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If you are interested in a career in the kitchen of a four-star restaurant, then it's off to culinary school. But in order to pay for an education in all things cooking, students should start looking into culinary scholarships. Money College wrote about culinary scholarships last month, but here...

Times may be tough, but some students are still managing to make payments on their student loans. The U.S. Department of Education just released an extensive list of colleges where students have the best -- and worst -- track record of repaying their loans -- and some interesting trends have...

In this week's Thrifty Tech column on technology options on a college budget, we take a look at the Dell Aero -- the latest Android phone on the market, which is available for $100 upon signing with AT&T. Perhaps we're a bit too Apple-happy here at Money College, seeing as we just can't stop...

Many college and university officials are concerned that a new health law will put college-provided student health plans in jeopardy. According to an Aug. 12 letter sent to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by the American Council on Education, the Patient Protection and Affordable...

Reading and collecting comic books can get expensive: These days, comics run between $3 and $5, which adds up after umpteen issues of Iron Man and the Fantastic Four. As a poor college student, it's difficult to justify buying or reading comic books when you have to pay for, say, textbooks. But...

Welcome to Thrifty Tech, a new Money College weekly column about technology options on a college budget. This week, we take a look at the iPad and the negative aspects of using the device in a learning environment. It's no secret that we think the world of the iPad. As a gaming device, as a...

Welcome to Thrifty Tech, a Money College weekly column about technology options on a college budget. This week, we talk about how to avoid spending a bundle on essential software with free, open source alternatives. With back-to-school shopping gearing up, chances are you've already picked up the...

During the K-5 years, back-to-school shopping means crayons, pencils, pens, new folders, notebooks and pretty much anything with bright colors in the "school supplies" aisle. In college, things get complicated as the shopping experience branches out to other departments at the local big-box store....

For most students, summer means a break from class; however, for student nerds, summer is the time for E3 and Comic-Con to reveal the latest in video games and comic books respectively. The former of the two revealed the Nintendo 3DS, the latest in Nintendo's handheld gaming devices, as Joystiq...

Perhaps you've heard that the U.S. Department of Education is requiring schools to use e-reader technology that accommodates blind students. A while back, we wrote about the colleges giving iPads to their students. It's a beautiful thing, isn't it? Free devices that could feasibly host text books,...