The trend of classes moving online
In a new study released by the research company Ambient Insight, it is revealed that currently 1.25 million college students take all their classes online (Nagel, 2009).The future looks to have this number tripled by 2014, making online classes the most common way of attending college. The cost of an online degree is significantly below that of many traditional universities. For example, the price of an M.B.A. at the University of Phoenix Online is approximately $23,230, one-third less than the same degree at Harvard University. However, the tuition at the University of Phoenix Online is higher than some for profit universities. A comparison between Phoenix Online and Georgia Tech indicates that the cost of an online degree is almost two times that charged by Georgia Tech. However, online students have a cost advantage over traditional college students in that they do not have to pay room and board expenses. Read more…
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Netbooks are perfect for college students
Netbooks have received a vast amount of criticism over the past year but one area that they excel in without debate is for use in the educational setting. Cheap, compact and powerful enough for student applications like word and the internet, netbooks seem tailored for college students.
While cheap generally is connotative with “sacrifice what you really need”, I find this not to be the case. I work weekends on a netbook from a hotel room and not once have I ever run into a situation that I felt a lack of memory, power or screen space. I even do web development on my Toshiba NB205, and find the 10″ screen just fine for seeing the big picture. Read more…
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Herta Mueller's Nobel Prize makes a great research paper topic
Herta Mueller, tenacious and stubborn, most certainly would be the topic of a research paper worth writing! With her vivid and moving descriptions of Romania under communism, Mueller can be a research paper case study in one that truly deserves the Nobel literature prize she received. Overcoming the obstacle of being banned in her own country, Mueller managed to get published in Germany and launch her career among international controversy. Her first collection of short stories, Niederungen, illustrated the hardships of living in a tiny village in Romania under the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. She followed her first publication with her brilliant work Oppressive Tango, but also received harsh criticism of the writing from the Romanian National Press. Read more…
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