by Supporting Education | Aug 31, 2020 | News, Student Issues
In the beginning of July, Princeton University laid out plans for a revolving return to on-campus classes, focused around keeping the student body small enough to remain safely socially distanced all the way through the 2020-2021 school year. Freshmen and juniors were...
by Sarah Green | Jun 17, 2016 | Student Issues
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has blazed a trail in online business education. They were the first business school to offer a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in 2013. To date, more than 2.7 million students from around the globe have enrolled in...
by Sarah Green | Aug 31, 2015 | Student Issues
While many students look upon the advent of summer with wide grins and visions of impending laziness, others see it as a time to pack more unique experiences into their resumes and college applications. Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are popping up on more and...
by Sarah Green | Jun 20, 2014 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
According to a recent research report by the US Department of Education, over 25% of college students took at least one of their courses online in 2012. Of the US’s 21.1 million enrolled college students, 2.6 million took classes exclusively online. This follows 2.8...
by Sarah Green | Jan 8, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
More and more, the draw of an online education has become increasingly appealing to those seeking a degree. A decade ago, when online classes were a brand new concept, the prospect of earning a degree on the Internet was met with a fair amount of skepticism. Today...
