Archives for Elizabeth Pelz
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Pelz is an Austin based freelance writer and researcher with a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Houston. She plans to employ both her academic and professional skills in Latin America, where she will begin her volunteer service for the Peace Corps in the fall of 2012. View More | Contact
Karl Okamoto is a faculty member of Drexel University’s Earle Mack School of Law, and he has been providing students with a unique opportunity thanks to his start-up business, ApprenNet. The business itself focuses on providing students with opportunities to participate in apprenticeship-like positions – and it all happens online. While the business itself is [...]
Dartmouth College’s fiscal year came to end on June 30, 2012, and they have released the astounding figure that they received as philanthropic support during the past year; $171.5 million. The amount broke four of their fund records, one of which was set at $167.6 million for 2008, and it is estimated that the amount [...]
The world of online education is quickly becoming very populated, and this is due to the innovative creations of those that are interested in making education available to anyone willing to put in the time and effort to study. Coursera is one of the platforms that were designed for precisely this purpose, and the popularity [...]
The four men that have been accused of the theft of over $5 million from Columbia University have been convicted of the crime. The four men are George Castro, Walter Stephens, Jeremy Dieudonne and Joseph Pineras, and they were convicted in a trial that lasted two weeks, which was held in Manhatten before Supreme Court [...]
Avid piano players now have the exciting opportunity to apply for a piano camp hosted by Professor Louanne Long of the University of Redlands, and this year, it will be the 5th event hosted by him at the Watchorn music hall, on the campus of the university itself. Every year she goes to great lengths [...]
The School of Nursing within Walden University has recently made an announcement that might greatly affect the lives of veterans all over the country. They will be collaborating with Joining Forces; a nation-wide initiative that aims to support those that have laid down their lives for America, as well as their families by educating individuals [...]
In this day and age, more health care workers are needed to meet with the rising demand in many public sectors, and Stetson University is doing their bit to ensure that this need is met. By offering affordable training programs within the field of health care, the institution is making it easier for students to [...]
With the rising costs of tuition making university access limited to only a certain number of fortunate students, it is institutions such as William Paterson University that are truly doing the nation a service by choosing to raise their fees by only 2% during the academic years of 2012 to 2013. This came as a [...]
Higher education is in high demand, and this need is rising sharply with studies estimating that over 150 million more people will seek qualifications within the next decade. As technology increases, people are now looking for ways to bring education into this domain, and a few innovative startups are proving that nothing is impossible when [...]
When the University of Illinois signed up with Coursera to begin offering 10 online courses to students at no cost, they might not have been able to predict that they would receive such a positive response. According to the Chicago Tribune, around 14,000 pupils enrolled to take advantage of these courses and this is only [...]