If the thought of spending years and years juggling work, family and classes keeps stalling your going-back-to-school ambitions, ask yourself this question: Is there a certificate or license in your field that would give your career a nice boost? If so, there’s a good chance it’ll give your paycheck a bigger bump than if you invested more time pursuing an associate degree. In its series “Some College, No Degree,” American RadioWorks highlights a national study of workers in their mid-30s showing that 43 percent of license and certificate holders earned more than associate’s degree grads. Tony Carnevale, director of the…
While the two-year degrees aren’t in danger of going away, a 2010 Institute of Medicine report on the future of nursing has prompted increased interest in the hiring more highly educated nurses. In fact, the…
If you missed President Obama’s fired-up speech at the University of Michigan, where he outlined new details about his plans to lower the cost of higher education, here are some highlights as outlined in the Washington Post:…
Fed up with the relentless rise of college tuition, some University of California at Riverside students have proposed a radical idea: Scrap tuition entirely, then have students pay 5 percent of their paychecks for 20…
One peg in President Obama’s multi-pronged college affordability agenda is scorecard that would give an at-a-glance breakdown of costs and other key benchmarks. The White House has released a sneak peek at its work-in-progress scorecard…
Necessity isn’t the only mother of invention. Nursing is, too. That is, if the stories of two nursing students are any indication. Both were inspired to take their studies a little bit further and fill…
The process of gathering the necessary paperwork for the Free Application for Financial Aid (FAFSA) form and searching for scholarship information can be daunting, but a new online tool that can help speed up the…
Physical therapy is one of many health care fields with promising prospects for job growth. As the Baby Boomer population grows, so will the need for trained professionals who can help them with rehabilitative exercises…
Early data from some groundbreaking research reveal some surprising findings about full-time and part-time course loads for online college students. Turns out that at-risk students fare better in their studies if they take fewer classes…
Searching for money for school can be a serious business, but there are times when it can seem downright odd, especially when it comes to scholarships. There are thousands of scholarships out there, but there…
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Why is U.S. News on the defensive about its online school rankings?Enrollment in online schools has soared to more than 6 million in recent years—a growth rate that’s 10 times faster than for higher education as a whole, according to a… -
Eight health care careers with six-figure salariesIf you think doctors and dentists are the only health care professionals who make big bucks, guess again. Almost half of the 50-plus career paths featured on AllAlliedHealthSchools.com boast salaries… -
Hospitals lead the pack in health sector job growthHospitals added 10,000 new jobs in December—double the monthly average and almost half the job growth across the health care sector, according to an analysis of the latest employment numbers…
