Monthly Archives: January 2011

Over the years, many studies have shown that children who grow up in homes that value education do better in life. Why not make online college courses part of the plan?

Parenting.com is a great site. We do have one gripe however. It doesn’t mention the fact that mothers really can benefit from online college courses.

Sure everybody’s grumpy about the rising cost of tuition at American colleges and universities. But what about the cost of applying to college?

Online college courses are perfect for military personnel and their families, for some reasons that you might not have considered.

Here's a winning formula for you. Build your career and build your brain at the same time with distance learning courses. 

The authors of a new book tracked 2,300 students at 24 colleges and universities. Using standardized tests, they determined that 45% of college students showed little academic gain after two years of college. They also found that after four years of college, 36% had learned nearly nothing.

If Horatio Alger were around today, he would be pursuing his education online. 

If you go back to the dictionary definition of what a college is, you’ll see that colleges really ought to be very simple places: institutions where people learn something and earn degrees. Just when all the other stuff intruded is anybody’s guess – but we wish it would go away. 

Online college courses can improve your performance in college and your grade point average too. 

Did you know that you can complete a college degree in only three years? Well, you can. We have written about this topic on this blog before. Here are some  strategies that can cut at least a year from your college work.

So if you’re an American guidance counselor, it really is time to know about the opportunities and advantages of online college courses. It’s not just for “other” students. It’s for the students you are counseling today. 

New research finds that traditional American colleges and universities aren't doing a very good job of teaching college students anything. 

StraighterLine could be the Craigslist of Colleges. Could be. We don’t mind the title. Do you?

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