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		<title>5 Websites with College Rankings</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most prospective college students and their parents want to know the rankings of the schools they’re considering. Understanding the rankings can be complicated, because, in part, they’re just not all the same. It’s important to understand that each group ranking colleges does so according to its own set of standards. It’s also important to understand [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most prospective college students and their parents want to know the rankings of the schools they’re considering. Understanding the rankings can be complicated, because, in part, they’re just not all the same.<br />
It’s important to understand that each group ranking colleges does so according to its own set of standards. It’s also important to understand that they are likely not ranking individual programs within universities. Each college and university has its stronger and weaker programs. For that reason, it might be a better decision to attend a university where your program of study is ranked highly, even if the university as a whole is ranked a bit lower. Here are five websites that publish college rankings. Be sure you understand the criteria used by each before you try to interpret the reviews.<br />
1. Academic Ranking of World Universities – This is one of the top two ranking authorities in the world. Universities are ranked according to the following criteria:<br />
number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals,<br />
number of highly cited researchers selected by Thomson Scientific,<br />
number of articles published or indexed in Nature and Science, the Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index, and<br />
per capita performance with respect to the size of an institution.</p>
<p>2. Times Higher Education World University Rankings &#8211; this is another widely acclaimed ranking site. Universities are ranked primarily according to peer reviews. Both this site and Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks schools all over the world, but they publish a top ten list for the US.<br />
3. The Princeton Review – Princeton Review publishes a widely recognized college review each year. They collect objective data on the colleges, including dropout rates and academic offerings, as well as interview students.<br />
4. College Prowler &#8211; This site uses the students at the colleges to do the rankings. Schools are ranked on academics, diversity, housing, athletics, food and nightlife.<br />
5. US News – This is one of the most watched rankings. Schools on the list are ranked by academic offering, graduation rates, financial and faculty resources, SAT scores, retention rates, peer reputation, alumni giving, etc.<br />
When you’re reviewing colleges, it might first be better to make a list of which colleges you’re interested in attending, based on location, affordability, and field of study.<br />
Once you’ve narrowed down your list of possible schools, check their rankings, particularly in your field of study. This can help you narrow your list even further. Then, also look at things like campus safety, housing, dining, and social life to see if you think the school would be a fit for you.<br />
It’s not wise for every student to simply look for the top ten schools in the country. Harvard ranks number one on almost every list this year. Not everyone can afford to go to Harvard. Not everyone can get in and Harvard, while number one overall, is not number one in every field of study.<br />
So, consider the overall rankings, but consider your own personal situation when reviewing colleges. The best college, after all, is the one who can teach you the most in your field of study and the one that you’ll love.</p>
<p>Phyllis Z. covers topics focusing on how to choose a school based on their <a href="http://onlineuniversityrankings.org/">Online Universities Ranking</a>.</p>
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		<title>Choosing a PhD Thesis Topic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most important and most difficult part of a PhD, the dissertation has driven many graduate students to despair. Even before you start work, you have one big question that you must answer: how to choose a phd topic?  Choosing the right phd topic for your interests and abilities is critical to successfully completing the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The most important and most difficult part of a PhD, the dissertation has driven many graduate students to despair. Even before you start work, you have one big question that you must answer: <a href="http://www.brighthub.com/education/postgraduate/articles/74619.aspx" target="_self">how to choose a phd topic</a>?  Choosing the right phd topic for your interests and abilities is critical to successfully completing the phd on time.</p>
<p>One thing to avoid is choosing a topic that is too difficult. The dissertation isn&#8217;t meant to be the cumulation of your life&#8217;s work; indeed, everything you do afterwards should be better because you have more experience. The dissertation is only supposed to show that you have sufficient ability to do independent research that makes a significant contribution to the literature; nobody expects you to write a seminal paper! Many students do some work in the area and even publish before choosing their phd topic; as a result, they have a better idea of how difficult their choice will be.</p>
<p>Part of writing your <a href="http://www.brighthub.com/education/postgraduate/articles/85308.aspx" target="_self">phd research proposal</a> is defining the topic exactly so that it&#8217;s very clear how much work you need to do and when you&#8217;ll be finished.  You need to pick something that people will be interested in reading about; aside from meeting the significance requirement, this also will help you in the future as more people will have read your work and will be (hopefully) interested in collaborating with you or offering you a faculty job or research position! Defining the topic accurately also has the advantage of making it clear what you need to be working on so that you do not get sidetracked into related areas that, while interesting, may not get you closer towards completing the dissertation.</p>
<p>Of course, you&#8217;ll also want to choose a topic that you find interesting; if not, you may never finish the dissertation! Even with all that&#8217;s know, there is still tons of work to be done in almost every area; you should be able to find a significant problem that appeals to you.</p>
