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Easing the Transition from College Student to Adulthood

A choice from the book that I especially appreciate is Produce more and consume less. Runkel says, “Although everything around us tells us we’re what we consume, that’s not true—you are not what you consume—what you watch, buy, or wear.” Runkel says we feel better when we produce or create—whether you knit, cook, or build something.

Scholarship Alert: The American College of Financial Services

But the American College of Financial Services may have read that post and is getting in on the act. The nation’s only nonprofit, accredited college devoted to financial services has begun a scholarship program with the goal of increasing the number of African American financial advisers; the scholarship fund is part of a larger effort to double the number of black financial advisers over the next decade.

How to Improve Community College Graduation Rates

Yet, research has shown that students who bypass developmental courses can pass regular credit-bearing classes. Some schools—like the 13 community colleges in Tennessee’s system—have adopted a co-requisite model in which students are enrolled in a class for which they receive credit and a remediation class to help them complete it.

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