Branford Hall, a vocational training college with campuses located throughout New England, joins a growing list of higher education “corporations” that have threatened CollegeTimes over negative student reviews appearing online. CollegeTimes has received all kinds of ongoing threats (and hacking attempts) ever since we first launched our college reviews service for students back in 2007. The very illustrative thing about it, however – the common denominator – is that nearly all of these threats come from private, for-profit, regionally-unaccredited institutions [...]

According to Neumont University’s online faculty database, up to 6 of their professors and administrators may not possess a college degree of any kind. In addition, none of their current professors appear to hold a PhD degree from any field of study, despite the institution’s ongoing assertion of their “university” status. By academic traditions dating back to at least the Medieval era, a “university” is made up of multiple scholarly colleges, each of which is focused on a specific field [...]

For a lot of freshmen, college is their first real feeling of freedom. Gone are the days of curfews, mandatory cleaning and any other parental rules, instead being replaced with going to sleep at 8am, eating Count Chocula for dinner, and anything else a late teen’s heart desires. Unfortunately, this freedom can have negative effects on a college student, most importantly in how they dress. Just because you see other students at your University wearing stained sweat pants to class [...]

Stressed about exams or coursework? What you eat has a massive impact on your stress levels as well as how you perform in exams. Food affects short and long term memory, concentration, alertness and adrenalin and cortisol (stress hormones). Here’s 5 things you should do, diet-wise to help get rid of exam stress. 1. Get plenty of Omega-3 oils. Omega 3 oil is essential for proper brain function, and our modern diets are short of it thanks to processing and [...]

Brian Maffly, a writer for the Salt Lake Tribune who CollegeTimes recently accused of false reporting in regard to a lawsuit filed in federal court, appears to have posted naked photos of his young daughter to his Facebook account. The Salt Lake Tribune has had its fair share of controversy in recent years. In a highly publicized 2002 incident, Tribune employees sold information related to the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case to The National Enquirer. In 2010, the newspaper declared bankruptcy, [...]

The email server lists.lds.org, which is responsible for distributing private email newsletters to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, appears to be sending visitors to recent CollegeTimes articles highlighting Neumont University, a for-profit Utah institution that has repeatedly denied any affiliation with Mormonism. Just a few hours after a recent article was published on CollegeTimes announcing that Neumont University had been banned from Wikipedia for reasons of vandalism, visitors from all over the American state [...]

In the wake of a lawsuit filed in federal court against CollegeTimes’ former web hosting provider over negative student reviews, the Wikipedia website has banned Neumont University for reasons of vandalism. Wikipedia, one of the largest collections of encyclopedic reference material in the world, has blocked Utah’s Neumont University from making further contributions to their online content database over claims of ongoing vandalism by the university. The IP address range belonging to Neumont, 69.27.21.250, has a publicly viewable profile on [...]

Sometimes, working in an office is like swimming with sharks. In order to survive and thrive at your place of business, you need to recognize the 5 most hated office personalities, and then use your own finesse to handle them (thereby protecting your career). To help you understand this quintet of super-annoying types, we’ve compiled a helpful quick guide to their different personalities and character traits. Once you’ve gotten a handle on the 5 most hated office personalities, you’ll always [...]

50% of recent college graduates are either jobless or underemployed. Most of these graduates are working at jobs that do not require the college degree just earned. Many are working at part-time, minimum wage jobs. With these statistics, many will face the harsh reality of being unable to repay their student loans on time, if at all. There must be a better outlook for these young adults who put so much time into preparing for their future. But are they [...]

How do you choose between paid and unpaid internships? Both positions are hard to get, but of the two, young people prefer paid internships in order to abet their finances. Is this the right path to take, in consideration of what one gains from the internship? Here’s how you decide if an unpaid internship is good for your career or not. Check What Kind Of Training And Exposure Are Being Offered The popular belief is that unpaid internships are a [...]