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		<title>Motivational Teacher Stamps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stamps are very useful thing in human life today. Stamps were invented many centuries ago to put an impression of a person, may be by using his name or any special symbol. Stamps are used for May purposes like postal, legal as well as custom purposes like teacher stamps. Postal stamps are the one with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stamps are very useful thing in human life today. Stamps were invented many centuries ago to put an impression of a person, may be by using his name or any special symbol. Stamps are used for May purposes like postal, legal as well as custom purposes like teacher stamps. Postal stamps are the one with printed on paper with some symbol and possesses a price value. Legal stamps are generally come in rubber material and are used with ink. Here the ink used in many varieties of colours. The molten rubber is impressed with a mirror image of the impression we want.  To use it we need to press the stamp in the ink and press it on paper, this way we get the exact impression we want on the paper. Postal stamps possess more importance as they are part of our history and used as collection items also.<span id="more-1014"></span><span style="font-size: 13.1944px;"> </span></p>
<p><a href="http://teacherstamps.net/importance-of-teachers-in-my-life/" target="_blank">Teachers</a> are very essential and important part of our society and play a very large role in each person’s life that has gone to school or college. If we see carefully we will find that teacher is the most important person in our life after mother and father because he or she teaches us the culture and education. Teacher not only does this but enables a young person who doesn’t know about the outside world so much, to fight and sustain throughout the adventure and troubles of life. Here everybody should agree the fact that young people are the future of the nation and by educating these young people teachers play a very important role in our future.<span style="font-size: 13.1944px;"> </span></p>
<p><a href="http://teacherstamps.net/" target="_blank">Teacher stamps</a> are a great way to take the teacher student relation to the next level. Generally inspiration for students is in the part of student’s awards but those are like once or twice in the year and only few students actually get them so the teacher stamps can help lot of students to be motivated throughout the year. These stamps are normal rubber stamps with the marks like “Very good”, “Excellent”, “Improvement required” impressed on them. For the teacher who don’t get time to mix or appreciate a student in classroom can use these tiny stamps to create a relationship with student and inspire them.</p>
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		<title>Going to School For Accounting</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally there were no schools for accounting. Accounting was learned through an apprenticeship, much like becoming a blacksmith. Fortunately nowadays that is not the case. There are plenty of opportunities to receive excellent training in accounting. This article will give you an idea of what it is like to go to school for accounting training [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Originally there were no schools for accounting. Accounting was learned through an apprenticeship, much like becoming a blacksmith. Fortunately nowadays that is not the case. There are plenty of opportunities to receive excellent training in accounting. This article will give you an idea of what it is like to go to <a href="http://clockworkaccounting.com/accounting-school/">school for accounting</a> training and it will also list some of the top accounting universities.</p>
<p>While in accounting school you will learn double-entry accounting. This is the method that accountants use to track economic information. This information is then used by managers and other people to make important decisions. An accountant’s job is to make sure information is recorded accurately and in acceptance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).</p>
<p>During school you will take several financial accounting classes that teach you GAAP. These classes are really the core of modern day accounting. There are accountants who specialize in other areas, but every accountant has to understand basic financial accounting. In order to learn the journal entries and other financial accounting concepts you will go through comprehensive examples and situation-specific examples.</p>
<p>A comprehensive problem may consist of you making all the journal entries for a fictitious business for a year or two. Situation specific problems will be like story problems where all of the necessary facts are laid out for you and you have to make the correct journal entry. Something enjoyable about your early financial accounting classes is that there is always a right answer. However, as you move on to the intermediate and upper-level classes and the problems become more complex you will see that there is some art in accounting. The skills learned in these upper-level classes are invaluable as you learn to make informed decisions in ambiguous circumstances (a skill that employers are willing to pay for).</p>
<p>While you go to school for accounting you will also be taking several managerial accounting classes. These classes focus on tracking key metrics and other data that will aide management in guiding the overall corporation. This type of accounting is exciting in that the only rule is to provide the best information for management. People interested in consulting often enjoy managerial accounting.</p>
<p>While you’re earning your <a href="http://clockworkaccounting.com/degrees-in-accounting/">degree in accounting</a> you will also take a tax class or two. While most people equate accountants with taxes, the truth is not every accountant knows a lot about tax. Some schools only require one or two tax classes to graduate. However, most schools will also allow you to get an emphasis in tax if this is the route that you desire, in which case you would be taking multiple tax classes.</p>
<p>Auditing classes are also very normal at accounting schools. These classes are geared towards the accountants who want to work for one of the Big 4 public accounting firms. During these classes you will learn all about materiality, whether a company is a going-concern, and how an audit plan should be implemented.</p>
<p>Finally while at school for accounting you will take accounting information systems classes. These classes will teach you how to use accounting technology. In addition, they will teach you how to manage risk and understand how internal controls should work within a company.</p>
<p>Accounting school is a great experience and it can lead to a profitable career. Average accounting salaries at the entry-level positions are around $50,000. And after you make partner in an accounting firm, the average is around $500,000 a year.</p>
<p>During school you will take several different types of accounting classes. You will be challenged by the workload and you will gain invaluable decision making skills. If these classes sound exciting, then going to school for accounting may be a good fit for you.</p>
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