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    Thread: Biblical Archaeology by DL?
Post: RE: Biblical Archaeology by DL?

bigfoot Wrote: (05-03-2012, 03:35 AM) -- Have any of you guys ever heard of any schools offering a degree in "biblical archaeology" through distance education? The University of Chicago I think, offe...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 14 67,255 05-03-2012, 04:53 AM
    Thread: Obama's Online Fed Curriculum (for $500 Million)
Post: RE: Obama's Online Fed Curriculum (for $500 Millio...

Quote: -- The bill includes a little-known provision to give the Secretary of Education $500 million - to be provided to any entity he deems “appropriate” - to develop and disseminate free and “fre...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 11 50,155 09-17-2009, 10:41 AM
    Thread: HBUC v. UMUC
Post: RE: HBUC v. UMUC

Lots of interesting comments accompany the article.  I particularly liked these: Baltamour Wrote: -- ...A college is a business, if you can't please your customers, someone else will. That is all ...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 5 30,703 09-16-2009, 05:04 AM
    Thread: Who is on "our" side?
Post: RE: Who is on "our" side?

Virtual Bison Wrote: -- Now I hate Diploma Mills. And I do mean mills in the sense of bogus schools which require nothing more than a credit card number to graduate. But in my line of work I have see...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 25 101,222 09-25-2009, 10:48 AM
    Thread: WI Flex Option DL Game Changer?
Post: WI Flex Option DL Game Changer?

Is Wisconsin's "Flexible Option" truly a "game changer," as the article states, or just another gimmick by the higher ed cartel to co-opt distance learning? Quote: -- December 21st, 2012 Compet...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 0 8,448 01-03-2013, 09:07 AM
    Thread: U Phoenix 'On Probation' Soon
Post: RE: U Phoenix 'On Probation' Soon

ham Wrote: (01-12-2013, 07:08 PM) -- I have never been a student, but there was something in those few phone calls that alerted my BS radar. -- What does your BS radar tell you about this? "Lack o...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 11 56,795 02-27-2013, 09:41 AM
    Thread: Newt Live Online Class George Washington
Post: RE: Newt Live Online Class George Washington

If you can get past Callista and the warm up it's actually pretty good. I like the way he mixed in the clips of the dramatizations. I realize Newt was a college professor before he was a politic...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 2 16,836 02-27-2013, 11:48 AM
    Thread: Will WASC Axe Trident?
Post: RE: Will WASC Axe Trident?

Martin Eisenstadt Wrote: (03-14-2013, 11:12 AM) -- No mention of the profs who barely speak or write intelligible English. -- [yt]wfUU6coziu4[/yt]
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 17 99,393 03-15-2013, 07:58 AM
    Thread: IICTS DQed by BBB
Post: RE: IICTS DQed by BBB

Quote: -- Sorry Dennis, the Beta course is not course based, but material based, creating courses from raw material, so there is no formal syllabus. Our traditional MS program is course based. I w...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 4 25,171 12-09-2009, 09:05 AM
    Thread: George Brown attacks Knightsbridge
Post: RE: George Brown attacks Knightsbridge

DR ANATIDAE Wrote: -- After George's own efforts failed to get a private educational facility off the ground he became a devout follower of JB (once a world leader in private education - not to menti...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 22 92,889 12-09-2009, 08:40 AM
    Thread: Free Online Uni Gets High Marks
Post: RE: Free Online Uni Gets High Marks

This would be funny if it wasn't so sad. Now that UoPeople is "accredited" the IHE's line is, "What's all this about accreditation stifling innovation?" Except it's DETC (national) accreditation, no...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 10 58,393 02-18-2014, 09:01 AM
    Thread: Charisma Sues RCD, DD, DI
Post: RE: Charisma Sues RCD, DD, DI

Armando Ramos Wrote: (06-16-2015, 04:25 PM) -- He's not the merry prankster he pretended all these years to be after all. -- He sure ain't no Wavy Gravy. More like (Diploma) Milli Vanilli. :D
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 86 402,026 06-18-2015, 08:31 AM
    Thread: "Meteoric Growth" for Online Ed
Post: RE: "Meteoric Growth" for Online Ed

Muser of NM Wrote: -- The BIGGEST advantage, though, will be cost savings to students which will occur if and when society finds a way to break the "accreditation" lock heretofore owned by existing i...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 2 17,930 02-02-2010, 01:10 PM
    Thread: Chancellor U DL MBA
Post: Chancellor U DL MBA

In today’s spam… From scenic Cleveland, home of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame, it’s Chancellor University (http://www.chancelloru.edu), offering DL MBAs through its Jack Welch Management Institute...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 4 23,093 03-13-2010, 11:11 AM
    Thread: Ex-Crown Execs Charged In Student Aid Fraud
Post: Ex-Crown Execs Charged In Student Aid Fraud

Quote: -- Ex-Crown College executives charged with student aid fraud (http://www.seattlepi.com/local/419990_crown13.html) Vice president, registrar bilked federal aid system out of thousands By LEV...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 0 9,068 05-14-2010, 07:50 PM
    Thread: cheaphomework.com
Post: RE: cheaphomework.com

Forget homework, export the work to India and have somebody else research and write your PhD dissertation for you (just like they do at Princeton!). Quote: -- ‘Original research’ for PhD on sale! ...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 4 23,389 05-13-2010, 10:30 AM
    Thread: Higher Ed's Big Lie
Post: RE: Higher Ed's Big Lie

Dennis Ruhl Wrote: -- Speaking of Rolling Stones, it's sad to see Mick Jagger having wasted his life after dropping out of the London School of Economics. -- Keith Richards attended Sidcup Art Coll...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 6 28,665 06-05-2010, 03:49 PM
    Thread: Graduate DL Programs in Electrical Engineering
Post: RE: Graduate DL Programs in Electrical Engineering

Virtual Bison Wrote: -- So far the only accredited one I found was DeVry U. Anyone know any place else? -- Here's a few I found with a quick search.  I can't vouch for any of the info, but it lo...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 3 24,646 06-16-2010, 12:23 PM
    Thread: Putting Homeland Security in Business Curricula
Post: Putting Homeland Security in Business Curricula

Here's an idea. Instead of having government employees without any private sector business management experience advising private businesses on security practices, make security part of business curri...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 0 8,595 08-31-2010, 11:09 AM
    Thread: Online Law Schools
Post: RE: Online Law Schools

Step one is always to check the rules for admission in the state where you want to practice. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/barexam.htm Every state makes its own rules, and they aren't always consist...
Don Dresden Distance Learning Discussion 12 75,975 09-14-2010, 10:44 AM