Online Education News Archive
03-Dec-2008
Columbia mother wins full-ride scholarship for online education (Columbia Missourian)
COLUMBIA ? Everyone has a story. Columbia mom Sandy Decker?s earned her a full-ride scholarship to college. Her essay, which she entered into a contest called Project Working Mom , was one of 40 chosen from among 50,000 entries for a prize of a tuition-free online education. Decker received her scholarship from DeVry University and is pursuing a bachelor?s degree in accounting, with ... Staying in school -- online (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Teenage moms find BlueSky Charter School provides the flexibility and motivation they need. Economic Downturns often provide Educational Opportunities (Bastrop Daily Enterprise)
Workers have frequently faced tightening economic conditions by taking advantage of educational opportunities available to them and improving gaps in their resume. New education resource features UNL bullying research (Lincoln Journal Star)
UNL research on bullying is featured in a new online resource for parents at Education.com , co-sponsored by the American Association of School Administrators. eLearners.com Survey: Economic Crisis Spikes New Interest in Online Higher Education (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
eLearners.com, a Web resource of EducationDynamics, has witnessed a 74 percent increase in unique visitors relative to last year with the majority of that growth coming recently on the heels of the economic crisis. In fact, in November, a seasonally low month for education inquiries, eLearners.com witnessed a spike in unique visitors of 138 percent compared to last year. Capella University?s Latest ?Inside Online Education? Podcast Covers Financial Aid Options for Adult Students (Centre Daily Times)
Capella University ( www.capella.edu ), an accredited*, fully online university that has built its reputation by providing quality education for working adults, has released its latest Inside online education podcast . It features a discussion of financial aid options at Capella with Mike Nylund, the university?s financial aid director.
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