Student Life

Colleges See Shortage of Flu Vaccine

College campuses across the nation are on high alert to watch out for outbreaks of H1N1. Anywhere that there are large groups of people in close proximity to one another is at a high risk for spread of the disease.
For most people, getting the flu vaccine every year usually isn’t a problem.
But this [...]

Survey Looks at Student Engagement

Researchers at the National Survey of Student Engagement have conducted a survey to better find out how students really interact at the college level. These surveys are important to researchers who are looking to put their finger on today’s college student. There are some encouraging findings, and some that are a bit “disappointing”.
Here [...]

Many Options with an Education Degree

School teachers of today have less in common than teachers 50 years ago. Technological advances have given teaching a new direction, and even how one earns a teaching degree.
As the technological and financial aspects of the American education system change rapidly, current and prospective teachers have more content and methodology than ever [...]

Healthy Campus Launched in Sussex County

College students are known to put o a few pounds when living away from home. It is generally the first time they make all of their own eating and lifestyle decisions without input from mom and dad. Health should be of the utmost importance of students, and one college is heading a campaign for [...]

School Mascot Mocks Prayer

School mascots are known for their antics on the field to help warm up the audience. A mascot at the University of Minnesota took the antics and mockery a little too far before a recent football game.
A spokesman for the University of Minnesota is apologizing on behalf of the school after its [...]

CollegeNET.com Opens Scholarship Floodgate

CollegeNET.com announced today that it will extend its social network to include private and public scholarship foundations as well as corporate entities.  Scholarship foundations can be in more direct contact with qualified students who are looking for scholarships. 
One of the Internet’s most popular sites for researching and applying to college, CollegeNET.com offers an alternative [...]

A Little More Community With Your College

Half the fun of going to college is campus life.  But what if financial constraints send you to a community college, rather than a traditional one?  Then you miss out on a lot of the camaraderie of campus living.  But California and other states have already begun offering on campus housing for community college students.
Experts [...]

Spring Breakers Staying Away From Mexico

College Students this year are tightening their belts and not traveling to vacation hot spots like Mexico. The regular party spots such as Cabo San Lucas are really feeling the crunch.  I think it’s probably a combination of a tough economy and the ongoing safety issues that have been plaguing Baja.

For a Mexican tourist hotspot [...]

Not So “Free” Ride

Athletes often get a “Full Ride” scholarship to play sports in college.  What a lot of them don’t realize is that they are responsible for the cost of things that were not covered by the scholarship. A case of not reading the fine print?
While you can be sure all the student athletes on the court [...]

Giving Up Social Networking for Lent

Students who celebrate the Lenten holiday are coming up with new things to abstain from these days.  Instead of taking breaks from beer bongs, and late night pizza, students across the country are giving up their facebooking and other social networking for Lent.
Students nonplussed by the absence of certain friends from their Facebook news feeds [...]