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Famous business school Wharton, UPenn, has put first-year MBA courses online for free!

Wharton Puts First-Year MBA Courses Online for Free Wharton is now offering four core courses from its highly ranked full-time MBA program on the online learning platform Coursera

Your Annual Reminder to Ignore the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings The list's real purpose is to "exacerbate the status anxiety" of prospective students and parents.

As student loan rates double, how do students make the best out of college?

Stafford loan rates double Monday: Tips for students on minimizing education debt The heavy burden of college costs is about to get even worse: Rates on newly issued subsidized Stafford loans — government student loans often awarded to low-income families — are set to double to 6.8% on Monday, after the Senate failed to reach an agreement to avoid the scheduled increases.

10 Hot Majors:

1. New Media
2. Biotechnology
3. Organic Agriculture
4. Emergency and Disaster Management
5. E-business
6. Computer Game Design
7. Forensic Accounting
8. Information System
9. Environmental Science
10. Nanotechnology

This week's major: Forensic Accounting

Forensic accountants are financial detectives who audit, investigate and ascertain the accuracy of financial reporting documents, often in connection with anticipated or ongoing legal action.

Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-careers/08/forensic-accounting-career.asp

Uncovering A Career In Forensic Accounting Does a job as a financial sleuth sound interesting to you? Dig in to learn more.

Here's a list of the five top-earning majors based on the Census Bureau report:

1. Engineering -- $91,611 (median annual salary)
2. Computers, mathematics and statistics -- $80,180
3. Physical and related sciences -- $80,037
4. Social sciences -- $70,197
5. Biological, agricultural and environmental sciences -- $70,025

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This week's Major: Statistics

Statistics students study probability theory and sampling theory. They also learn to use techniques based on these theories to study the relationships between groups of measurements.

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Have you learned about new majors such as Forensic Accounting and Nanotechnology? Read about these new majors that didn't exist 10 years ago!

Ten Majors that Didn't Exist 10 Years Ago New college majors that didn't exist 10 years ago.

This week's Major: Health Services Administration

Students of health services administration learn all aspects of overseeing health care facilities and the services they provide. Instruction includes financial management, human resources, and policy making.

The ten most beautiful school libraries in the world:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/booklover84/10-most-beautiful-school-libraries-76ku

The Ten Most Beautiful School Libraries In The World Mmmmmmm, books.