Archive for September, 2008
New Laws Aim to Validate Online Learning
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!“The higher-education law signed by President Bush last month demands that colleges authenticate test takers in online courses through the use of sophisticated identification technology or with exam proctors. While some high-ed officials believe the law will help lend greater […]
Corporate Tuition Assistance
Most of us in distance learning programs would have significantly less of an opportunity to get a degree or more than a handful of isolated courses if we had to resort to 19th century solutions - namely the traditional college campus and total surrender of our schedule and lifestyle to accommodate a finite course schedule […]
Financial Aid
I am an elementary school teacher in a one-income family with four daughters. I don’t need financial aid. I need The National Treasury to come by my house and make DELIVERIES! These are tough economic times for everyone and financial aid is important. Where do you start? Well, the Federal Department of Education has a […]
Résumé building tips
Résumés are supposed to summarize your education, experience, accomplishments, and other professional qualifications. Its purpose is to present your essential qualifications and relevant work experience to the prospective employer and get you an interview. As such, it should be brief and to the point; it should be written in active voice, first person, using carefully […]
Scholarships for Any Age!
Forgive me for opening this entry with a Wikipedia citation, but I thought before talking about scholarships we should be on the same page about what a scholarship actually is.
From Wikipedia: “A scholarship is an award of access to an institution, or a financial aid award for an individual student scholar, for the purpose of […]
