By AlyssaEDU on November 3, 2011
Monmouth University: A History Monmouth University started in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, founded in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Twenty three years later, on January 18, 1956, Monmouth University received accreditation to award Bachelor’s Degrees. In March of 1995, the school received its university charter from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and [...]
Posted in Campus Life, Choosing a College, New Jersey Life, West Long Branch | Tagged accredited institution, colleges, colleges in new jersey, education, financial aid, jersey shore, jersey students, monmouth, New Jersey, NJ Colleges, schools in new jersey |
By AlyssaEDU on October 25, 2011
What is Marine Biology? As human beings, we can only inhabit 29 percent of the world’s surface due to our inability to live on or under the water. Seventy one percent of the world’s surface is accounted for by the oceans. If this sounds staggering, consider that the oceans encompass nearly 300 times the habitable [...]
Posted in Careers, Choosing a College, Madison, New Brunswick, Pomona, Teaneck | Tagged academics, accredited institution, colleges, colleges in new jersey, education, job, new jersey colleges, rutgers, schools in new jersey |
By AlyssaEDU on July 26, 2011
The Jersey Shore certainly gained a name for itself in recent years with the hit television series, Jersey Shore, bringing the boardwalks and nightlife of the area to a national stage. The show premiered on MTV in 2009 and showcased the cast members, all chosen to gear towards the ‘stereotypical’ Jersey Shore partiers, enjoying themselves in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.
Posted in New Jersey Life | Tagged colleges, georgian, monmouth, mtv, New Jersey, shore |
By AlyssaEDU on May 19, 2011
When you have been in New Jersey for a long time you have probably done all of the things you can think of, right? Well, try to think a little harder. As time goes on it becomes harder to find the fun things to do in any state, but New Jersey has so much history to offer it is hard to think anyone could run out of things to do. As a recent college student, I was always looking for fun things to do in the area that were cost effective, also known as cheap.
Posted in New Jersey Life | Tagged colleges, fun things, george washington, high schools, jersey activities, njpac, performing arts center |
By AlyssaEDU on April 12, 2011
Living in New Jersey is a great benefit to the students graduating from any one of the colleges in or around the state. It may not be widely known, but New Jersey is very popular in business. Sure, New York is more well-known than New Jersey, but once you get to areas near the Hudson River, there are many job opportunities with businesses like UBS, which is a Swiss banking company.
Posted in New Jersey Life, New York | Tagged banking company, business opportunities, colleges, hudson river, job opportunities, jobs, lucrative career, money, New York Stock Exchange, nyse, tolls, ubs |
By AlyssaEDU on February 10, 2011
New Jersey students have interests just like any other state, but there are some degrees that just tend to be more popular in the Garden State. Online degrees in New Jersey are certainly popular because of their convenience so many students in NJ choose online universities to take their courses.
Posted in Online Learning | Tagged campus college, colleges, degree online, education, engineering degree, engineering firm, Garden State, jersey students, math, psychology, school districts, universities |
By AlyssaEDU on December 30, 2010
The state of South Carolina has a lot to offer NJ students. Although it is rather far, it gives students a chance to live in a beautiful area far enough from home but not all the way across the country. Some of the colleges in South Carolina are University of South Carolina located in Columbia, Clemson University located in Clemson, and Medical University of South Carolina located in Charleston.
Posted in Choosing a College | Tagged accredited institution, arts and sciences, associate’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, certificates, Charleston, Clemson University locate, colleges, Columbia, dental medicine, diplomas, doctorate’s degrees, education, financial aid, graduate studies, health professions, housing, master’s degrees, Medical University of South Carolina, medicine, NJ Students, nursing:, online courses, pharmacy, public health, scholarships, social work, South Carolina, sports, study abroad programs, University of South Carolina |
By AlyssaEDU on August 28, 2010
High school students are used to walking around in one big circle all the time to get to their classes without really ever having to think where they’re going. All the rooms are usually easy to figure out. Nobody ever gets lost in high school. Nobody. But college is an entirely different animal. Campuses are [...]
Posted in Campus Life | Tagged campuses, colleges, maps |
By AlyssaEDU on August 20, 2010
When you’re stuck in high school, at least at the beginning, all you can do is wonder what the future will hold. What’s going to happen to you in the next phase of your life and is there any way to see what lies ahead before the fact? Well it turns out that attending a [...]
Posted in Choosing a College | Tagged attending college, college board, college fairs, colleges, harvard, NJ College Fair, recruiters, salespeople, state of new jersey, yale |
By AlyssaEDU on August 19, 2010
If you’re from somewhere like the Midwest or South, you might be and probably are comfortable with where you live. You’re used to everything around you being run the exact same way all the time and really see no reason to change what’s going on around you. But I have some bad news: the economy’s [...]
Posted in New Jersey Life | Tagged colleges, culture shock, eastern seaboard, economy, historical landmarks, philadelphia, recession |
