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 Lisa Brown, 36, is the Assistant Director at Texas A&M University's Office of Extended Education, a proud mother, and she is the winner of a GetEducated.com $1,000 Excellence in Online Education Scholarship. Brown will use the free college grant toward her online Master of Arts in Adult Education at Northwestern State University.
In 1999, Brown joined Texas A&M University staff as an advocate for online education when it was still a fairly new concept. Now living in Franklin, Texas, she plays a major role in the school's distance degree program for Government and Public Service. Brown is currently in charge of three online graduate certificate programs.
"I successfully served as Interim Director for six months increasing enrollments and improving processes; however I could not apply for the position of director that I served successfully in due to the 'master's degree required' pre-requisite," explains Brown. "The opportunity to move up in my career as well as to keep improving my skills is a huge motivator to continue my education."
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 Linda Haro, 48, is an honors student at Southern Oregon University and a winner of the GetEducated.com Free Online Scholarship for Core 4 Women Members. She pursues her online bachelors in business administration, with hopes of becoming an administrative assistant to help future college students achieve their goals.
Haro lives in the remote town of Sheridan, Oregon, setting her at a distance from any on-campus universities. Commuting to class every day was not an option with gas prices on the rise, so she searched for an alternative to achieve her degree. In addition, Haro supports her 24-year-old son through college, which has become a great expense with the high cost of tuition and books.
"The only financial resources I have hardly cover the basic necessities of every day living expenses of food, housing, and utilities," explains Haro. "For me, the funds needed to earn an education far exceed those of any luxuries. With that, I have chosen to study completely online because these classes are the most affordable."{{sponsor43}}
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 Dina Salvatore, 28, is a registered nurse, new mother, and full-time graduate student. She is the winner of a GetEducated.com $1,000 Excellence in Online Education Scholarship and will use the free grant toward her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree from the Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing.
Residing on a small island in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Salvatore recognized a shortage of healthcare providers and found inspiration to pursue her bachelors and masters degrees in nursing. Through education and volunteering opportunities, she has advocated various health-related causes, including the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAN) and The March of Dimes.
These experiences have confirmed Salvatore's passion for healthcare and they continue to propel her dream toward becoming a nurse practitioner. "My enthusiasm and motivation to learn, coupled with my solid nursing experience and academic achievements, fuel my belief that I will thrive in this profession," explains Salvatore.
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High drop-out rates plague online courses.
As a result, researchers are constantly looking for ways to make online education more personal and engaging.
Online training companies are experimenting with "virtual agents." These agents appear as online helper images on course screens. Sometimes called mentors, these agents offer encouragement and feedback as students move through online courses.
Computerized mentors essentially serve as motivational agents. They emulate old school teachers whose words of encouragement have reliably helped struggling students persist and achieve in the classroom environment for centuries.{{sponsor56}}
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What's keeping college presidents awake at night?
The same thing that's bothering most Americans apparently—money, or the lack thereof.
Inside Higher Education, an online news agency, surveyed 956 head college honchos ranging from CEOs to Presidents in an effort to take the pulse of a higher education system under assault on issues of affordability and accountability. Online learning came up as the best method to cut university cost.
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