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What You Need to Know When Going Back to School as an Adult
It’s never too late to obtain a degree, but going back to school as an adult can be difficult. As an adult, you may have many other responsibilities that your (much younger) fellow students don’t...
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3 Tips to Afford College in the 21st Century
(Photo Credit: Iowa Lakes Community College) It’s expensive to attend college in the 21st century. The average cost of tuition and fees at a four-year public university was $8,893 for the 2013-14...
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College is Expensive So Cut Costs and Save More
(Photo Credit: Original People) Nearly 20 million Americans attend college each year, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Of that number, 60% borrow money to cover the costs. Footing the...
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Baby Boomers Head Back to College: Common Concerns and Solutions
(Photo Credit: The Guardian) Attracted by better opportunities and the chance to embrace learning, baby boomers are returning to college in droves, and even those who aren’t interested in enrolling in...
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Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity’s Unremitting Hypocrisy and Discrimination
(Photo Credit: Mase TV) On October 28, 2013, Erica Green, a writer for The Baltimore Sun, reported that a Morgan State University undergraduate student, Brian Stewart, asserted that he was rejected...
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A Brief History of Student Loans
(Photo Credit: BET) Modern universities that require a sizable investment of resources have only recently become the norm for higher education. A glance at the archives of University of Pennsylvania...
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Nihilists’ Assault on Albany State University President Dr. Everette Freeman
(Photo Credit: Rolling Out) While Albany State University celebrated Homecoming last week, unfortunate news was promulgated. Dr. Everette Freeman, the 8th and current president of Albany State...
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Mayfield University and Must University Are Scams
(Photo Credit: Madame Noire) Unfortunately, any person with the talent to design a website can claim to offer accredited online degrees. For those considering obtaining a degree online, it’s important...
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Working Moms: Want to Get an MBA? What to Expect & How to Cope
(Photo Credit: News One) About 1 million Americans are enrolled in an MBA program, but only around 156,000 graduate with an MBA each year, according to the Digest of Education Statistics. Professional...
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Adventures in Online Learning
(Source and Permission Granted: Non-Profit Colleges Online) Although many people lack a respect for online learning, online education has a long history in the academy, including at elite universities...
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Black Male College Student-Athletes and Race-based Stereotypes
(Photo Credit: Riverside Hawks Education) In “Theorizing on the Stereotyping of Black Male Student-Athletes,” Hodge, Burden, Jr., Robinson, and Bennett, III (2008) explained that Black male athletes...
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Examining Self-perceptions and Behaviors of Successful Black Male College...
(Photo Credit: Black Entertainment Television) In “Diamonds in the Rough: Examining a Case of Successful Black Male Student Athletes in College Sport,” Bimper, Jr., Harrison, Jr. and Clark (2012)...
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Plagiarists and Frauds Posing as Intellectuals
(Photo Credit: Nanyang Technological University) If you have had people to do your academic work for you, why are you acting like you’re a profound intellectual? Why are you trying to belittle people...
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The Need to Improve College Readiness
Although increasing the number of minority students in higher education is essential, we must ensure they are prepared for college when they enter. Too many students are entering in colleges and...
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Accreditation and Fake Online “Universities”
Diploma mills and fake online “colleges” and “universities” are increasingly rising (Noble, 1998; Noble, 2002). A number of phony online “institutions” advertised online are unaccredited and...
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Make Sure People Earn Their Degrees
Many people find ways to cut corners to obtain their degrees and graduate without the ability to meet the basic expectations of their employers. Even many students from the nation’s leading colleges...
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NCORE’s Significance to American Higher Education
The National Conference for Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) was founded in 1988 in response to increased racist incidents in American higher education. The Southwest Center...
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Unfair and Exploitative NCAA Rules
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the governing body that oversees intercollegiate athletics, has created such a large number of complicated rules that even schools with some of the...
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The Postmodern Plantation System: The NCAA and Black Male Student-Athletes
Slavery is not over. Colleges and universities collectively make billions of dollars off of the athletic prowess of Black male student-athletes, but these institutions will not even give them adequate...
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Online Education, Students of Color, and Access to Higher Education
Many people of color simply have circumstances that do not allow them to attend traditional brick and mortar higher education institutions. Fortunately, higher education has a strong online presence....
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