History is peppered with influential geniuses who changed the world. Individuals like Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein all had groundbreaking ideas that have lived on long after their deaths. Following this fine tradition, we take a look at 30 of the smartest people alive today – including brilliantly accomplished academics, former […]
10 Amazingly Modern University Libraries
Libraries have been described as “the heart of the university;” and, perhaps in view of this, higher education institutions worldwide have realized the need to contemporize these vital spaces, investing in new technologies and welcoming modern design elements. Leading architects and designers have been brought in to create university libraries that rightly stand as shining […]
Most Affordable Schools for Online Bachelor’s Degree Programs
For many students, the struggling economy has made affordability and post-graduation jobs prospects priority concerns when choosing a degree program. To help students with their search, we’ve put together this tuition rankings of the top accredited online colleges with our most affordable bachelors degrees online. This is not a straightforward ranking of the cheapest online […]
The 8 Best Business Movies of All Time
Movies about business tend to be of two kinds: inspirational stories of overcoming setbacks and struggles, and cautionary tales of corruption and failure. Of the two, there are a LOT more of the second. Let’s face it: stories about functional businesses – where management is practical and smart, employees are respected and valued, and customers […]
6 Great Poets with Ordinary Jobs
Most people who know poetry know that only a handful of lucky people make a living from writing and publishing it. That was the case even when poetry was widely read; it’s more so the case now, when very few people buy or read poetry. Now, most poets have writing or literary-related jobs; they are […]
9 Modern and Contemporary Poets Everyone Can (And Should) Read
Modern poetry has the unfortunate reputation of being “difficult” – as in “I have multiple graduate degrees in English and an IQ of 130 and I still don’t get this.” Some poets only other poets can read; some poets no one can read. But that’s not all there is to modern poetry; in fact, there […]
How To Choose A Nursing Job & Nursing Degree
There Are Some Great Jobs You Might Never Have Expected from an Online Nursing Degree The current serious shortage of nurses is expected to continue, partly due to medical advances. Put simply: people who would have died now live, but need nurses to continue to recover. Registered nurses (RNs) constitute the largest healthcare occupation in […]
Five dead end jobs you should (maybe) want anyway
The central question for any job is, “What is it doing for me?” It could be a dead end for someone else, but valuable experience and leverage for you. Perhaps you’re thinking: How can that be? The pay is lousy, advancement is nil, and I won’t learn anything useful! Never take a dead end job […]
10 Great Jobs for New Moms
If you don’t have a paid maternity leave, or don’t want to just go back to your old job after a paid maternity leave… You’re a new mom. You want a job that doesn’t leave you feeling exhausted and guilty all the time, even though you are doing your best on all fronts. You want […]
The Highest Paying Jobs In America
When choosing a career, one of the starting points that many people use is to look at which type of jobs pay the most. Figuring out which jobs are the highest paying isn’t as straightforward as seems. So we decided to clear up a lot of the confusion by putting together this guide to the […]