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Guided by the philosophy that a better-educated population will lead to better job opportunities and long-term economic recovery, President Obama recently unveiled a proposed education package that focuses on community colleges, with a sizable chunk devoted to free access to online education.
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Many people who choose to enroll in an online school over a traditional school do so because they work full-time, and the time saved by attending classes at home allows them to juggle work and school responsibilities. But that doesn’t mean it’s an easy task to balance. Here are some tips on how you can make the most of your job-school shuffle.
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As online schools continue to grow in popularity, the opportunities for distance learning expand to more and more subjects — one step closer to achieving our goal of a Matrix-like society of homebodies tethered to computers. Oops, was I not supposed to mention that? Here are 40 of the most unusual topics available to the public for online or correspondence study. And remember: there is no spoon… (more…)
Perhaps the biggest challenge of taking an online class is the solitude. Without the in-person stimulus and support of faculty and classmates, online students need more self-reliance and discipline than traditional students when it comes to remaining focused on the workload. (more…)
