Archive for the ‘ Online College ’ Category

Is Technology Just A Tool?

The technology we create for ourselves, ostensibly to make our lives easier/better/faster, seems always to impact more than just the job it was created for. I’m talking about wheels and looms, satellites and cotton gins, not Silly Putty and Flowbees. [ READ MORE ]

OCW Consortium Partners with Leading Community College Consortium, CCCOER, to Expand Access to Open Education

Remember the OpenCourseware Consortium folks? They’re awesome in their wielding of powers for good. They make online courseware available to educators and students everywhere. The newest project is partnering with community colleges[ READ MORE ]

For-Profit Success vs. Not-For-Profit Failure

I don’t want to agree with Michael Platt that for-profit schools succeed and not-for-profit schools are seemingly always in financial straits, but he makes a certain amount of sense[ READ MORE ]

Afghanistan Is Louder Than Your Dorm, So Quit Your Whining

There will be no more complaints regarding the impossibility of studying in high-volume dorms: Army staff sergeant Dysha Huggins-Hodge is currently pursuing a transfer studies degree while serving in Afghanistan. [ READ MORE ]

I Paid A Guy To Write My Ethics Paper

It turns out you really can pay someone to do your writing for you in high school, college, and grad school. You just need a fistful of cash and a moral compass that’s lacking a true north[ READ MORE ]

How Nurses Think

The Atlanta Journal Constitution has article up. Several nurses are interviewed and are asked what it takes, critical-thinking wise, to be a nurse. It’s clear the meek and the untrained wouldn’t survive. [ READ MORE ]

Global Nursing Shortage

Nursing is a solid career choice these days. If you’re leaning that direction but haven’t made your final decision, Hill’s words could very well convince you[ READ MORE ]

Feds Will Require Better Numbers From For-Profit Colleges

Starting in July 2011, for-profit schools, like DeVry and Phoenix, will be required to tell prospective students statistical facts concerning the school’s track records in two specific areas: Graduation rates and post-graduation job placement rates. [ READ MORE ]

14 Ways To Save Green While Increasing Greenness

Arjun Muralidharan, aka the Productive Student, has a list of 14 ways college students can strive for greenness on Earth. You’ll want to do them all to slow the destruction of the planet, but you’ll actually do them to save yourself some coinage[ READ MORE ]

Checking Accreditation: Show Me You’re Smarter Than a Monkey

I don’t care how high your SAT scores are: if you’re planning to attend any institution of higher education that isn’t blatantly obvious in its accreditation (Stanford, Yale, etc.), and you don’t take the so-easy-a-monkey-could-do-it step of checking your intended school’s official accreditation status, then you’re an idiot[ READ MORE ]