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American Student Loan Debt: A Look

To view the full infographic, check it out here: http://www.onlinecolleges.com/infographics/student-debt.html

K-12 Education is moving increasingly online #Infographic

Take a look at the infographic below to learn more about blended learning and how it’s being used in some K12 classrooms: 

Is hybrid learning for you? Three things to consider

If you don’t want to go completely traditional or completely online, think about hybrid learning! Here are some of the benefits you should consider: http://www.schools.com/articles/hybrid-learning-three-things-to-consider.html

Online Learning: An emerging dating industry

With the growth of the online dating industry comes a number of jobs…none of which are taboo anymore.

Which jobs are they? Check out this article for more: http://www.schools.com/articles/emerging-field-online-dating.html

Telecommuters might be the new normal

In many cases, telecommuting can be beneficial not only to the employee (less stress), but to the employer as well (less overhead, higher employee retention). Take a look at the numbers behind telecommuting to see the trends in who is working from home, why US workers desire the ability to work from home, and how telecommuting is growing globally: http://www.citytowninfo.com/infographics/telecommute-continuing-rise.html

Colleges Providing Tech Programs

Savvy students entering college these days know that arriving prepared can go a long way toward helping ensure a higher-ed experience is a successful one − or at least that it may be the launching for a good start. One essential component of that student survival toolkit may be a laptop, something no college student should be without. But what about those students for whom simply attending college represents the culmination of both their and their families’ highest hopes, for whom a laptop represents a nonessential luxury? Are those obviously bright, motivated students looking at failure because they can’t afford the necessary technological school supplies? The following colleges are working to ensure that if students end up making an early departure, it isn’t because they didn’t have the proper supplies.

To check out the colleges that are on the list, check it out here: http://www.schools.com/articles/colleges-provide-tech-offerings-to-students

Mobile Apps for Online Students

As an online student, these mobile apps should be helping you! Do you use any of them? Check out the list and make sure to make your life a little easier: http://www.schools.com/articles/useful-mobile-apps-online-college-students.html

How do Cheating scandals impact education?

The issue of cheating and academic dishonesty is a complex one that may rise from many contributing factors. However, the alarming rates at which it is occurring, at every level of education and in every part of the country, may suggest deep underlying problems in our educational system. Unless we can untangle the causes and address them one by one, we might expect to see more scandals like the ones that rocked Atlanta, Harvard and Stuyvesant.

What do you think? How do you think cheating is affecting the education system?