Category: Continuing Education
Keep Your Online Accounting Degree Up-to-Date with Certification Programs
Accounting remains one of the more dependable career paths, with accounting majors one of the most likely degrees to yield a job directly after graduation.
College Degree Required for Sixty Percent of Jobs by 2018
As a new year begins, we often evaluate our lives—where we are and where we’d like to be. It’s no surprise that many Americans are making education a priority as they set their personal goals for 2012.
Fellowship Grants Available for Women Scientists
This program helps raise awareness of the contribution of women to the sciences, and identifies exceptional female researchers in the U.S. to serve as role models for younger generations.
Working Full-Time and Going to School? It’s Worth It!
A national study by the University of Phoenix Research Institute finds that those who postpone college, then earn their degree while working, are estimated to make an average 22 percent return on their educational investment.
More Adults Making Education Pay Off
Learning something about education may pay off for you. For one thing, it’s increasingly popular for people beyond college age to get degrees.
Is Your Skill Set to be “T-Shaped?”
Employers are increasingly looking to hire “T-shaped people,” according to an expert webinar on future work skills conducted by the University of Phoenix Research Institute.
Transforming the Way to Get an MBA
The business world is always changing, always evolving, always being reinvented, reimagined and re-engineered. You can’t transform the future of business with yesterday’s business school curriculum.
New Media Literacy Tops Job Requirements List
Social intelligence, transdisciplinarity, cognitive load management, new-media literacy—if you don’t understand these terms, you may have a tough time in the job market.
Continuing Education for the Military
Continuing education is easier than ever, especially with the growing number of for-profit colleges and online learning opportunities.
Tuition Assistance is a Win-Win
Companies that offer college tuition assistance provide a valuable perk for employees—but the benefit works both ways.
Free Access to Government Documents Online
Increasingly, if a document exists, chances are good that at least some form of it may also be available online.
This trend is not limited to popular magazine articles, academic journals or libraries. For example, it’s possible to access official federal government publications free online.
Known as “America’s Authentic Government Information,” the Government Printing Office’s (GPO) Federal [...]
Building Leaders for the Greater Good
Good leadership is like the game, Jenga — shaping and adapting the organization in ways to improve it—without damaging and, even better, while enhancing, the whole.
Considering Going Back to School?
People from all different backgrounds are choosing to go back to school, seeing continued education as a way to improve their current job prospects or create future job security.
Common Sense is Key to Entrepreneurial Success
A new study underscores something that successful entrepreneurs have known for centuries — the value of common sense, hands-on experience, and goals.
Employers Help College Grads Gain Needed Job Skills
One way to make sure that job candidates are ready to produce when they graduate is to bring your company to the classroom.
Growing Fields for Women: Medical Assisting
According to Forbes Magazine, medical assisting is one of the fastest growing jobs for women in 2010










