As students pour into college campuses across the country this fall, many of them for the first time, there is a specter looming over all of their heads. It is a dark cloud that has floated over higher education for at least 10 years following the recession of 2008, a legacy of America’s failed turn-of-the-century… Continue reading College: intellectual investment or a waste of money?
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Trade school versus four year university
The American education system has focused its time and energy on encouraging students to attend four-year universities and get a bachelor’s degree. With an influx of students attending these universities, it is important for high school students to know that there are other options that they can choose. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in the… Continue reading Trade school versus four year university
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS a student
When you enter the English department and head towards the office of Dr. Daniel Pigg you can expect to be greeted by a door that is covered with memes about pigs and an office that is filled with books. Behind the man that sits in the office chair is blank walls; walls that lack the… Continue reading ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS a student