23rd March 2011
Picture this: there’s an exciting new role at your workplace, and you think you’re perfect for the job. You work hard to land the position, only to find out the guy in the next cubicle has bagged it. When you dig deeper, you realize the one thing that sep...
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28th February 2011
It’s no secret that this is a great time to be working in the field of healthcare. The industry is teeming with jobs and offers career options that are stable and promise growth in addition to attractive compensation and benefits. (www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs...
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04th February 2011
According to the 2010 report on the state of online learning in the country published by Sloan Consortium, 63% of the institutions surveyed said that online learning formed a critical part of their long term strategy. (sloanconsortium.org/publications/sur...
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04th January 2011
The rising cost of college tuition is discouraging many prospective students from enrolling for higher education. Their fear of landing into a debt trap on account of student loans is undoubtedly genuine.
However, soon-to-be students can take heart fr...
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26th November 2010
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about a career in the field of healthcare? Does your mind conjure up images of somber-looking doctors and nurses attending to one medical emergency after another? Or are you discouraged by the ...
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02nd November 2010
It’s hardly a secret anymore that the healthcare sector is teeming with exciting employment opportunities. According to the latest report on the employment situation released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the healthcare sector added 28,000 new jobs i...
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08th September 2010
College is one of the most important and enriching experiences of a student’s life. It is where we start carving the path to our future and learning vital skills.
A lot of people take higher education for granted and forget that not everyone is fortuna...
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11th August 2010
In spite of what skeptics would like us to believe, there are many who still have a lot of confidence in the power of education to change our lives. For many such individuals, the dream of earning an advanced degree remains just that - a dream.
It cou...
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05th July 2010
For many MBA aspirants, the dream of earning this prestigious degree remains unrealized. The reasons are many - the high tuition fee that most MBA programs have, the inability to juggle a full time job with school, the responsibilities that make attending...
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07th June 2010
One of the reasons nursing is such a widely popular career choice is the relative ease with which you can enter the profession. Unlike medicine, one does not require the same extent of schooling to become a nurse. Entry-level jobs are available for indivi...
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21st May 2010
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia defines public health as the "science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized community efforts."
As the name suggests, public health is focused on entire populations rather...
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10th May 2010
With competition rising for every job, people are looking for different means to get an edge over their rivals. And as expectations from employers increase, professionals are trying to find ways to not just remain employable, but also increase their worth...
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25th March 2010
The American Nurses Association defines nursing as the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the c...
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05th March 2010
In the mid-19th century America, educators used the postal system to impart knowledge to people who could not attend traditional schools for a variety of reasons. This was the beginning of distance education and it was delivered through the exchange of pr...
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08th February 2010
Gone are the days when your eyes would constantly wander towards the office clock even as your mind keeps switching between the ongoing staff meeting and your baby left back at a daycare. There is a new arsenal in the hands of those who find it difficult ...
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