Online classes
Graduating from Berkeley in Two Years and Other Posts
Every weekend, I like to share the most recent college posts that I wrote for CBSMoneyWatch.com.
The post that generated the most traffic — and great placement on CBSMoneyWatch.com — focused on a young woman, who graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in just two years.Even for a bright student that’s quite a feat. As [...]
The March of the Edupunks
Why can’t you take a literature course at Amherst College, a physics class at MIT and a journalism class at the University of Missouri and be on your way to obtaining a degree?
This might seem like a silly question, but cobbling together a degree after taking virtual classes at different institutions might not seem so [...]
Weekend College Blog Roundup: Best Colleges You’ve Never Heard Of
As usual, I’m sharing with you the posts that I wrote last week for my college blog for CBSMoneyWatch.com.
The post that got the most hits, and also great play on the CBS site, focused on Forbes’ latest college rankings. As you’ll discover when you read The Best Colleges You’ve Never Heard Of, the magazine’s more [...]
Getting Help with Math Homework
I’m lousy at math. As my son and daughter started venturing into analytic trigonomtry, precalculus and then calculus, I was utterly useless as a resource.
For parents, whose children need help with math homework, there is now a remarkable resource available that is making math teachers across the country both excited and nervous. It’s called WolframAlpha.
WolframAlpha, [...]
Earning a Degree Online
It’s hard researching online colleges.
U.S. News & World Report certainly doesn’t rank online schools and the publishing world largely ignores distant learning colleges. Visit a bookstore and it’s doubtful that you’ll find anything worthwhile. When I checked on Amazon.com, one of the only books that I found was more than eight years old.
During a period [...]
Studying at MIT for Free
I spent a few minutes with my teenage son last night watching a mad professor flailing a student with cat fur.
Actually, the MIT physics professor wasn’t mad, but he was entertaining. Walter H. G. Lewin was giving a demonstration on electrical charges in a class exploring electricity and magnetism. After getting pelted by the swatch [...]
Free Lectures From Great Minds
Not long ago I wrote about how anyone can attend MIT classes for free. That is if you’re willing to remain at your computer and not show up on campus. You won’t receive credit for listening to the lectures, but you will be exposed to some brilliant minds.
While MIT’s massive efforts to open their classrooms [...]
Taking MIT Classes For FREE
This week we got my son’s scores from the standardized test that public school students take each spring in California, My husband, son and I were discouraged by his chemistry score.
Since Ben thinks he wants to be an engineer, he’s particularly not happy. His experiential chemistry class last year offered lots of fun moments. The [...]
Attending College at Home
One way to shrink the cost of college is to never show up.
A story in The New York Times today reports that an increasing number of college students are taking online classes because of the high price of gasoline. With at least 79% of college students living off campus, the exploding price of gas can [...]
