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• 93-year-old attends Stanford graduation decades later
• 5 Ways to Retire Early
• Find Alternatives to Popular Majors at Community Colleges
• Chicago valedictorian accepted to college _ 26 times
• Robitussin for Brain Cancer, Part II
• Ways to Bounce Back After Falling Behind in an Online Course
• High School Teachers Share How to Say Goodbye to Seniors

93-year-old attends Stanford graduation decades later Posted: 15 Jun 2015 04:04 PM PDT STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Bonnie "Chuck" Gould got a master's degree in education from Stanford University in 1954, but it wasn't until this week that the 93-year-old formally graduated.

5 Ways to Retire Early Posted: 15 Jun 2015 07:53 AM PDT Early retirement is a dream for some people, and a nightmare for others. Many baby boomers have been booted out of the workplace in their 50s, unexpectedly and unceremoniously, while they still have a mortgage, a car loan and college tuition bills. People who are thrown into early retirement are typically left to their own devices.

Find Alternatives to Popular Majors at Community Colleges Posted: 15 Jun 2015 07:30 AM PDT Choosing a major that will lead to career and financial success can be intimidating for students. "Students pick business because they think that business is what's going to get them a job," says Kathy Michaelian, instructional dean of business at Montgomery College in Maryland. Business and health professions are two of the most popular college majors in the U.S. Job security is a common and valid reason for choosing a major, but there are many facets of business and heath care that students can explore at community college.

Chicago valedictorian accepted to college _ 26 times Posted: 15 Jun 2015 07:09 AM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — For many high school students, deciding on a college comes down to one or two schools.

Robitussin for Brain Cancer, Part II Posted: 15 Jun 2015 06:49 AM PDT When we last left our 21-year-old hero, he was six months shy of his college graduation and, more or less, given six months to live after a diagnosis of brain cancer. There was a window of roughly two weeks between the discovery of a golf-ball-size mass in my brain on Dec. 29, 1995, and the neurosurgery scheduled for Jan. 9, 1996. These days, I affectionately refer to the über-traumatic period between diagnosis and treatment as the "Oh Shit Window," or OSW, where everything in life is just so turned upside down, you not only don't know which way is up, the fundamental principles of gravity break down and pretty much everyone and everything around you sounds like Charlie Brown's teacher.

Ways to Bounce Back After Falling Behind in an Online Course Posted: 15 Jun 2015 06:30 AM PDT It's important for students to manage their time in an online course. Adjusting to a learning management system and other technology used in online learning can be a challenge for students before they even start to tackle their course work, says Lisa Knowles, a senior student services coordinator in Boston University's distance education office. Experts also say many online students have full-time jobs, families or other obligations, including unforeseen ones, which can make it more difficult to stay on top of their online course work.

High School Teachers Share How to Say Goodbye to Seniors Posted: 15 Jun 2015 05:00 AM PDT "It's really bittersweet," says Starr Sackstein, an English and journalism teacher at World Journalism Preparatory School in Flushing, New York. Saying goodbye to high school seniors in an extra special way can make graduation even more memorable and doesn't have to require much money. Teachers on Twitter agreed that small celebrations and letters were a good way to say goodbye.

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