A certificate in technical writing is not a must to enter this lucrative professional field. However, if you are considering a mid-career shift into technical writing or a young person just starting out, then a certificate from an established institution may indeed help in your job search and interviews. University of Massachussets at Lowell does have a certificate program that consists of 4 required and 2 elective courses. If you are enrolled in this program you become eligible for special internship opportunities and can also apply for the Society for Technical Communication (STC)’s scholarship programs. XML is the future of technical communications. If you are in your twenties today and seriously considering to have a career in technical communications, then you’d better learn it as fast as you can. With a firm knowledge of XML single-sourcing under your belt, you can command much higher salaries and better potions in the technical communication world. That’s why my first impression of the UM Lowell program is positive. It comes across as a program with its sights firmly set on the future of our profession.

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If you are competing with others to get into graduate school or a professional program like medical, dental or law school, then university grades are extremely important. The top places will usually take only the top students from the undergraduate years. Some employers such as top accounting and law firms hire only the top students with the top college grades too.

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Theft is the number one crime on any typical college campus, with the dorm room being the number one location where theft occurs. Most of the stolen property includes high dollar, easy to grab items that are hard to recover. If students get a clear understanding of what is stolen the most, then they can protect themselves and be more cautious when handling such items.

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We all know that getting decent grades is important for success in college or university. However, there is a lot more to just grades when it comes to doing well in college and university. The following are some great tips regarding lifestyle and personal balance on campus to help you.

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Let’s face it, nowadays we don’t have much time (or money) to spare. So who’d like to drive all the way to the bookstore to spend an hour looking for a book that might not even be there and, if it’s there, would most likely be more expensive than the one you could have bought online in five minutes sitting in your favorite chair while sipping a soda and watching Heroes? Not me, that’s for sure. That’s why I’ve prepared the Top 10 tips for buying Textbooks online because, there is no doubt about it, you should be buying them online. Trust me, it might turn out to be the smartest thing you do this term.

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Each year, every faculty member becomes one year older. However, the average age of each incoming student remains the same. This presents a challenge: How can we keep the communication and learning gap from expanding more and more as time goes on?

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Have you ever started to ‘process’ your inbox and instead just shuffled things around? Maybe you were thinking, “hmmmmm…I’ll do this later,” or “Uh, what is this?” or “Oh, good grief! I can’t believe I keep getting this ____.” For any and all of us who have done the shuffling routine, this practice is how our in-boxes (bins & buckets) tend not to get processed and instead are churning like a raffle ticket bin being twirled around.

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If you are thinking about a spring semester abroad, it is not too early to begin planning for your multicultural excursion. For a great experience with school study abroad, Australia makes a wonderful host country.

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If you are presently in college or university, don’t even think about quitting! Finish your degree. Even though college life or university life can be tough at times, history has shown that those finishing higher education will get further ahead in life.

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Your child is eager to go to college, but…are you ready to say “good-bye”? Here’s how to make the process easier.

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