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For years, U.S. college students have been told that some majors are one-way tickets to "Would you like fries with that?" But in China, educational officials aren't just warning students away from those majors -- they plan to trim or cut them altogether.

The job market is so competitive it's not funny, but some college graduates hope that comedy school can give them an edge in finding employment. Take The Second City: It's legendary as a proving ground for comic talent, but training at the Chicago-based theater and school of improvisation can work...

The job market for recent college graduates will rebound slightly next year, according to a study from Michigan State University, with overall hiring expected to increase 3% over last year and hiring of those with Bachelor's degrees expected to jump by 10%.

It's no surprise that people with college degrees generally make more than people without them. But a new study released Tuesday suggests that during the next decade, most jobs will require college training and that a high school diploma alone will be a ticket to a life of poverty.

Students are worrying about more than just their grades according to a new study by Edison Media Research. Nearly one in five polled students reported that at least one parent had lost a job in the past year. Many young people are taking refuge in graduate school, buying time until the economy...

While I can appreciate the stimulus package's focus on "shovel-ready" projects and I can even understand some of the rationale behind propping up banks, I feel that the administration missed a huge opportunity to help out a large portion of our population -- people with student loans. All of new...

Good news! After July 1, if you have any unconsolidated federal student loans with a variable interest rate, you can consolidate at the low, low rate of 3.6%. Phenomenal! Unfortunately there are, as this MSN article points out, a few catches to qualify for this rate, making the whole deal nothing...

It's graduation season, and another year's worth of college students will be paroled from the dorms, thrust into the scary world of trying to pay off the student loan debt they accumulated.MSNBC has put together a video featuring clips from The Today Show experts giving tips to outgoing college...