by Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer HILLBURG, Florida. Hillburg College launched a new adult learner annex earlier this week, hoping to cash in on a growing population of adults facing employment challenges. “Our community unemployment rate is soaring, so we’re hoping to provide timely education that will help people become gainfully employed,” explained Tracey [...]

by Veronica Zolter Staff Writer Following a lengthy search for a new president, marked by the firing of two very expensive search firms, the Board of Trustees at City State University has announced an unparalleled decision in the appointment of Dr. Amy Wits, an adjunct instructor of communications, drawn from CSU’s own ranks. This is [...]

by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer University of El Dorado at Pasadena President Allan Swindell said he was disappointed by the performance of student protesters who invaded the Andriessen Administration Building in protest of proposed student fee increases made necessary by California’s financial crisis. A crowd of 50 students and hangers-on entered Andriessen at 3 p.m. [...]

The department of international student services at Vermont College of Arts released a statement to campus colleagues this week to alert them to a departmental name change. “We have always taken pride in resisting arbitrary style rules by capitalizing ‘Department of International Student Services’ but we’ve achieved new levels of performance that require recognition,” said [...]

by Con Chapman Lifestyle Reporter RINDGE, New Hampshire. Soledad Wilson is a third-year transfer student from NYU at Granite Head College in this isolated town in the White Mountains. She arrived on campus last year with an unmistakable air of authority about her. “I started my own literary magazine my freshman year,” she says of [...]

by Velma Applebee Staff Writer It has been a busy week for Housing and Residential Life staff at Willard University in Ohio, where over 150 hopeful undergraduate candidates have applied to be Resident Assistants. Like many other institutions this time of year, Willard is trying to find the most outstanding campus leaders for next year’s [...]

  Wendy Burrows flew home yesterday after spending nearly $1200 to attend a higher education job placement fair, at which she participated in no interviews. “After hearing advice from many seasoned professionals who have been through the interview fair, I realized how important it was to take care of my wellness throughout the event,” said [...]

by Lilian Kershaw Freelance Writer In a move that appears to acknowledge the great expense of attending national higher education job search fair called The Placement Exchange (TPE), organizers recently announced a new partnership with the non-profit Dress for Success. Beginning in 2012, female candidates can donate their unwanted suits with Dress for Success in [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Hilliter Airlines announced this week it will waive baggage fees on invisible knapsacks for candidates traveling to placement exchanges during this search season. Sponsored by both ACPA’s Career Central at Convention (C3) and The Placement Exchange (TPE), the initiative will allow candidates to travel with their most obvious baggage. [...]

by Diana Senechal Freelance Writer Washington, D.C.—For years, colleges and universities have taught cocktail party skills—that is, the production of small talk on a range of subjects. Over the past decade this tradition has suffered a 21st century beating. It is no longer enough to look someone in the eye and mention Simone de Beauvoir; [...]