Last week Congress passed another huge piece of legislation that may affect every college topic you can think of. Called the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEA 2008), the bill passed by 380 votes to 49 in the House and 83 to 8 in the Senate. I expect President Bush will likely [...]

A quote from the recent action movie, Transformers, has kids a little confused.  In a quick interchange between two characters, a tech-savvy teenage girl informs a government higher-up that Nokia, a popular cell phone manufacturer, is Finnish, not Japanese.
As it turns out, a significant percentage of U.S. college students are misinformed consumers—they have no idea [...]