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Due to the current partial government shutdown, I am suggesting that all students verify with their attending colleges whether their selected academic major-of-completion still exists. Contact your assigned academic advisor or the onsite registrar's office to verify, before attending this upcoming spring semester.  Do you know whether there has been a decline of enrollment of your said major? How many students were in each of your classes, during the winter semester? Be cautious of any major program that you have noticed a decline of course choices, especially courses that are normally available at the main campus of your college. Most often, courses are being canceled due to a lack of student enrollees [in a specific major program]. Often, colleges will comment to their students that they will allow current enrollees the opportunity to complete their degree programs. If a major program closes, most accredited colleges will allow you to complete its program of study--...

Source: Forbes . (Aug. 18, 2014). List of colleges only. Rankings provided by the Department of Education (2014). Note: Four schools were removed from the list for falsifying data to the U.S. Department of Education, Bucknell University, Claremont-McKenna College, Emory University, and Iona College. Williams College (Massachusetts) Stanford University (California) Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania) Princeton University (New Jersey) Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Yale University (Connecticut) Harvard University (Massachusetts) Pomona College (California) United States Military Academy (New York) Amherst College (Massachusetts) Haverford College (Pennsylvania) University of Pennsylvania Brown University (Rhode Island) Bowdoin College (Maine) Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Carleton College (Minnesota) University of Notre Dame (Indiana) Dartmouth College (New Hampshire) Northwestern University (Illinois) Columbia University (New York) California Inst...

North Carolina Barber-Scotia College www.b-sc.edu Bennett College For Women www.bennett.edu Elizabeth City State University www.ecsu.edu Fayetteville State University www.uncfsu.edu Johnson C. Smith University www.jcsu.edu Livingstone College & Hood Theological Seminary www.livingstone.edu North Carolina A&T State University www.ncat.edu North Carolina Central University www.nccu.edu Shaw University www.shawuniversity.edu St Augustine's College www.st-aug.edu Winston-Salem State University www.wssu.edu Ohio Central State University www.centralstate.edu Wilberforce University www.wilberforce.edu Oklahoma Langston University www.langston.edu Pennsylvania Cheyney University www.cheyney.edu Lincoln University www.lincoln.edu South Carolina Clinton Junior College www.clintonjuniorcollege.edu Denmark Technical College www.denmarktech.edu Allen University www.allenuniversity.edu Benedict College www.benedict.edu Claflin University www....

Alabama Alabama State University www.alasu.edu Miles College www.miles.edu Oakwood University www.oakwood.edu Selma University www.selmanuniversity.org Stillman College www.stillman.edu Talladega College www.talladega.edu Tuskegee University www.tuskegee.edu Arkansas Arkansas Baptist College www.arkansasbaptist.edu Philander Smith College www.philander.edu University of Arkansas At Pine Bluff www.uapb.edu Delaware Delaware State University www.desu.edu District of Columbia Howard University www.howard.edu University of the District of Columbia www.udc.edu Florida  Bethune-Cookman University www.cookman.edu Edward Waters College www.ewc.edu Florida A&M University www.famu.edu Florida Memorial Univ-Miami Gardens www.fmuniv.edu Georgia Albany State University www.asurams.edu Clark Atlanta University www.cau.edu Ft Valley State University www.fvsu.edu Interdenominational Theological Center www.itc.edu Morehouse College www.moreho...

Take an organized college bus tour? Yes, I would it would be nice to travel to a campus with a group of your peers.  Make certain that it is a reputable student tour company. Stay in the dorm for free?! Yes, many colleges have programs that pair up prospective students with current students (Source: Destination Depot). Ask about school-sponsored discounts such as fly-in reimbursement. Is it possible to eat meals on campus if you are not an enrolled student? Yes, it is possible. Ask your college-tour guide before arriving. Would you rather be in debt for several years or begin your adulthood debt free? Research universities may not be your best choice for the small-community environment. How many administrators to students? How many students normally participate in a classroom setting? How many part-time instructors lead undergraduate courses? How many instructors are long-standing professors. Source: www.blackenterprise.com (2012, July), and Glasberg...

This is a family discussion about college debt and higher learning participations. (Black History Month) Discussion takes place after my published book, The Script in My Box: A Journal of Forgiveness Sherlene : You didn’t understand, but it’s true! I was “right” in demanding to finish my college degree at DE State U, but as you know they wouldn’t allow me to. Family : Well, you know that most of us weren’t able to complete college. So, we didn’t know how to help you. We told you to just find a job – any job, but you said… Sherlene : (interrupts) I said that I really needed to finish up. I want to tell all of you something, today. What I didn’t tell you was that I had sponsors (government sponsors) that were helping me to fund the whole thing –my education and the center. They were going to help me get the resources to open the center (in Chestertown). I made a contract with them indicating that I would get my degree: and, then, open the center. Since it didn’t happen, they...