http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net Your Source for Education and Career Information Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:24:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Even though the whole point of the Christmas season isn’t gift giving, for me, gifts are the highlights.  It is interesting to see what people buy for you and the gifts are a good indication of how well they actually know you. This year, it was kind of ... http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net/society/my-favorite-christmas-gift/ I did my entire college degree online approximately ten years ago. At that time, getting a degree online was practically unheard of. These days it's common. Still, there are some degrees that are better than others to get online. 5 degrees that are good to get online are: Education degrees. You can ... http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net/education/5-best-degrees-to-get-online/ Now that the holiday season is upon us, it is time for a well deserved break from cooking school.  This is my first year there, and it has been a hard four months of work. I never really thought that cooking would be a subject that would be ... http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net/culinary-arts/a-well-deserved-break-from-cooking-school/ Do you want to be greener than you are? If so then you should think about taking some green classes in the year to come. Take a look at these five terrific green classes that you can take: Green cooking classes. There are a variety of green cooking classes that you ... http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net/trades-vocational/5-great-green-classes-to-take/ It is not uncommon for students to start out with plans to get one degree and to wind up getting another degree entirely. In fact, most students change their minds about their degree at some point during their educational career. Here are five main reasons that people change degree programs: They didn't ... http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net/education/5-reasons-people-change-degree-programs/ This morning I was reading an article on college graduates, and I was surprised to see a mention of graduates earning $10,000.  At first I thought it was a typo and should have been $100,000 -- but no, the next sentence compared it with an annual salary of $4,000.  Then ... http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net/education/how-higher-education-has-changed-in-60-years/ There are many things to consider when choosing a college.  Although the quality of your education -- i.e., teacher qualifications, curriculum, and school reputation -- will and should take first precedence, things like the college campus and the quality of student life should also figure into your decision. For instance, a ... http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net/education/campus-considerations-choosing-a-college/ If you are good with math or thinking of going to school for an education in finance, you may wonder what kinds of things you can do with that kind of a background.  Particularly with how hard the recession has been hitting financial institutions, a lot of people fear that financial ... http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net/careers/careers-for-a-finance-background/ Though I have spent the last twenty years in school, I am finally done.  I just graduated and received my diploma in medicine.  In fact, it is going to be really weird that people are going to address me as “doctor” instead of my regular name.  I don’t know ... http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net/careers/what-does-my-future-hold/ I heard some interesting -- and, to my mind, positive -- news about student loans the other day: President Obama is trying to make all student loans federal, to cut down on banks taking advantage of students by charging them high interest rates and implementing misleading terms. There hasn't been much ... http://www.ultimateschoolguide.net/education/obamas-plans-for-student-loans/