Are you considering starting a new career, but want to make sure it’s one whose future will boom, not bust?

Good thinking - changing careers requires focus, dedication, and a good plan..(Via Yahoo!)

WitsOn (for Women in Technology Sharing Online) will start October 1 as a six-week effort to encourage female undergraduates pursuing science and technology degrees… (Via Inside Higher Ed)

In his speech at the Democratic convention, former President Bill Clinton heaped praise upon a program that the Obama administration started to help people repay their student loans. Known as “income-based repayment,” it lets borrowers adjust monthly payments down to 15 percent of their income and wipe out the debt after 15 years. “No one will ever have to drop out of college again for fear they can’t repay their debt,” Clinton said. “If someone wants to take a job with a modest income—a teacher, a police officer, if they want to be a small-town doctor in a little rural area—they won’t have to turn those jobs down because they don’t pay enough to repay the debt. Their debt obligation will be determined by their salary. This will change the future for young Americans”... (Via BusinessWeek)

WASHINGTON — Salaries for recent college graduates declined in 2011 for the sixth year in a row, another bleak indicator of how tough the Great Recession has been for young workers (Via Huffington Post College)

Choosing where you want to attend college can feel like a daunting task. It’s all about where you want to be, what you want to study, and which school is right for you. While a school may seem perfect on paper, to really experience it, you’ll have to go on a college tour. Here’s how to plan your college visits from start to finish… (Via Huffington Post College)

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Despite the gloom and doom over the rising cost of college, it still pays to get a degree if you do it wisely. Full-time workers with a bachelor’s degree earn, on average, 84 percent more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma, according to a May 2011 report by the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University….(Via Huffington Post - College)

One instructor’s firsthand look behind the scenes of the movement offering online education to the masses…. (Via The Network by Cisco)

High tuition costs are not necessarily a deterrent to disadvantaged young people in deciding whether to attend university, so long as widely available student-loan and support programs are also in place, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development... (Via Chronicle of Higher Education)