College Graduates

3 Ways to Find a Job

Blythe McGarvie | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


Blythe McGarvie

Even coming out of school, most graduates can quantify how they made a difference rather than just participate in an organization, volunteer or otherwise.

Recession Creating A Lost Generation; Young People Can't Find Jobs

BusinesWeek | Peter Coy | Posted 10.11.2009 | Business


Bright, eager -- and unwanted. While unemployment is ravaging just about every part of the global workforce, the most enduring harm is being done to y...

Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Generation

Laura Chapin | Posted 09.28.2009 | Denver


Laura Chapin

Why the 'lost decade' of young workers may fare worse than their parents.

Students Borrowing Dramatically More To Pay For College

The Wall Street Journal | ANNE MARIE CHAKER | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home


Students are borrowing dramatically more to pay for college, accelerating a trend that has wide-ranging implications for a generation of young people....

Slacked off This Summer? Time to Turn up the Heat!

Lindsey Pollak | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living


Lindsey Pollak

While many recent grads have spent the summer hustling for jobs, completing internships and taking summer classes, I have a hunch that others have acquired deep tans, toned abs and a slew of ticket stubs from summer concerts.

America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green


Avital Binshtock

While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.

Students Pay Services to Obtain Unpaid Internships

nytimes.com | GERRY SHIH | Posted 09.08.2009 | Business


With paying jobs so hard to get in this weak market, a lot of college graduates would gladly settle for a nonpaying internship. But even then, they ar...

The Corporate Freshman: Your Community is Your Most Valuable Tool

Alexandra Levit | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business


Alexandra Levit

Although I don't meet with them on a schedule, the people in my "lifeline group" are the people with whom I can be vulnerable, candid, and accountable.

Everything You Learn in College is Wrong

Auren Hoffman | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living


Auren Hoffman

In college you eat huge amounts of instant noodles and cereal. In the real world, you spend your entire paycheck on Whole Foods and tofu.

New NYU Graduates Forced To Live In Tents

New York Post | AMBER SUTHERLAND | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business


Two NYU grads and a pal who love living in the Big Apple but don't want to pay its high rents are happy campers -- each shells out $100 a month to pit...

Sympathy for the Graduate

Ali Weinberg | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living


Ali Weinberg

I have a job; therefore I should feel a bit of "survivor guilt," even if I deserved my success just as much as any of my peers.

Why Law School Might Not Be A Good Call

The Stimulist | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living


It's come to me slowly, a revelation of sorts: I went to the college they promised me. I went to the school of the catalog quote-box, a "hotbed" of ...

Recession Takes Toll On White-Collar Workers

minyanville.com | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business


In past American recessions, when the US still had a healthy manufacturing economy, blue-collar workers often suffered the worst unemployment. And tho...

J.D. Salinger's Teaching Advice

Nicolaus Mills | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living


Nicolaus Mills

UVA literature professor Mark Edmundson wants students to have the pleasure and excitement of immersing themselves in a book before engaging in a skeptical dialogue about it.

Getting People to College Is the First Step but the Pay-Off Comes with Completion

Hilary Pennington | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living


Hilary Pennington

At the nation's most competitive universities, the average graduation rate is 89 percent, while the least competitive universities graduate an average of 12 percent of their students.

Polaroids

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living


Stephanie Gertler

What we don't know about women in their fifties, when we are in our twenties, is that we can not only make it down a flight of stairs, but our hearts and souls still feel as they did in our twenties.

Despite the Economy, College Grads Set to Launch Innovative Product

Lola Olley | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business


Lola Olley

The BFF <3 necklace site provides security to tween girls who have synced their necklaces with other friends' necklaces, making them less susceptible to online predators.

Gay Graduates and the New American Dream

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living


Jennifer Vanasco

Gay graduate, you have an advantage that your straight colleagues don't have. You are living in a time when your community is experiencing real hope. Real change.

College Grads' Money Lessons

Wall Street Journal | KAREN BLUMENTHAL | Posted 06.04.2009 | Business


It's not easy to master money management during the best times and it's especially hard to navigate the challenges of a recession. Still, many of the ...

Four Years Of Savings Can Set You Up For Life

WallStreetFighter | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business


For all you recent college graduates entering the workforce, I realize that "Start Thinking About Your Savings" might be the lamest piece of advice ut...