Duke University traces its beginnings to Trinity College, a school founded in 1838 in neighboring Randolph County by Methodist and Quaker communities. The school transferred to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist and well-known philanthropist James Buchanan Duke, through his family’s...
A degree in homeland security readies graduates to rise to the challenges of today's complex security landscape. Homeland security professionals may choose to apply their training toward work in law enforcement, government agencies, cyber security positions or disaster preparedness positions. A...
Here's our list of the top schools for undergraduate business majors looking to pursue a degree in business. These schools are ranked for 2009 according to the overall quality of education and prestige of the program. We found the best business schools to be the ones that best prepared their...
The University of Maryland conducted a study of FOX News viewers and found the majority of them are "misinformed." Upon publishing of the results from the study, FOX News senior vice president Michael Clemente issued a statement to Brian Stelter of the New York Times claiming the school itself...
Harvard University is a private university that was established in 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Named after its very first benefactor John Harvard of Charlestown, Harvard University is a member of the Ivy League – an athletic conference made up of 8...
Here’s a look at 15 of the verifiable stupid laws from across this great land, on all levels: state, city and county.
Cases are often summarized into essays written by paralegals, law students, lawyers, or legal researchers in order to provide insight into the legal issues raised in such cases. These essays are referred to as legal memorandums or legal memos and are commonly used by those who exercise the art of...
Here is a list of all of the colleges and universities that offer online degrees. We compiled this list by going over multiple lists of online colleges in order to get the biggest list we could. If you'd like more information about any of these schools, you can request info directly from the...
Trying to decide on a career path? Below, we've put together a sampling of the highest paying careers for 2012. To keep a balance, we've only included a maximum of two careers per field (health, business, science, engineering, etc.). A true list of the highest paying careers would be very skewed...
Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of The United States. Van Buren was born on December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, New York to Abraham Van Buren, a tavern keeper and farmer of Dutch descent, and Maria Hoes van Alen van Buren. Van Buren's early education began in a small school house in his...
