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Section: Academics
Academics
D.O.E. Eyes Major Cuts in Loan Forgiveness
WASHINGTON — The Education Department’s plan to provide only partial relief to some students defrauded by for-profit colleges could reduce overall payments by about 60 percent, according to a preliminary analysis obtained by The Associated Press. The agency announced in December that it was discontinuing the Obama administration’s practice of fully wiping out the loans […]
February 1, 2018
Academics
10 Most Popular Upcoming MOOCS
Camera Essentials School of Visual Arts via Kadenze This class will provide an understanding of the camera settings and gear that is used in professional DSLR and mirrorless video production. We will cover the basics of camera systems and lenses, including achieving perfect exposure and great color, and will also dig into lighting and camera […]
January 30, 2018
Academics
Check the Student Reviews of Online Courses
Testimonials are ubiquitous: on marketplaces like Amazon, on product pages and on social media. Writing testimonials is also big business, and fake testimonials abound on the internet. Yet, they can be a valuable source of information, especially when choosing an online degree program to meet your professional needs. Student reviews can answer questions about interaction […]
January 26, 2018
Academics
Fort Hood Education Services Aid Transitioning Soldiers
As the Department of Defense’s largest education center, Fort Hood’s 22,000-square-foot cloud technology-equipped facilities serve as a military community portal for higher education and transitioning Soldiers. “The most important thing, from the Army standpoint, is that we contribute to the intellectual capacity of our Soldiers and we add to the professionalism and the full capability […]
January 26, 2018
Academics
Wash U Law Offers 2 Online Master’s with 2U
Imagine you run a university. You know from the data that more students want online programs, particularly when it comes to graduate degrees they can pursue alongside full-time employment. And yet your university specializes in brick-and-mortar higher education. It’s what you do. It’s who you are. Sure, you might have experimented with online learning using […]
January 25, 2018
Academics
The Failing U. Report
Failing U analyzes and grades each state’s laws, regulations, and accountability measures related to the private, for-profit postsecondary institutions in that state. The report does not analyze efforts by states’ attorneys general who seek to protect their residents through enforcement efforts and litigation. While laudable, such actions are needed in significant part because state oversight […]
January 25, 2018
Academics
Bill Would Offer Scholarships for Older Students
SANTA FE, N.M. — About 26,000 New Mexico college students get tuition help through the legislative lottery scholarship every year, but only those who started college shortly after high school are eligible. Now a state lawmaker is pitching a program that could help older and other nontraditional students. Sen. Bill Tallman, D-Albuquerque, has introduced the […]
January 25, 2018
Academics
Survey: Financial Issues Keep Many Adults from Pursuing Education
Vermont Business Magazine A new survey from Champlain College Online (link is external) says that while most adults see the value in higher education to prepare them for advancement in the workplace, ongoing concerns over incurring student debt and affordability are the major barriers to returning to school to complete a certificate, associate degree or […]
January 25, 2018
Academics
Same-Sex Army Couple Wed at West Point
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Two Army captains who met at West Point returned there to be married, in what is believed to be the first same-sex marriage of active-duty personnel at the storied New York military academy. The New York Times reported Captains Daniel Hall, 30, and Vincent Franchino, 26, both Apache helicopter pilots stationed […]
January 23, 2018
Academics
Sal Khan: Free, Online Education for the World
Sal Khan has interesting ideas about what constitutes riveting dinner conversation. At the moment, he’s partial to “mind-blowing” similarities between Greek, Latin, Germanic languages and ancient Sanskrit as well as the fact that Iran and Ireland are the only countries with names that mean “land of the Aryans.” “That’s still my favorite thing to share […]
January 23, 2018
Academics
Augusta U. Enters Partnership with Fort Gordon
Gretchen Caughman was all smiles Friday as she was handed a pen and directed to sign a stack of papers inside a classroom at the Command Support Center at Fort Gordon. The signing for the executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at Augusta University represented the beginning of a new partnership with the […]
January 23, 2018
Academics
3 Things Military Families Endure in a Shutdown
At midnight EST Friday, January 19, 2018, the government shut down. Yep, ultimately put out the “closed for business” sign. But what you may not know is military families, and many federal employees, are affected in ways which the average person does not learn on the news. Military personnel still work but do not get […]
January 23, 2018
Academics
Worldwide Campus Picked as No. 1 Online Bachelor’s
Since 2014, Embry-Riddle Worldwide has ranked in the top five of the annual list, including being named No. 1 for the past three years. In the most current rankings, it tops the list in a tie with Temple University with Arizona State University, Utah State University and Oregon State University rounding out the top five. […]
January 19, 2018
Academics
MIT Streamlining Case Studies for Online MOOCs
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s leading role in online education for all is changing how its own faculty approach more traditional education. For example, at the MIT Center for Real Estate, professors are rethinking the case study approach common in management training. The change stems from an effort to introduce case studies to MIT’s “Massive […]
January 19, 2018
Academics
MOOCs Increasing Access to Free Education
Post-secondary education, or higher learning as some would call it, is merely a pipe dream for some people. The fees associated with enrolling in a university or college, including tuition, books and other student fees, are sometimes prohibitive. Not to mention the strict and varied schedules that must be followed in order to complete the […]
January 19, 2018
Academics
Podcast Brings Literary Talk to Military Audience
Brian Wilson isn’t your average book nerd. He has an engineering degree, owns a pair of CrossFit gyms and can share war stories from numerous deployments over more than a decade as an intelligence officer in the Marine Corps and Reserves. But Wilson, 39, would rather talk about classical literature any day. “You read something […]
January 19, 2018
Academics
Norfolk Settles Lawsuit from Fired Military Liaison
The city will pay $157,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by its former military liaison, who claimed he was fired three years ago for raising ethical questions about a federal program meant to help veterans find jobs. The settlement came last month after a federal judge ruled John Andrews’ retaliation claim could go to trial. […]
January 18, 2018
Academics
Missouri State Will Seek Pay for Military Waivers
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Growing up, Anthony “Ryan” Newkirk only wanted to join the U.S. Marine Corps. He enlisted his junior year at Mt. Vernon High School and shipped off to basic training shortly after graduation. Halfway through a five-year stint in the military, while training others on satellite communications, he discovered a love of teaching. […]
January 18, 2018
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