Don't Leave College Without These 10 Digital Skills

Graduation season is upon us, and that means college graduates everywhere are preparing to enter "the real world." But chances are your liberal arts degree, as hard-earned and valuable as it is, doesn't equip you with every digital skill you need.
We've put together a short list of fundamental skills that every college graduate should possess, from simply branding yourself online to learning basic coding. They're guaranteed to increase your overall digital know-how, and you can learn them all on your own.

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Online universities keep growing

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The race to develop online university courses is continuing to gather pace, with one of the biggest in the US, University of Texas, joining the edX project.

The alliance, which already includes MIT, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, currently has more than 200,000 students, 19,000 academic staff and an annual operating budget of $13bn (£8bn).

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Preparation for College

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Find out about preparation for college, identify programs to assist in preparing for tests such as the GED, SAT, PSAT, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT …

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9 Sites to Save You Big on College Textbooks

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It’s that time of year again, when college students scramble for textbooks, in the hopes they’ll have money left over for food and fun during the school year.
No longer does the campus bookstore have the monopoly on book sales. Students now have the option to buy their books elsewhere, often choosing to purchase used books online, or even rent textbooks from various sites. Some schools are even incorporating e-textbooks into their coursework.
The key is to find the right edition of a textbook at the right price, and that can take some research.

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