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Is Online Learning the Solution?The need for reform is at the top of many lists detailing current issues related to higher education. Concerns about ensuring quality and access, as well as funding and career preparation are all …
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Different Sources for Grants for Online College
Attending college online has its differences from the traditional classroom setting, but in many respects is remarkably similar in style. One major similarity is the easy ability to gain scholarships and grants. Grants for online college courses are relatively easy to acquire for students who put an effort into their scholarships search. Grants are popular forms of monetary aid to college and graduate school students because they are an aid that does not need to be repaid (unlike the dreaded loans). Therefore, this should be one outlet that many students exhaust before applying for federal loans, but most of the time they consider it to be too time consuming to consider. Simply knowing where to look is a big …
100 Educational Twitter Feeds for Journalism Students
One of the most crucial ways that you, as a journalism student, can become a better writer, reporter, editor or broadcaster is to read as much news as you possibly can.
100 Incredible YouTube Channels for History Buffs
Always up to the challege of providing thorough, accurate information, YouTube delivers channels from leading names in historical studies, from The Smithsonian to the Discovery Channel.
100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom
Read on to learn how you can be using Facebook in your classroom, no matter if you are a professor, student, working online, or showing up in person for class.
100 Incredible Open Lectures for Math Geeks
While many math geeks out there may have been teased for their love of numbers, it’s math that makes the world go round, defining everything from the economy to how the universe itself operates
100 Inspirational Twitter Feeds for College Students
No matter what stage you’re at in your college education you can find inspiration and advice through Twitter on things like finding a job, studying smart, eating right and even learning as much as you can.
100 Delicious, Dirt-Cheap Recipes for the Starving Student
Most students don’t have a lot of cash to spend on food, but that doesn’t mean you have to go hungry.
100 Best Professors Who Blog
Read on to check out our collection of the 100 best professor blogs online.
The Role Celebrities in College Play
There has been a heightened amount of attention paid to celebrities who have found their way into the academic world recently. So often, we consider actors and actresses as “beyond” a college degree since they are seemingly “set for life” in their particular field, and the fact that they are willing to take time off to participate in a normal part of everyday life seems almost honorable. Celebrities in college play a far bigger role for kids around the country by allowing them to witness that many of these celebrities are attending universities solely because they want to further their education. They are not necessarily attending in order to make a career choice, but simply want a new level of education …
