Rutgers Declines Growing Marijuana
Rutgers University had the rare opportunity to be pioneers in the medical Marijuana Industry. Gov. Christie had hoped they would seize the opportunity and produce the Marijuana or various teaching hospitals to sell. Rutgers response to the offer was that they are significantly tied up in federal funding and fear that they would put that […]
New Rules for Online Piracy on Campus
Newest provisions set forth by the Higher Education Opportunity Act threatens to revoke federal funding if the campus does not comply with installing and setting up greater detection technology. Originally, the worry amongst Colleges and Universities was the funding necessary to monitor all traffic on their campus. However, the law states that the […]
Top Bands That Formed in College
The college atmosphere seems to spark musical ingenuity as several now-famous rock bands originated in this atmosphere. The artists vary from Creed to Cold Play and originate from schools all over the country and abroad. We’ve found a couple of various compilations across the net of ‘Bands that Formed in College’. 1. Huffington Post 2. […]
Finding a Job After College
If you are one of many who either recently graduated or are set to graduate after the next semester or two, you are inevitably trying to decide your approach to get a job. At this point you may be second guessing the major you’ve chosen to conqueror in the past 4-ish years or, at the very […]
Best Undergraduate Professors
U.S News and World Report has come up with the 2010 best Universities based on the strength of their educators. Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale topped the list while each carries a STUNNINGLY low acceptance rate of approximately 17%, 27%, and 18% accordingly. In 2009, Yale posted a 9.7% overall acceptance rate. Despite the low acceptance, […]
Highest Paid Internships
BusinessWeek has compiled their list of highest paid internships this year. Since the economy is in the state that it is we’ve taken it a step further and found those that paid well AND had a high conversion hire rate (i.e. They hire the interns after the internship terminates). Topping the list is Accenture, who […]
Trial in Conn. to find if cheerleading is sport
A federal judge is being asked to decide whether cheerleading can be counted as a sport by schools looking for ways to meet gender-equity requirements.
Textbook rentals will give N.J. college students more options this fall
Starting this fall, students at many New Jersey colleges will have a third option: renting their books.
More than a dozen colleges and universities — including Rutgers, Montclair State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Drew and Union County College — are launching programs in their campus bookstores that will allow students to rent textbooks for one semester for less than half the cost of purchasing them new.
Degree in Predicting the Future
DePaul University (in Chicago) is now featuring a major that focuses its efforts on predictive analysis. Students that enroll in this program will learn to use various strategies of data mining to ascertain various solutions to predict outcomes for businesses. This skill along with marketing abilities the aim is to provide solutions that will have […]
Lighten Your Backpack
The next hottest thing in the ebook market that is said to replace the kindle and the iPad in this regard, is the Kno. Complete with a two screen display that folds like a notebook and contains both touch screen and stylus enabled functionality. Watch the demo below. Could this be a revolution in the […]