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Guide to federal student loan programs
If you’re investing in your future to get a college education, part of that funding is likely to include student loans. Of the 20 million students who attend college in the United States each year, nearly 60 percent borrow money to help cover the cost, according to the Chronicle of ...
Accounting is the language of business
So you didn’t break out in cold sweats during high school calculus class and you think it’s fun to prepare your own income tax returns. Now is your time to shine. Accountants are always in demand and the Georgia Department of Labor predicts that accounting will continue to be among ...
ROTC programs educate next generation of leaders
The last four years have been beyond busy for Michael McColister. The Fayetteville resident has been studying business at Valdosta State University, working at a nearby airport and participating in his school’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) program. But with graduation looming, McColister says the hard work has ...
Sold on real estate
One of the industries hit hardest by the recession was metro Atlanta’s housing market. But after years of stagnation, experts say the business is back on track. Low interest rates and low prices have spurred home sales, and builders are putting up new developments. That bodes well for the area’s ...
PointClear moving headquarters to Dunwoody
PointClear Solutions, a Birmingham healthcare software development company, said it will relocate its headquarters to Atlanta and add to its local workforce in coming years.PointClear opened an office in Marietta in February 2012 and moved it to Perimeter Center East in Dunwoody in December. The new headquarters also will be ...
Small firms work hard to stay afloat
Kevin Butt of KB Cleaning Services in Powder Springs knows the challenges of starting a small business and keeping it afloat.His carpet- and home-cleaning service requires long hours, solid customer service and staffers who are willing to work when he needs them — even if the work is not full-time.“You ...
Do you feel like the economy is finally going your way?
Fresh reports out today are adding fuel the general sentiment that the U.S. economy continues to move in the right direction even in if there is fear of a global economic slowdown in the months ahead.
How to end overtesting in schools: Tell kids to answer only half of the questions
Jonathan Herman is director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Georgia State University. As such, he has a lot of contact with graduates of Georgia high schools. And one of his concerns is critical thinking skills. Dr. Herman wrote this piece in response to my recent ...
Assault on Common Core Standards: A political or policy fight?
A strange element to the mounting Republican opposition to the Common Core State Standards is that the effort was led by a GOP governor and one familiar to Georgians, Sonny Perdue. Perdue was critical in championing the Common Core initiative, a product of the National Governor’s Association and the Council ...
Risk managers have career rewards
Metro Atlantans don’t have to look far for the best jobs on CareerCast.com’s latest “Jobs Related 2013” list. Many among the 200 are in demand right here, according to the state Labor Department. Actuaries, who manage financial risks for insurers, health care companies and others, recaptured the No. 1 spot ...
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