Online Education

Is One-Year MBA Better Than Two-Year?

Rahul Choudaha, Ph.D. | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Business Education, Online Education, Graduate School, Mba Degree, One Year Mba, Management Grad School, Business Mba, Two Year Mba, College News
Rahul Choudaha, Ph.D.

A typical two-year MBA in a private B-School would cost around $100,000. In times of economic uncertainty, high unemployment rates and undergraduate college debt, wouldn't you look for a faster, cheaper and better MBA?

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In Education, Technology Changes Everything and Nothing

Brandon Busteed | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Classroom Technology, Online Education, Education Reform, Technology in Classrooms, Online Classes, Education News
Brandon Busteed

We have been investing more money per student, while outcomes have been flat. Faced with many challenges, we have turned to any potential solution. Many education policymakers hail technology, in particular, as the savior.

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Quality Higher Education Doesn't Need to Cost So Much

Dr. Robert Mendenhall | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Online University, College Tuition, Tuition Fees, Online Education, Technology and Education, Western Governors University, Student Loans, Student Loan Debt, College News
Dr. Robert Mendenhall

Technology offers us many opportunities to improve our output by customizing learning to individual needs, increasing productivity, expanding access, and most importantly, improving quality and affordability.

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Harvard, MIT Announce Online Learning Project

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 05.02.2012

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have joined forces to offer free online courses in a project aimed at a...

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The Global Search for Education: From South Korea

C. M. Rubin | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: International Baccalaureate, IB World Schools, The Global Search for Education, Education Reform, Global Education, Standardized Testing, C. M. Rubin, Siva Kumari, Stephen Spahn, Kevin Skeoch, The Dwight School, Dwight School Seoul Korea, Technology in Schools, Online Education, IB Exams, IB Education, Dianne Drew, Education News
C. M. Rubin

The first IB "through school" will open its doors to students in one of the world's leading education systems in August 2012 -- Seoul, South Korea. The school is located in Seoul's new Digital Media City, considered Korea's Silicon Valley.

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The Future of Education Reform

Douglas Crets | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Education Technology, Skillshare, Udemy, Online Education, Khan Academy, Ed Tech, Education Reform, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Small Business News
Douglas Crets

A certain generation works on the web, their conversation is actually more than just talk and relationships with politicians. It's proactive, active talk.

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A 122-Year-Old Start-Up? How Post University Reinvented Itself for the Modern Educational Era

Tom Samph | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Online Education, Post University, Connecticut Universities, Start-Ups, College News
Tom Samph

Post University is now on firm financial footing. If you ask members of the senior management team what they have been doing, they will tell you they have been building a "122-year-old start-up."

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Online Learning: The Ruin Of Education

Alexander Spring | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Teachers, Online Education, Education, High School Opinion, Teen Opinion, Teen News
Alexander Spring

Online education is growing at an exponential rate. If this continues, not only will our children not be as intelligent, they will not have learned appropriate social skills. Students at a young age need living, breathing teachers.

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Cash-Poor Schools Poach Students From Rivals To Boost Rosters, Funding

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2012

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By Stephanie Simon March 8 (Reuters) - As American public school administrators look to bring in more money by recruiting students ov...

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Three Essential Strategies for Creating a Business that Changes the World

Saul Garlick | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Creativity, Social Entrepreneurship, Money, Design, Online Education, Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Business News
Saul Garlick

We doubt there's such a thing as too much innovation when it comes to solving social problems -- but even if there is, we're pushing the limits until we find it.

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The Economic Advantage of Online Education

Susan Gilbert | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Distance Learning, Online Learning, Online Education, Higher Education, Internet Learning, College News
Susan Gilbert

Can we apply the lessons of Adam Smith to higher education? Can colleges be compared to tee shirt factories? These are the burning questions of our times, at least for those of us in higher education.

