by studentrg | Jul 5, 2018 | Career & Technical Education, College Degrees, Paying for College
Associate’s degrees could represent one of the most significant educational bargains today. Some students are saving money by earning these degrees at community colleges, then transferring to state schools and private universities. The result is a big reduction in...
by studentrg | May 10, 2018 | Career Pathways & 21st Century Skills, Jobs of the Future, Online Courses
When deciding what courses they should be offering, colleges often use a simple process of subtraction . . . The skills workers need – minus the skills their college teaches = equals the skills they should be teaching, but are not That way of thinking makes...
by studentrg | Apr 18, 2018 | online education, Paying for College
Finish College in Three Years With college costs soaring to new heights, completing college in three years is becoming more attractive. It’s basic math. If you finish an undergraduate degree in three years instead of four, you will save something on the order of...
by studentrg | Apr 10, 2018 | Career Pathways, Online Courses, online education, Paying for College
We watched a segment on the evening news last week that showed a group of students who were gathered in their high school’s college counseling office, happily logging in and discovering all the wonderful schools where they had just been accepted. There were whoops and...
by studentrg | Jan 22, 2018 | Online Courses
A decade ago, most students were utilizing online courses to complete one or two courses that they needed to complete their degrees at colleges they were attending. But now a new study completed by the Babson Survey Research Group has found that college students are...