7 Must-Read Blogs for College Students

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College is an exciting time in one’s life. It’s a period for self-discovery and to carve a path in their lives based on what course they’re taking up. People in college should expect to go through ups and downs since they’re supposed to commit mistakes and gain wins throughout their time there.

It’s going to be a challenging and stressful experience for some as they will be taken out of their comfort zones and find out who they are. Despite these things, there is beauty in being a college student, which is why you as a college student must do whatever it takes to finish your degree and start your adult life at an advantage.

To help you overcome the rigors associated with college life below is a short list of blogs for college students that you must read. It contains blogs that cover different topics related to making the most out of your college experience.

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Should SEO Be Taught in Schools?

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Depending on what degree a certain person might be trying to obtain, it might actually be in the best interest of a person to skip college and go right into starting their own business or making it the hard way – working.

There are some types of degrees you absolutely have to go to college for. You cannot become a doctor or a plastic surgeon without going to school (at least in the way our world is operated now). And you more than likely cannot be a chemical or electrical engineer without going to school either. However our school system was based on a system that was created many, many years ago – and it may perhaps be entirely outdated.

Should SEO be taught in schools?

Could you imagine how many more Internet startups there would be if they taught it in high school to teenagers? You would have 14-18 year old kids cranking out affiliate gateways, blogs, and providing SEO services everyday after school at 3 p.m. The SEO industry would be flooded within the matter of a semester or two of teaching it and the competition on the web would skyrocket. [Read more…]

Even small Midwestern junior colleges are using Social Networking to recruit and grow

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Danville Area Community College, a small junior college located in Danville, Illinois, is following one of the latest trends – using social networking tools such as Facebook and Myspace to recruit students.

An article in today’s Danville Commercial-News tells the DACC story:

So this summer, Danville Area Community College Marketing Director Lara Conklin decided to meet prospective DACC students where they spend a lot of their time — on social networking pages.

DACC now has its own facebook.com and myspace.com sites.

The pages seem to be working.

DACC, a male, single, 61-year-old Virgo, has 65 friends, according to Myspace. Facebook lists more than 200 friends, Conklin said.

The DACC accounts were added to the social networking sites a little over a month ago, so any direct marketing success as a result has yet to be determined.

The college considers the experimental program a success so far…