Online learning has its perks – the following six reasons explain why earning an online degree is favorable these days.

Personalized learning. Students are able to control their online learning in a way that they are not able to in a classroom setting. Students are in control of when and where they do their coursework, and [...]

Peer 2 Peer University announced a second round of free and open online courses last week. They offer 14 online classes ranging from physics to transformational art. P2PU is run by the P2P2U council, a group of community members who volunteer to design and run specific courses. The community is made up of writers, teachers, [...]

A common assumption is that the higher degree you have, the better job and salary you can get. A case study done by Dēmos, a public policy research organization, shows that this is not necessarily the case when looking at certificate, associates and bachelor’s degrees.

Certificate programs and associates degrees are a large and growing segment [...]

The team at WalletPop recently went to work conducting some unofficial but wildly insightful research into just how widespread online diploma mill credentials are currently being used in the professional world.

By cross referencing the names of seven well-known unaccredited online diploma mills with individuals’ profiles on LinkedIn, they found:

23 people cite Almeda University on their [...]

Everywhere you look, companies and products are “going green”. The amount of green jobs is on the rise. More colleges are offering certificate programs, and two-year degrees for green jobs. Part of this increase is due to the recession, as many students can’t afford to attend four-year colleges. They want to earn their degree from [...]

At the start of the 2008 to 2009 school year, more than 4.6 million college students were taking at least one online course according to U.S.News. That’s a 17 percent increase from 2007, or more than 1 in 4 college students!

Most of the growth for online education is coming from existing traditional schools that are [...]

Bill Gates Praises Online Learning

In Bill Gates’ recent 2010 annual letter, he states that many different elements of the Internet, including online video and interactive lessons, should be integrated into the curriculum of K-12 and higher education courses. Gates says that there needs to be a way to organize and rate all the educational [...]

It’s no surprise that colleges are racing to offer more online programs to keep up with demand, but a recent study (which recommended that all nurses hold a bachelor of science in order to practice) is putting online nursing programs into high gear.

According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the number of [...]

It’s an unfortunate truth that many employers still hold a bias toward traditional classroom education, particularly when it comes to hiring high-paid executive roles. According to a survey conducted by Vault.com in 2008, 63% of human resources professionals would favor job candidates with degrees from traditional colleges and universities while 35% give equal consideration to [...]

You can’t really blame employers for looking down on online degrees, when there are so many creative cyber-criminals giving online education a bad reputation. In the news today is Marc Parry’s story about the latest cyber-crook to get caught gaming the federal financial aid system.

One Trenda L. Halton, a scammer whose entrepreneurial skills might [...]