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Watching "Big Think" Videos for Credit at Harvard and Yale

Andy Plesser | Posted 04.14.2012

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Andy Plesser

Big Think, the New York-based publisher and syndicator of short videos of thought leaders in business, academia, politics and the arts, now provides ...

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The Country's Most Ambitious Digital Learning Project

Bill Tucker | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Online Learning, Education Technology, Standardized Testing, Common-Standards, Nclb, Student Assessment, Online Education, Digital Learning, Education News
Bill Tucker

Amidst the cool technology demonstrations, shiny gadgets, and debates about online learning, it's essential not to overlook the country's most expensive -- and perhaps most ambitious -- initiative to use digital technology.

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Let's Make the Human Right to Education a Reality -- A Call to Keyboards

Hannes Klöpper | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: University Lecture Online, Education Communities Content, Free Online Education, Digital Learning Community, Stanford Artificla Intelligence, Online Education, Cloud Education Future, Education Social Entrpreneurship, Impact News
Hannes Klöpper

It is proven that the standard university lecture is ineffective and that there are better ways to teach students. We need to build communities around content!

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20 Big Ideas for 2012, Part Four

Don Tapscott | Posted 03.13.2012

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Don Tapscott

What will happen in 2012? In the spirit of the aphorism "The future is not something to be predicted, it's something to be achieved," let me suggest 20 transformations.

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The 14 Top Online Graduate Degree Programs

Posted 03.12.2012

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So you want to get your graduate degree online. It makes sense, you like your house! However, are you confused by a maze of online education scandal...

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How Will We Read: Textbooks?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: The Power of U, Online Textbooks, C. M. Rubin, Digital Learning, How Will We Read?, Online Education, The Future of Books, Ebooks, McGraw-Hill Education, Digital Textbooks, Ereaders, Children?S Textbooks, Vineet Madan, K-12 Education, Education, U.S. Schools, Books News
C. M. Rubin

It isn't my imagination. My children's backpacks got heavier with the weight of those textbooks over the past few years. And I don't think the weight of student backpacks are just my concern. I heard a rumor that even tiger moms are advocating for lighter school backpacks.

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Online Schools Score Better On Wall Street Than In Classrooms

The New York Times | Stephanie Saul | Posted 02.12.2012

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By almost every educational measure, the Agora Cyber Charter School is failing. Nearly 60 percent of its students are behind grade level in math. N...

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Startup 2tor Rides Surge In Online Education

Reuters | Posted 12.05.2011

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(By Jillian Kitchener - Reuters) - Long-distance study is rising in popularity and cracking open a market for online educators whose infrastructure br...

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How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools

The Nation | Lee Fang | Posted 01.17.2012

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This article was reported in partnership with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute.   If the national movement to "reform" public educat...

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Michigan Senate Decides To Lift Cap On Cyber Schools

Canton, Mich. Patch | Peg McNichol | Posted 12.28.2011

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Michigan might be getting more cyber schools. Under legislation narrowly approved 20-18 by the Republican-led state Senate, Michigan's current cap ...

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State Senator Seeks Online School Audit, Cites Poor Grades, Structure

Posted 11.27.2011

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Colorado Democratic Senate President Brandon Shaffer is seeking an emergency audit of online K-12 schools. In a letter to lawmakers Monday, Shaffer...

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Online Education: A Word of Caution

Andrew K. Miller | Posted 10.08.2011

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Andrew K. Miller

Online education is in danger of replicating a system that isn't working. Yes, I wrote it. With all the potential for innovation that online education has to offer, we have fallen into the pitfall of replication. The keyword is "danger."

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Community College Students Perform Worse Online Than Face To Face

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Eric Hoover | Posted 09.20.2011

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Community-college students enrolled in online courses fail and drop out more often than those whose coursework is classroom-based, according to a new ...

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Ben Craw

Jeff Fernandez, Grovo: 27 Million And Counting

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Craw | Posted 09.14.2011

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Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

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