Monthly Archives: July 2012

Now that older brick-and-mortar schools like Harvard, MIT and the University of Massachusetts are migrating a larger share of their courses online, it becomes harder for people to think that there is something “wrong” or “second-class” with online instruction. 

For sake of argument, let’s assume that instead of spending $24,000 to go to a state university for your freshman year, you’re going to spend only $999 at StraighterLine. That means that you now have about $23,000 in your pocket. Here are some suggestions for stuff you could buy for that much money.

Is margarine or butter healthier? Are foods that contain trans fats less healthy to eat than foods that contain saturated fats? That’s a question you’ll cover in your online nutrition class. Almost everybody has to take a nutrition class these days, so you might as well get a head start! 

As a service to students who are thinking of entering the medical and medical support professions, StraighterLine is running short posts on medical terms. Each post will define one medical problem or condition.

When do you study online? A discussion of that question is currently in full swing on the StraighterLine Facebook page. Here’s what people have said so far. Be sure to visit the page and add your comments too!

We just found an online slideshow of famous people who attended community colleges.  Boy, is it neat. From Halle Berry to Clint Eastwood to Eddie Murphy, Here are the famous people that the slideshow profiles . . . 

Some of today’s smartest students are using online learning to jumpstart their professional success. Let's take a look at four strategies that could work for you as you start your professional life. 

With the explosion in online education over the last decade, students have more and more options for earning their degrees online today.  There are for-profit colleges and universities that offer online degrees, independent private colleges that do so too, and even large state universities that offer some or all of their courses online. 

So the bottom line is, don’t beat yourself up if you’re stalled about completing your education. Just take some small, comfortable steps that you can afford. Before you know it, your studies will be back on track.

If you'd like to learn more about StraighterLine in just a few quick minutes, here's your chance. And you're going to enjoy the experience too. Just fire up our new video, kick back, and get ready to learn.      

If you like crime dramas like Law and Order or CSI, you know a thing or two about forensic psychology. Maybe you’re already thinking about becoming a forensic psychologist – a trained psychologist who specializes in understanding criminal thinking. It’s a fascinating profession. 

Hiring is picking up. But strong math skills are needed to find a manufacturing job today as the economy strengthens. A recent report on NPR explains the trend . . .  

Recenly a woman named Elizabeth Goff decided to auction off a baseball to pay for her son Michael’s medical school debt. It's not just any ball, but one that Lou Gehrig hit into the stands in the 1928 World Series. And it's expected to fetch $200,000 or more. 

Today, there are all kinds of wealthy people. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and a growing number of ebusiness entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg are certainly rich, after all. Yet they certainly have embraced the use of computers in the educational process.