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		<title>5 “Sure-Thing” Career Fields</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you pursue a career for the first time or transition into a new job, you don’t want to jump into a career where opportunities are limited. Instead, look at these hot programs in industries where the demand for trained professionals will be high for years to come.
Computer schools: Stay on top of the latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Recession-Proof Jobs in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, unemployment remains around 10% as companies nationwide continue significant cutbacks in spending and workforce.  With more and more experienced and established workers vying for the same jobs once virtually guaranteed to those fresh out of college, today’s college graduates must seek recession-proof professions and careers in order to ensure future employment.
While there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Deduct Your Student Loan Interest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s tax time again, and if you paid interest on a student loan in 2009 you may be eligible to deduct up to $2,500 of the interest you paid, whether the loan was for your own education, your spouse’s, or that of a child or anyone else who was your dependent at the time the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Celebrity Sponsored College Scholarships</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tis the season to be sharing, so we’ve compiled a list of scholarships offered by some of Hollywood’s biggest names. Some of these college scholarships are pretty hefty offering full-ride scholarship opportunities. Enjoy and good luck!

Earl D. Woods Scholarship by Tiger Woods

Eligibility: Students with a 3.0 GPA
Requirements: Good academic standings, community service experience, financial need.
College [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Photography Jobs to Die For</title>
		<link>http://www.collegespot.com/5-photography-jobs-to-die-for/178</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>College Spot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Point, click and shoot your way into cool and well-paying gigs after completing photography school. We found five photography jobs to envy that you can aspire to once you finish a photography program.

1.	Magazine photo shoots

Imagine your photo appearing on the cover of “Vogue” or “National Geographic,” or being involved in the infamous “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Student Loan Fiasco Foreshadows Future Woes in US Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.collegespot.com/uk-student-loan-fiasco-foreshadows-future-woes-in-us-plan/172</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>College Spot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama’s Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which would force students to obtain their college loans directly from the federal government, is not an unprecedented consolidation of the student loan industry.  In fact, across the Atlantic in the United Kingdom, students must now utilize a centralized authority for their student loan needs. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ig Nobel Prize &#8211; Science&#8217;s Highest Award</title>
		<link>http://www.collegespot.com/ig-nobel-prize-sciences-highest-award-for-weird/165</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegespot.com/ig-nobel-prize-sciences-highest-award-for-weird/165#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>College Spot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week science announced its highest honor, the Ig Nobel Prize.   Well, it’s the highest honor for those who do research on funny and at times pointless things.  Each year Improbable.com gives away the Ig Nobel Prize show casing the best and oddest in the world of science.  Who said a degree in chemistry would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berkeley Students Protest Tuition Hikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students at the University of California Berkeley protested tuition hikes by occupying various campus administration buildings. The students and facility were protesting a thirty two percent hike in tuition; the tuition increase would raise semester prices by over 500 dollars.
Several students were arrested after at least 50 students occupied a classroom building on the Berkeley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Military GI Bill Faces Hurdles</title>
		<link>http://www.collegespot.com/new-military-gi-bill-faces-hurdles/138</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>College Spot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transitioning from the combat zone to college, returning soldiers are being welcomed by a new military GI Bill that should serve as a financial crutch to ease the stresses of the switch to college.

The Post-9/11 GI Bill, which went into effect in August 2009, provides financial support for tuition and provides housing to veterans. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Loans: New Payment Plan to Help Save Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>College Spot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most student loan borrowers do not realize that on July 1, 2009 a new, more lenient payment plan was made available for those people having trouble repaying their federal student loans.  

The income-based repayment plan is designed to get lower monthly payments for those people most in need of help in repaying their college school [...]]]></description>
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