When it came to finding a job after college, Josh Currie did everything right. The Trinity University graduate, who wanted to work in media or marketing in New York, began his job search five months before he got his diploma in May. He contacted bosses from a previous internship. Asked recruiters how he could improve [...]

WASHINGTON – Building on the movement to boost college completion rates in the United States, the College Board on Thursday released a new report meant to be the first “scorecard” in a series of assessments on how well the nation is doing at getting more of its citizens to earn college degrees. Referring to America’s declining [...]

Frustratingly, the job market environment is so bleak that many graduating college students are starting to question what to do with their degrees.  The offers are few and far between, the jobs they were targeting have no openings, and the starting salaries aren’t what they anticipated in an environment where even tenured employees are seeing [...]

by Lauren McCabe I know what I did in college.  I wandered around my leafy-green campus with Shakespeare in tow.  Jobs were the last thing on my mind. In fact, whenever jobs entered my brain I went into meltdown.  What was I going to do after college? The era of pink hair and mermaid drawing [...]

The phrase “dumb jocks” is officially bogus, at least according to a new study out of Washington State University. According to the study, conducted by Vicki McCracken, Fran Hermanson and Diem Nguyen, and reported in the Associated Press, varsity athletes “were more than twice as likely as non-athletes to graduate within five or six years.” [...]

The United States has fallen from first to 12th in the share of adults ages 25 to 34 with postsecondary degrees, according to a new report from the College Board. Canada is now the global leader in higher education among young adults, with 55.8 percent of that population holding an associate degree or better as [...]

Atlanta moved up to the fourth-best city for college grads, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report on Wednesday. The report ranks the top 30 cities in the country that it labeled as the “Best cities for new college grads.” The report refers to the communities on the list as “cities that, despite the economic crisis, [...]

Millennials, the most educated generation in America’s history, are starting to question the value of a college education. A COUNTRY Financial survey released Tuesday found that only 64 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds think college is a good financial investment, a steep decline of 13 points from last year. The rising costs of tuition and [...]

Apply early, don’t wear flip-flops to the interview, and be entrepreneurial. As the competition for work-study and other campus jobs intensifies, college officials say students who follow these six steps are much more likely to earn the extra money they need for college. 1. Apply early: Fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid [...]

You may experience a case of sticker shock if you are entering the world of college admissions for the first time. Average annual tuition, room and board and expenses now hover around $50,000 at many four-year private colleges, and $15,000 for public institutions. What you’ll pay now for one semester generally covered four full years [...]