Online Education News Archive
31-Mar-2009
Online education is school of hard knocks (Orlando Sentinel)
Dear Greg: Last September, I was contacted by the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and offered an online degree in graphic design. I planned to pay with a mix of federal grants and student loans. I started in November and completed two classes. Then Murphy's Law took over. I had trouble logging in for my new classes and was told they locked me out because I had not proven my high school graduation. I ... Some area districts lose funds to online education (The Times-Reporter)
Harvard Business School Professor and author Clayton Christensen had a warning for public school principals and superintendents when he spoke recently at a meeting of the American Assn. of School Administrators. Groups giving gift cards to help classrooms (The Charlotte Observer)
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is cutting spending, but several non-profit organizations are doing just the opposite: They're giving citizens $100 gift cards to finance projects for teachers. Educational Software Firm Weathers Budget Cuts (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Education and technology are two favored pets of the Obama Administration. That's just fine with Blackboard, an online education software provider that should benefit smartly from the Administration's stimulus program. Free Online Education (The 33 News Dallas Fort Worth)
Patrice Powell loves her job leasing apartments. But what would fulfill a life ambition for the Dallas single mother is getting a college degree, for herself and her daughter. That's why the UTA dropout who once pre-majored in partying is applying for a scholarship to get an online education for free. She's submitted the required essay. "I wrote 1500 words. Didn't even know I knew 1500 words." ...
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