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50 Best iPad Apps for STEM Education
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Despite early doubts, the iPad has proven to be an incredibly valuable tool for education, both in the classroom and in homes around America. By offering students, from elementary school all the way up to the university level, the chance to do some hands-on learning, exploring, and sometimes even educational gaming, the device makes education fun and exciting, something that isn’t always easy to do.
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9 Ways to Prep Your Home for Bad Weather
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You may be stashing away cash for a “rainy day,” but is your house as prepared as you are? Bad weather can strike at any time, catching you and the weathermen off-guard, but if you prepare ahead of time, you can help keep your home and belongings safe no matter when the storm hits. You may not be able to prevent every type of storm damage, but you can easily decrease the risk of many problems. Read through these tips and take stock of what preparations you need to make.
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THE 10 MOST POWERFUL LOBBIES BEHIND HIGHER ED
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Corporations and big businesses often get the worst of the backlash against political lobbying, but it’s important not to forget that colleges are businesses, too, and they engage in lobbying as well, sometimes in a very questionable manner. Over the past few decades, the strength of the higher ed lobby has grown, so much so that many politicians believe that it’s nearly impossible to make any sustained changes to higher education, especially those that would take away autonomy or require greater oversight to college campuses. While some of the actions of the higher education lobby protect students, many more simply protect colleges themselves and often have financially or academically harmful consequences for students.
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20 Big Reasons Study Abroad Should Be Required Today
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Studying abroad is a great way to find growth, career inspiration, and great experiences, but so many students today don’t get to experience this type of learning. In fact, only 1% of all students enrolled in higher education institutions today choose to study abroad. The cost of travel, fear, and an unwillingness to miss out on precious time at school are major reasons why so many students never go overseas for education, but we’d like to see students overcome these obstacles and enjoy the benefits of learning in another country. Read on to learn why studying abroad is such an important experience, and why many believe that study abroad programs should be required for higher education students today.
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25 INSPIRING BLOGS TO HELP YOU PAY OFF YOUR STUDENT DEBT
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Skyrocketing college tuition is a major political issue right now, with many grads struggling amidst a poor job market to pay back an average of $25,000 in student loan debts, a record high. This debt can make it hard for grads to plan for other big life events, like buying a home, getting married, or even making a major move, and has forced some to move back in with their parents just to make ends meet.If you’re among those struggling with your student loan debt and just want to be rid of it and move on with your life, it can be helpful to find some information and inspiration from others who are financial experts, students like you, or people working to pay off substantial amounts of debt. You’ll find all of that and more in these inspirational personal finance blogs that can offer you advice, motivation, and guidance in paying down your student loans so you can start putting that money to other uses.
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9 Worst Cinematic Portrayals of College Life
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Let’s start here: you were cooler than you think in college. Although movies often rest on the assumption that their viewers will suspend disbelief for a few hours and fall into their world, some films fare better at this than others. This is not to argue that movies should all be hyper-realistic — they’re pieces of art, and there’s real life for that. But there’s something to be said for the hyper-ridiculous setting. Enter: the universities portrayed in the movies. And because no one wants to be bored with a list of bad flicks, we’ve found instead the most ridiculous. While college life may be a time of wild partying, barely making it, and coming of age, these nine movies feature the most unrealistic (“the worst!”) cinematic portrayals of the subject. Sit back, relax, and thank your lucky stars that you didn’t get your degree in one of these nine worlds.
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10 COUNTRIES WITH THE WORST YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS
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We always tend to tout children as our future, but what kind of future will kids wind up with if no opportunities to support themselves (and their children) arise? Youth between the ages of 15 and 24 stand as the most vulnerable demographic when it comes to unemployment, with some nations suffering from a significant chunk of the population unable to launch their careers. For generations raised on being told education’s myriad forms means economic success, the reality of their forefather’s fiscal mistakes precluding jobs obviously disillusions them; not to mention the resulting “brain drain” which sees the highly motivated, highly skilled youth fleeing overseas and taking up lifetime careers instead. What this means for a country’s social, political, and (of course) economic climate should be quite obvious.Rankings have been gleaned from the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals Indicators statistics. Because the last findings were released in 2009, there are some fluctuations in current numbers; some nations may have even fallen off or piled on since the organization launched any investigations. We went with the UN for the sake of both accuracy as well as consistency in comparisons and contrasts.
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10 Colleges Most Creatively Using Mobile Technology
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Seeing as how mobile devices and related technologies have completely overtaken a good chunk of society already, naturally the education sector has followed suit. Oddly enough, though, smartphones, social media, tablet computers, and other hallmarks of the mobile technology revolution still have yet to fully creep onto campus, with many schools somewhat puzzled over exactly what to do with the exciting new toys the kids are into these days. Others, however, saw innovation as opportunity, and went about drawing up innovative strategies for letting these digital developments enhance lessons, streamline college life, open up new possibilities, or some combination thereof. Get inspired by some of the seriously cool, creative ways the following schools have harnessed mobile media for current and future students.
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The Facebook IPO: Your Questions Answered
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What the hell happened with Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO) and what is going on with its stock? Why are analysts, pundits, and dingbat cable news anchors losing their collective minds? Facebook, the world’s No. 1 website for social networking, went public last Friday, and almost immediately after Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg rang the NASDAQ bell, all hell broke loose. If you’re new to the world of stocks and investing, you may be wondering what the fuss is all about. Below we answer a few basic questions about Facebook’s IPO and explain the reasons for some of the drama that unfolded just days after the offering.
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The Dangers Lurking In Your Public Pool
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When most think of their public pool, they think of kids splash in around and adults swimming laps. Yet reports show that nearly half of Americans admit to contributing to a unhealthy pool and even more are unaware of the dangers that can result.
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