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What Colleges Have the Lowest- and Highest-Paid Graduates? — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:11:19 +0000

The dream of many college graduates—to earn a good-enough starting salary to pay off student loans without being rendered homeless or forced into starvation—comes easier or harder depending on where they graduate.

With that in mind, which American colleges offer the worst possible opportunity for a earning a decent entry-level salary, and which offer the best?

Which College Is the Best for Military Veterans?

Kathy Landin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:01:44 +0000

A recent survey conducted by Military Times Edge ranks which colleges are best for military veterans.

Most of the schools making the list were public, including 51 of the 59 highest ranking four-year schools. The top five four-year schools included Concord University, taking the number one spot, Eastern Kentucky University at number two, Rutgers in third, California University of Pennsylvania at number four and University of South Florida coming in fifth.

Georgia's Shorter University Requires Staffers to Pledge They Aren't Gay

Shauna Wright — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:10:15 +0000

The 200 staffers at Shorter University, a Christian college in Rome, Georgia, are now required to sign a “Personal Lifestyle Statement” that, among other things, forces those employees to say they aren’t gay. Anyone refusing to sign the statement is subject to termination.

99-Year-Old Man Graduates College

Amory Gritta — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:00:16 +0000

Leo Plass is graduating senior. And we do mean “senior.” After nearly eight decades, the 99-year-old man has finally graduated from college. He recently picked up his diploma from Eastern Oregon University. Plass had less than a semester to go in 1932 before he would’ve graduated from the school, which was then called Eastern Oregon [...]