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As you are winding up your year at college, it's time to start thinking about what next year will look like. And, for those of you just beginning your college years, it's good to think ahead about what choice you make to make the best of your college

You can get a tax credit if you have a child in college—yes, a tax credit, not just a deduction! Check out the American Opportunity Credit. It’s worth a $2,500 discount on your tax bill. How? Well, you have to spend $4,000 a year on college re

The Common Application is now allowing high school guidance counselors to opt out of writing a recommendation for a college applicant. Because of higher case loads, guidance counselors who feel they can not provide adequate personal knowledge of a st

--especially if you are a woman or a member of a minority. There is a projected shortage of scientists and engineers. Therefore, new strategies are being proposed for colleges to work harder to offer more students science learning opportunities. E

One third of all students who attend college will transfer from their first college of choice before earning their degree, and sometimes they will do so more than once. A new study finds students transfer at all levels: across state lines, between pu