Have you heard good - or bad - things about an online college? Share which online universities you feel are the best in a reputation review.
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GetEducated.com – "a great source for weeding out phonies" (among online colleges).
"Thanks much for your wonderful site! I've recommended it to my students and entered a program I found at GetEducated.com." --Charles Balch, MBA, Ph.D. --Professor, Arizona Western College
Vicky Phillips -- Founder of GetEducated.com ... "for 20 years the leading consumer advocate for online college students" ... Different Paths to a College Degree, Sept. 2009
Vicky Phillips ... founder of GetEducated.com ... "one of the nation’s leading experts on educational fraud" ... . ~Joyce Lain Kennedy~ (Nov, 2009), LA Times
"Kiplinger Personal Finance" partners with Get Educated - Top 15 Picks Prestigious Online Masters Degrees
Get Educated helps LATimes Consumer Reporter David Lazarus in "Getting an Education Learning Over the Internet" -- Nov. 10, 2010
Get Educated's beloved mascot, Chester Ludlow, dog with online MBA, helps Neely Tucker, Washington Post reporter, expose murderous minister with degree mill pedigree - Dec. 2010
You may soon have more access to free online classes through a new program supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grants.
The new “Next Gen Learning Challenges” initiative aims to increase the level of college education among Americans, using technology to improve college readiness and completion, especially among low-income young adults. This is needed because 64 percent of jobs by 2018 will require college degrees—yet only about 30 percent of Americans have college degrees.
Nonprofit education research firm Educause is spearheading the program, with the Gates Foundation providing funding for grants and research. Other partners include the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, and the Council of Chief State School Officers.
Four learning challenges are being proposed for the first wave of grant funding. The first challenge is Open Core Courseware (free online college classes). The Next Gen goal: to expand public access to free, high quality online courses for developmental and general education.
Other challenges in addition to free online university courses are: Web 2.0 engagement, blended learning, and learning analytics.
The Next Gen project is seeking comment about these four challenges through its website. In fall 2010, more information about how to obtain Gates Foundation grants to develop free online classes will be released.
