Ridiculous Alert: Oreo the Cat Earns High School Diploma Online.

Look what the cat dragged in….a high school diploma? Yep, little Oreo the cat from Macon, Georgia got her diploma from Jefferson High School Online. Oreo was part of a sting operation by the Better Business Bureau of Central Georgia, designed to expose phony “diploma mills” that have popped up all over the internet. These [...]

Career Salary Quiz: If you like it then you shoulda put a salary on it….

Many people believe that there are only a few careers where there is money to be made. We think that you have to be a doctor or a lawyer to get your hands on some green that but is becoming more and more untrue everyday. While you can make money doing those things there are [...]

My Colleges and Careers Back to School Giveaway!

They say there is no such thing as a free lunch and “they” might be right. But you know that could be yours for free? This adorable notebook from Edesse Designs. It is back to school season, whether you are gearing up for some online classes or you are braving campus, cute school supplies can [...]

Online Education Solves Problems

Problem: You’ve spent the last few years…umm…”finding yourself” which could include playing video games, watching America’s Next Top Model reruns, or trying to make it as an actor. You have wasted some time and need to graduate fast! Solution: Online Education. You can more classes online than you are allowed to at a traditional university [...]

Education Timeline

The current political climate has put education at the forefront of everyone’s mind. How do we improve our school systems and even if we figure that out, who will be picking up the tab? Much of the world views America as the place where anything is possible. “The American Dream,” anyone? Here is a list [...]

Medical Careers Spotlight: Pharmacy Technician

Your pharmacist is the most important person of your health care team post surgery. Why? Because even though the doctor can diagnose you, the surgeon can slice you and the nurse can nurture you, but the thing that is really going to take away the pain post surgery is tiny and be taken every 4 [...]

Online Education News: Extra, Extra!

Online Education has had its opponents from the start. People are afraid of change and who can blame them? But we are seeing more and more evidence that online education is growing, especially criminal justice and they will continue to grow regardless of the critics. You want proof you say? Take a gander at these [...]

Sonography Careers: The My Colleges and Careers Inside Track

What is A Sonographer? Sonography, or ultrasonography is using sound waves to produce images of organs, tissues, or blood flow inside the body. Layman’s terms: looking at your insides. Sonography is an alternative to radiology, which has been used for years to show pregnant moms their little nuggets. Sonographers operate the equipment, which collects the [...]

Real Life Vampires in the Medical Field: Phlebotomists

The Vampire Craze has been gone unchecked for months now. It started with Twilight and now the obsession with this box-office boosting, blood-sucking beast has spurred interest in other film and television shows like True Blood and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At some point the pandemonium will fizzle and only the real-life vampires will be [...]

International Police Officer Uniforms

Women like to joke about the whole “man in uniform” thing but contrary to My Colleges and Careers usual style of reveling in the unimportant but interesting, we are going to take things a little deeper today. What does it mean to wear a uniform? Is there a certain power that comes with it? In [...]

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