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By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst
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 Accredited online law schools are inching closer to becoming a reality as the American Bar Association (ABA) considers relaxing regulations that have prevented entire JD degrees from being offered online by any of its member schools.
ABA is debating new rules that will allow its accredited residential law school members to offer more online courses as a part of the JD degree.
Although the ABA is not expected to fully approve online law schools in the near future, momentum is building for increased acceptance of online courses in the curriculum of ABA-approved residential law schools. |
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A federal grant for $1.18 million is allowing Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, to offer a first of its kind free online degree for physical education teachers.
The degree, a Master of Arts in Physical Education with an emphasis in Special (Adapted) Physical Education, combines online education with residential instruction. Courses are offered by Western Michigan University's Graduate School of Human Performance and Health Education.
This unique hybrid online masters degree for teachers is state approved in special (adapted) physical education. The degree combines online theory courses with classroom labs in adaptive teaching techniques.
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Community colleges offer the best deals in online associate degrees if cost concerns you. Online community colleges, which are funded by your tax dollars, are dedicated to providing work training, continuing education and online certificates in hot careers such as health care, medical coding and records, legal assisting, and computer programming.
State residents typically pay the lowest tuition for online courses, though some states also allow non-residents to enroll in classes online at a reduced rate.
Cost can be as low as $75 per credit -- often two to three times cheaper than online associate degrees and certificates offered by private two-year college systems.
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Western Governor's University has sponsored the publication of a new report on the challenges facing America's community colleges. In the free report, entitled "Eight Questions for Eleven Community College Leaders: An Exploration of Community College Issues, Trends & Strategies" thought leaders voice their opinions on the use of educational technology as well as online, blended and hybrid learning at public institutions across the country.
In the report, Lee Lambert, president of Shoreline Community College is quoted as saying:
"Today, I don't think any college or university has an option not to have a virtual presence. So the question is , what form does that take, and who drives that in terms of its full integration into a face-to-face campus ..."
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Two benefits of online learning -- cost reduction and the ability to use educational technology to create and measure more standardized learning outcomes -- are highlighted in the report.
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 Robyn Schwecke, 35, is a mother of two daughters, a wildland wildfire team member for the U.S. Forest Service, and the winner of a GetEducated.com $1,000 Excellence in Online Education Scholarship. Schwecke will use the free college grant toward her online Bachelors in Management at Park University.
As the first woman on either side of her family to achieve a post-secondary degree, Schwecke is determined to make the most of her education. She currently holds two Associate degrees from Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology, and now focuses her bachelors degree in the fields of accounting and entrepreneurship to prepare for a career in Fire Management.
"I have worked on a Type II Fire Management Team in the finance and plans sections over the last five summers and see myself being capable of starting a successful heavy equipment rental business to be able to stay mainstreamed with the firefighting world," says Schwecke.
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