Online Education News Archive
16-Dec-2007
64-year-old lands UCF degree from afar (Orlando Sentinel)
Billie Norczyk needed a B.A. for better job options, so she went online and earned one. For 64-year-old Billie Norczyk, pursuing a bachelor's degree involved firing up the computer in her home office and chatting with professors and fellow students entirely online. Online Degrees Can Help Teachers Advance (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - Ever since she was a little girl, Jennifer Finney-Ellison wanted to be a teacher. She would play school on the back porch and sometimes coax her little sister or neighborhood children into playing as her students. She even assigned them homework. Is Online Learning For You? (Richfield Reaper)
More and more college students are taking classes online, according to a new survey by the College Board and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. About 3.2 million people took at least one college course online during the fall of 2005 term, compared to 2.3 million in the fall of 2004. Online Education Increasingly Popular Among Students (Albert Lea Tribune)
(ARA) - Many people think about going to college. Whether they've never gone, have attended some college, or already obtained a degree, each person's situation and career goals are unique. Psychology Degrees Through Online Education (The Beaver County Times)
(ARA) - According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 40 percent of psychologists are self-employed, with clinical psychologists earning anywhere from $50,000 to over $100,000. The average salary for a psychology professor was $82, 554 for the academic year of 2005-2006, according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
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