Today we celebrate National Higher Education Day! The strategic purpose of this day is to educate and inspire students to continue their education and advocate for higher education. With tales of students drowning in debt, many people are hesitant to go off to college or even pursue graduate school once they have received their bachelor’s. However, attending and graduating from college can open doors that a high school diploma cannot. For those who are still unsure if college really does pay off, we have put together a list of 5 reasons to jump on the higher education band wagon. … [Read more...]
Tips for the Young Outlier: 7 Steps to College Success
High school students across the country are gearing up for one of the most exciting, important and, for some, scary, days of their lives: graduation day. A high school graduation is a celebration of each student and the incredible friendships, the long hours of hard work, the overwhelming successes and the trying moments experienced over the past four years. But, it is also a rite-of-passage for each young adult, a passage into their next chapter in life. For some, this is the workforce or the armed forces, and for many, college. As cliché as it sounds, college really can be the best four … [Read more...]