Archives for Bianca Da Silva
Georgetown University is going to be joining up with the likes of Harvard and MIT to begin offering courses through the online educational platform edX, and this new development has many prospective students delighted at the thought of free online courses. Signing up for a Course According to the Georgetown University Provost, Bob Groves, “Anyone [...]
Coursera has quickly built a reputation as one of the most exciting educational initiatives of the year, and it is now set to take another big step in providing its students with a heads start in their professional lives; it will now be offering a Career Services program that will allow students that perform well [...]
The Khan Academy has quickly become the go-to site for classes on subjects ranging from mathematics to the social sciences, and although it is already one of the most popular educational sites online, it has yet to find its limits with regards to how big it is going to become. Investments Reaching into the Millions [...]
The Hearst Foundation has given a $75,000 grant to Hartwick College so that students in need of financial aid will have a higher chance of receiving it. This funding comes at a time when tuition costs are on the rise and the job market is fiercely competitive; this means that grants have never been in [...]
Vivian Maier was a street photographer that was unknown for her amazing talents until after she passed away. The reason for her prior anonymity is the fact that during the 1950′s and the 1960′s when she was in the process of creating her best work, she was working as a nanny and she kept her [...]
The very first director of digital learning for MIT has been appointed, and his name is Sanjay Sarma. Mr. Sarms is the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers of Mechanical Engineering and his new appointment will go into effect immediately. One of the objectives of this appointment is to allow Mr. Sarma the chance [...]
In the past few months, Coursera has rapidly been rising in popularity and it recently celebrated its 1 millionth registered user. This platform and other MOOCs are making it possible for millions of students to gain access to courses online, and the best thing about them is that they are absolutely free. The popularity of [...]
The International Graduate Forum has just ranked the MBA program from Jacksonville University among the 100 top accredited programs within the country; something that the establishment couldn’t be more proud of. In order to rank the schools, the forum had to go through a thorough screening process during which the reputation and effectiveness of the [...]
An exciting new development is taking place at community colleges such as Bunker Hill and MassBay; edX will be joining up with these institutions to allow students the chance to enroll for MIT and Harvard courses on campus instead of simply through the medium of the net. This innovative development will allow instructors the chance [...]
The five pre K-12 recipient schools to win the “Educator for a day” grants worth $5,000 have been announced by the Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership of Walden University and the recipients are already making plans concerning how the funds will be used. While some of the funds will be used to [...]