January 26-28, 2009, the American Marketing Association is hosting the "MPlanet" Conference in Orlando Florida. David Sovka, Associate Director of College and Community Relations at Camosun College in Victoria BC, is attending the conference, and has generously offered to provide a daily Guest Blog for Academica readers.

Mark Solomon, Manager of Aboriginal Student Services at Seneca College, shares in this guest blog his observations of "Blueprint for the Future," a career fair targeting Aboriginal youth, which took place January 14 in Winnipeg.

Alex Mazurewicz, a Senior Social Media Consultant at Academica Group, attended the 2008 Ontario College Information Fair at the CNE grounds in Toronto, and summarizes the highlights in this guest blog...

This is the time of year that students young and old have The Clash song "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" bouncing around their heads. They have experienced a few weeks of classes, professors, students, line-ups, and all the rest.

Mature students offer a great deal to the post-secondary institutions (PSIs) they attend. They tend to be strong, highly- focused students who ask intelligent questions and provide intelligent answers. They cause little grief to instructors, professors and staff. They do their assigned work, and tend not to ditch class for other activities. They just do not have the time to waste.