As the price of a college degree continues to rise, there’s growing evidence that the monetary payoff isn’t quite as big as often advertised. The best estimate now is that a college degree is worth about $300,000 in today’s dollars—nowhere near the $1 million figure that is often quoted.
“That $1 million number has driven me […]
Discipline is the key to any success in life, but especially in regard to an online education. For those attending college on campus, degree seekers receive notices to arrive at campus locations where information is provided immediately by a campus representative. Books are purchased in line at the bookstore, student fees are paid at the […]
Western Governors University is helping place more highly qualified teachers into classrooms, especially in the high needs areas of math and science, by offering the WGU Scholarship for Urban Mathematics and Science Educators. These scholarships are designed to help working adults attend college online to become mathematics or science teachers in America’s urban schools.
These scholarships […]
As the class of 2012 heads off to university this fall and new high-school seniors start the admissions process, some may wonder if their college of choice fits with their own environmental ideals.
Recently, the Princeton Review added a green rating to its annual ranking of the best colleges. This score measures how “environmentally friendly, responsible, […]
Penn Foster is the most well known career diploma and high school diploma institution online. They have helped thousands of people earn essetial career diplomas and even their high school diplomas.
Penn Foster offers over 80 quality distance education programs designed to give you the skills you need for a new career in today’s fastest growing […]
Making the decision to return to college can be a complicated one. If you have an unfinished degree with college credits sitting in your academic bank not earning “interest” (forgive the economic pun), certainly the idea gnaws at you from time to time. You abhor the idea of wasting the credits you’ve spent time and […]
Sallie Mae offers 5 tips to help newly minted alumni begin student loan repayment and build a healthy credit history and to help customers get off on the right path for student loan repayment:
1. Automatic debit: Set up monthly loan payments with
automatic debit as an easy way to make on-time payments. Your
monthly […]
USA Funds(R), the nation’s leading education loan guarantor, announces that it supported $17.2 billion in loans to help students and parents pay for college during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2008. The figure represents an increase of more than 10 percent in college financing supported by USA Funds compared with the previous fiscal […]
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As Internet users become more savvy and social media sites dominate, colleges are taking a second look at the structure of online courses.
Just two years ago the typical online degree course involved mostly reading assignments. Students were able to interact with each other through discussion posts and chat rooms, but now that is all changing.
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