, but for some reason when you combine the two they are absolutely fantastic.
I learned this my final year of college when I moved into the sorority house and instantly bonded with my business major roommate, Jenny. I was [...]

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All over the U.S., the health care industry has reported a shortage in qualified nurses. Several online colleges and universities, such as The University of Phoenix, are trying to help by offering several health care and nursing degrees.
The American Association of College of Nursing said that the in the U.S. alone, there could be a [...]

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An individual with only a high-school diploma will earn earn approximately 1 million over a lifetime. In comparison, individuals with Bachelors degrees will earn over two times that amount. In addition to a better salary, a Bachelors degree allows for movement up the ranks of your employer. Many employers reward employees who continue their [...]

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