Engineering Degree Online | The college textbook ripoff - one student’s campaign

Posted by bposton on November 10th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

OK so here’s a little good news. Looks like we’re starting to win some of the battles in the textbook wars.

And online degree programs are in the front lines…

With the advent of computers in the classroom, the greedy textbook publishers started to add digital tools-video clips, interactive lessons, databases, DVDs etc packaged with the books. Of course, that drove the costs up.
So students (and even some professors) turned to the Internet to look for the best bargains.

And with online education technology, we’re finding out that with these new cyberteaching tools on the Web that maybe, just maybe, they don’t need that old-fashioned textbook at all.

HA - take that you greed publishers! :-)

In fact, one Northwestern student took matters into his own hands. After hearing other students echo his frustration, he started a website called textbookrevolution.org, which links visitors to a variety of free college-level, digital textbooks on the Web.

Little by little, we’re winning the war on high textbook costs…

Ben

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engineering degree online : More good reasons why you need a degree

Posted by bposton on November 1st, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

OK, so if you didn’t think that the half dozen reasons for getting a degree were enough,
here’s even more - :-)

When you get a degree, you are opening lots of doors to lots of exciting opportunities. It doesn’t matter Whether you are looking for a promotion within your current company or a new, better paying job or career, an online degree is the best way for you to accomplish your goals.

In past few years the number of people taking online courses has gone through the roof. There were 104,000 student enrollments in online-learning classes during the 2003-04 academic year, according to the Higher Education Telecommunications System. Nearly 90,000 of those people enrolled were taking online courses.

If we could take those numbers and convert them into the equivalent of full-time students, it would represent one university with about 10,135 students. That’s larger than most state universites.

OK? have a twisted your arm well enough? Are you ready to go for it - and get your degree?

you know you can do it - and I’m here to help any way I can…

Ben

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