Subtle ridges were left behind ages ago in the high mountains of dirt along Interstate 29 as it passes northbound along the Nebraska-Iowa border. The places where enormous glaciers slipped through are now farmland where cattle stand in the early spring rain, despondently, making good scenery for deathly bored children watching from backseats.
While it might not be an exciting ride for kids, it's an open road for drivers. Curves in the interstate become more gradual, and the land levels out. More hills border the far edges of the fields, like enormous dinosaur-backed bookends, and in more than one spot along the raw prairie, chestnut trees grow up through abandoned grain silos.

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Twenty-seven employers paid $150 apiece in March at an annual career fair targeting Longview Community College students and the general public in Lee’s Summit, Mo. The total number of exhibitors declined more than 40 percent from the previous year, college Employment Resource Coordinator Linda Anderson said – despite Anderson making personal calls to the previous year’s attendees.

“Last year I had 65 employers and a waiting list to get in,” Anderson said. [This Year] “they just said, ‘We’re not hiring.’ I know some of them wanted to participate, but they just had no vacancies.”

Everyone involved in the career college sector of higher education knows that to stay relevant in today's market you've got to be tuned in at all times. You've got to be up on the latest trends, and you can't let any opportunity pass you by. In an industry where staying alert is essential, it makes sense that career college professionals consistently name Las Vegas - the city that never sleeps - as their top destination choice for Career College Association (CCA) Annual Conventions.
In part due to popular demand, the 2008 CCA Convention & Exposition will be held in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino from June 25-27.

According to a recent Forbes.com article, Donald Trump has an empire worth an astounding $3 billion. (The Donald, of course, has disputed this fact saying, "I'm worth $7 billion.")
Four billion dollars notwithstanding, Donald Trump has continued his quest for world domination by venturing into the world of education. Yes, you read right. Donald Trump's aptly named Trump University has been open since 2005. Surprised? Most people in the career college industry are relatively unaware there's a new player in town.