http://phoenix.19gi.com/uop Your source for info on online education and earning your degree at the University of Phoenix. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:48:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image By: Matthew Rutledge Creative Commons Strangest College Degrees and Classes of the 21st Century Leave it to the brick and mortar universities to find ever more effective ways to waste your time and money. Here are some of the strangest classes that you can take, along with their real life applications. ... http://phoenix.19gi.com/uop/strangest-college-degrees-and-classes-university-of-phoenix-online/ According to careercast.com, the three best jobs in America are mathematician, actuary, and statistician. The three worst are lumberjack, dairy farmer and taxi driver. What do the best jobs in America have in common? The need for advanced education. Meanwhile, the worst jobs are united by their lesser educational requirements. In all, ... http://phoenix.19gi.com/uop/the-best-jobs-in-america/ Via The Daily Bruin:  “According to a recently released study by the National Center for Education, 65 percent of degree-granting post-secondary institutions in the United States offer college-level credit for their distance education courses.” Some of the benefits of distance education cited in the article were flexible scheduling, accessibility, course availabilty ... http://phoenix.19gi.com/uop/distance-learning-going-mainstream/ The New York Times reported on an interesting educational trend today: many small private universities are seeing fewer applications, while applications to cheaper public institutions are up. Small liberal arts college are seeing the biggest drop in applicants. The causes of this trend are unclear. It's possible that students are drawn ... http://phoenix.19gi.com/uop/applications-to-private-colleges-down/ Today, the New York Times documented on a trend among affluent high school students: more and more students are heading abroad for cheaper college educations. Attending foreign universities like St. Andrews in Scotland lets American students get an international perspective, though they have few alumni resources to lean on when ... http://phoenix.19gi.com/uop/heading-abroad-for-college/ Besides choosing to go to college in the first place, settling on a major is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make over the course of your education. My family loves to tell the story of my aunt, who began as a biology major, then switched to statistics, music, and physics ... http://phoenix.19gi.com/uop/choosing-a-major/ Distance learning has become the norm – no thanks to scammers who take advantage of students hoping to earn their degree quickly. Also known as diploma mills, these unaccredited “universities” sell worthless diplomas through the mail and continue to flourish online despite law enforcement’s beset efforts to stamp them out. If ... http://phoenix.19gi.com/uop/avoiding-diploma-mills/