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• Widest earnings gap for college grads in 48 years
• Why It's Important to Think About Your Career in High School
• Universities That Attract the Most International Students

Widest earnings gap for college grads in 48 years Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:36 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The earnings gap between young adults with and without bachelor's degrees has stretched to its widest level in nearly half a century. It's a sign of the growing value of a college education despite rising tuition costs, according to an analysis of census data released Tuesday.

Why It's Important to Think About Your Career in High School Posted: 11 Feb 2014 07:15 AM PST "What are you going to do when you grow up?" is a common question, even for elementary school children, but today, high schoolers are reportedly planning ahead and seeking internships to help them get into college and land job opportunities down the road. Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm, and Internships.com, the world's largest internship marketplace, announced a new study, "High School Careers," which surveyed 4,769 students (172 high school students and 4,597 college students) and 326 employers from across the country. The study found high schoolers are actually more entrepreneurial than college students. The sponsors of the study, Dan Schawbel, founder of Millennial Branding and author of "Promote Yourself," and Robin Richards, CEO of Internships.com, suggest the following reasons why it's important for you to start to think about your future career while you're still in high school:

Universities That Attract the Most International Students Posted: 11 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. The number of international students is steadily increasing on college campuses. "Higher education providers in the U.S. can expect strong demand from international students for the next ten years," wrote Alan Ruby in a June 2013 report for NAFSA: Association of International Educators. In fall of 2012, 29 percent of the 7,010 undergraduates at New School in New York were international students.

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