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7 More Tips for Distance Learning
Tweet Share on Facebook June 30, 2010 Comment (3)Last week, we offered 7 tips for that ever-expanding newcomer on the college scene: distance learning. This week, we offer 7 more:
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7 Tips for Distance Learning
Tweet Share on Facebook June 24, 2010 Comment (7)The U.S. government defines distance education as "a formal education process in which the students and instructor are not in the same place." It may seem like just about any college course satisfies this definition, but this specifically is referring to online courses that you take either in pursuit of a degree or to improve your knowledge and skills in some area. Distance learning is a really big thing these days: At any given time, more than 2.5 million students are taking these classes. And with the increasing demand for higher education, given globalization and the competitive job market, this number is bound to grow exponentially in years to come.
To get you started thinking about distance learning, and to help you figure out if it might be for you, here are 7 tips for prospective students thinking about online education:
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4 More Tips for Putting Together the College Application List
Tweet Share on Facebook June 16, 2010 Comment (1)Last week, we offered the first four of our eight tips for composing the list of colleges to which you'll apply. Here are four more:
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Top 4 Tips for Making Your College Application List
Tweet Share on Facebook June 9, 2010 Comment (3)For many high school students, the summer before senior year is the time when they start thinking seriously about applying to college. With more than 4,000 choices—most of which one knows almost nothing about—the task can be daunting, indeed. But how you start the process can have important ramifications for how the choice turns out. To help you approach the task, here are some of our top tips for composing the list of colleges to which you'll apply. (Check back next week for more tips on this topic.)
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12 Lessons Students Can Learn From the Food Network
Tweet Share on Facebook June 2, 2010 CommentYou might have thought that a college student glued to the TV watching cooking shows is wasting his or her time. Au contraire. There's lots of good advice for college to be gleaned from Bobby Flay and Paula Deen, if you only know where to look. Here are a dozen of the most important tips:
