MiraCosta College Business Department

 Hydroponic farm and community college share veteran focusBY Paul Sisson NC Times

Just a few months after being criticized for not providing enough education to the veterans it served, a Valley Center hydroponic farm has imported an entire horticulture class from MiraCosta College.

About 30 MiraCosta students are reporting once a week for Horticulture 110 at Archi’s Acres on West Lilac Road in Valley Center, northeast of Escondido. Nearly 17 miles from MiraCosta’s main campus in Oceanside, the class is not exactly a short hop from the student union, but students making the trek don’t seem to mind.

“I guess we’re going to get a chance to do propagation, greenhouse building, it just seemed like one of the most hands-on courses that is offered,” said business major Alex Sandorf of Carlsbad. MORE AT…http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_09c01b39-d17c-5ef7-9e96-dbd9692a7829.html

It’s easy to pine for the tech-carbonated, high-octane economy of the 1990s. Employers aren’t exactly lining up jobs for new grads, and for what is available, there’s plenty of competition. However, just because the job market’s deflated doesn’t mean that you, a clever PCMag reader, don’t have access to tools that can give your job search lift.

In the following roundup, we’re serving up the top ten ways to find, apply for, and capture your dream job. Nine of ten are web-based. Nine of ten are free. And ten of ten deserve a click. http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/264382/recent-grads-ten-ways-tech-can-help-you-find-a-job

As banks take turns inventing new fees and hiking existing ones, you may think there’s no escaping your bank’s dirty tricks. But we found 8 with zero ATM fees, free checking and high-yielding accounts. Ally, ING Direct, USAA, Capital One, Alliant Credit Union, PNC, The Incredible Bank, Charles Schwab  MORE AT… http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/pf/1101/gallery.least_evil_banks/index.html

Anyone who has taken the Uniform CPA Examination, prepared for it, or been involved in the CPA licensure process knows that the passing score is 75. But very few understand what that 75 means. In January, the exam structure had its biggest overhaul since the exam switched from paper and pencil to computer-based testing in 2004.