Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities.
You carry your backpack around every day. To every class. All year long. So it's important that you choose the right one.
"Growing up in Vancouver, all my friends were pretty callous. Then I moved to L.A. and became friends with all these actors who love talking about how they feel. The single most amusing thing to me became hearing guys tell each other than they emotions are hurt."
Even if a student plans on a major where the financial rewards aren't so obvious, such as art history or philosophy, most American families don't factor in their child's expected earning power when considering the potential debt load for college.
China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004.
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Starting college? Here's some advice from the book "How to Survive a Move" (Hundreds of Heads Books, www.hundredsofheads.com, $15.95), straight from people who've done it:
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