12. January 2012 by Jim Sutliff.

College Level Examination Placement Exams are developed by the College Board and are accepted at 2,900 institutions.  The College Board are also the developers of the SAT and Advanced Placement exams.  There are 33 CLEP exams available in 5 subject areas.  The exams are generally 90 minutes and cost $77 dollars.  The College Board site offers study aids and descriptions of each CLEP exam.  In addition, the College Board site provides a search tool to locate test centers by city, state, or zip code.

To visit the College Board site, please click here:

http://clep.collegeboard.org/

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9. January 2012 by Jim Sutliff.

The Jumpstart Annual Awards Dinner will be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington DC on April 18th 2012.   The reception is scheduled to begin at 6:30 pm with Dinner starting at 7:30 pm.  The Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy is based in Washington DC.

To visit the Jumpstart site, please click here:

http://www.jumpstart.org/2012-awards-dinner.html

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6. January 2012 by Jim Sutliff.

A recent study from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce compared college majors with employment rates and salaries.  The study indicates that a students major is a strong factor in determining employment and lifetime career earnings.  Majors that are in high demand are engineering, healthcare, education, and the sciences.  Earnings for quantitative majors such as engineering were significantly higher than earnings in the education field.  Architecture is one major that has been hurt by the economic downturn.  Architecture majors have a 13.9% unemployment rate.

To read a related US News article, please click here:

http://preview.usnewsuniversitydirectory.com/articles/new-report-highlights-college-majors-that-lead-to_12052.aspx

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4. January 2012 by Jim Sutliff.

A recent Yahoo! Education article discusses seven health care careers.  For each career the article provides the average salary, the degree or certificate requirements, and the reason that the field is in high demand.  Medical assistant and dental assistant are the top two health care careers listed in the article.

To read the Yahoo! Education article, please click here:

http://education.yahoo.net/articles/hot_health_care_careers_2.htm?wid=7&svkid=EZPJ&partner=1946&usid=fb936660-3753-11e1-9742-0019b9eb0fc7

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2. January 2012 by Jim Sutliff.

A recent Career Builder article discussed nine careers that have a positive growth outlook for 2012.  The article provides a brief description and average salary for each career.  The top three average salaries are for computer software engineers, biomedical engineers, and management analysts.

To read the Career Builder article, please click here:

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-2854-Job-Info-and-Trends-Best-bets-for-jobs-in-2012/?SiteId=cbmsnhp42854&sc_extcmp=JS_2854_home1

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30. December 2011 by Jim Sutliff.

CNN Fortune has an article on the Poets and Quants MBA Dean of the Year.  Poets and Quants awarded their first Dean of the Year award to Robert Bruner.  Bruner is the Dean of the Darden School of Business.  Darden is the School of Business at the University of Virginia.  Bruner has helped to recruit one out of every four of Darden faculty members.  In addition, applications have risen to eight applicants for every seat.

To read the CNN Fortune article, please click here:

http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/12/21/b-school-dean-of-the-year-uva-dardens-robert-bruner/

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28. December 2011 by Jim Sutliff.

Monster Career Tools provides career management articles, advice, and job listings.  Job listings are provided for most career fields and can be searched by location.  The site also offers career tools that compare salaries and education by job title.

To visit the Monster Career Tools site, please click here:

http://my.monster.com/Career-Management/Landing.aspx

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26. December 2011 by Jim Sutliff.

FINS Sales & Marketing provides career news, advice, and job listings.  FINS is part of the Wall Street Journal Network and also has an area for Finance and Technology.  Recent FINS Sales & Marketing articles cover holiday shopping trends, hedge fund marketer compensation, and job search advice.

To visit the FINS Sales & Marketing site, please click here:

http://sales-jobs.fins.com/

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23. December 2011 by Jim Sutliff.

A recent Yahoo! Education article provides tips for 2012.  A few of the tips are for physical fitness, education, and saving money.  The article also offers goal setting and planning advice for each suggestion.

To read the Yahoo! Education article, please click here:

http://education.yahoo.net/articles/how_to_invest_in_you.htm?wid=7&svkid=EZPJ&partner=1946&usid=88fe8c60-2dcb-11e1-b464-002219651dc9

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20. December 2011 by Jim Sutliff.

Cornell University was awarded the right to build an applied science campus in New York City.  The campus will be built on Roosevelt Island and it will support as many as 2,500 graduate students.  Cornell is expected to spend over $2 billion on the project.

To read a related Wall Street Journal article, please click here:

http://online.wsj.com/article/APfa8d9fd1b8bd43aa9f86ca3482a23318.html

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16. December 2011 by Jim Sutliff.

A recent FINS Finance article discussed the Global Outlook Survey conducted by CFO Magazine.  The Duke/CFO Magazine survey reached 1,050 CFOs from a wide range of companies.  The survey expects a 1.5% increase in U.S. employment in 2012.

To read the FINS Finance article, please click here:

http://www.fins.com/Finance/Articles/SBB0001424052970204026804577100372110854092/CFOs-Project-More-Hiring-in-U-S-Next-Year?link=FINS_hp&Type=0

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14. December 2011 by Jim Sutliff.

The US News Short List provides rankings and data that is separate from the US News overall rankings.  The Short List for colleges provides lists of the most expensive and least expensive public and private colleges.  Also, there are articles on the academics and faculty at different schools.  The Short List also provides data on schools that have the most and fewest cars on campus.

To visit the US News Short List, please click here:

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college

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11. December 2011 by Jim Sutliff.

Yahoo! Education has an article on five careers for 2012.  The article provides data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.  The five careers include accountant, social worker, teacher, computer systems administrator, and health services manager.  In addition, the article provides average salaries and education options.

To read the Yahoo! Education article, please click here:

http://education.yahoo.net/articles/hot_careers_for_2012.htm?wid=7&svkid=EZPJ&partner=1946&usid=7ff2c7c0-2426-11e1-9987-001d0963c732

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8. December 2011 by Jim Sutliff.

A recent CNN article and slideshow discusses the top MBA programs.  The article uses the business school rankings provided by Poets and Quants.  The article provides median base salaries, acceptance rates, average GMAT scores, and cost of attendence.  Harvard was ranked number one and was followed by Stanford and the University of Chicago.  The three schools also finished at the top of the 2010 rankings.

To read the CNN article, please click here:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/pf/college/1112/gallery.mba-rankings-business-school.fortune/index.html

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5. December 2011 by Jim Sutliff.

The GMAT has a new integrated reasoning section that will first appear on the June GMAT.  The integrated reasoning section will join the verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing sections of the exam.  Registration for the new GMAT will begin this month.

To read a related Wall Street Journal article, please click here:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204753404577066781518232206.html?KEYWORDS=gmat

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