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It's a rare day when I don't reach for my dictionary or type "OED.com" to access the Oxford English Dictionary online to check my spelling. Microsoft Word has a spell check feature I wholly ignore because it's led me astray several times in the past. I can't help but share in the excitement of one young lady, Miss Kavya ...
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On Saturday, May 9 on a small campus in Albany, New York, comedian Jimmy Fallon received his bachelor's degree in communications. According to Wikipedia, he had enrolled at The College of Saint Rose as a traditional student, but withdrew in 1995 just 15 college credits short of his degree.
College officials reviewed Jimmy Fallon's ...
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We would like to send out a special congratulations to Mr. Randy Potts, who was recently announced as one of the Distance Education and Training Council's "2008 Outstanding Graduates". The Distance Education and Training Council is better known as the DETC, a national accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of ...
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Recently, the Associated Press reported that a Amarillo, Texas woman earned her GED.
She is 97 years young!
What's a GED? GED stands for General Educational Development. It is equivalent to earning a high school diploma. To earn your GED, you must pass a set of tests that examine your ability in different academic areas (like mathematics, ...
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"I think a little more face-to-face can go a long way in terms of connecting online students."
Kate, a woman studying online at SCAD, wishes she had more opportunities to interact with her fellow students. Sometimes studying online can feel somewhat isolating. Taking a campus course means having to share a classroom with the same ...
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From Yahoo! News
By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) - A 94-year-old Australian great-great-grandmother who quit school at 12 is said to have become the world's oldest person to earn a university masters degree.
Medical Science Masters Degree graduate Phyllis Turner, from Australia's Adelaide University, began studying for her ...
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From the Associated Press and MSNBC
Woman, 95, set to be oldest college graduate
"Everybody has accepted me, and I feel just like another student."
HAYS, Kan. - When 95-year-old Nola Ochs graduates next month, she will be the world's oldest college graduate. The record Ochs will break, according to Guinness World Records, ...
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From National Public Radio's show All Things Considered, May 25, 2007
Lack of Short-Term Memory Doesn't Stop New Grad
Andrew Engel just graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a bachelor's degree in health administration -- despite having no short-term memory. Engel learned he had a brain tumor in 1995, ...
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From BBC News:
Newman gives $10m to his college
Newman's career as an actor has spanned more than five decades
Hollywood star Paul Newman is donating $10m to start a scholarship fund at the US college he attended.
The 82-year-old, who recently announced his retirement from acting, graduated from Kenyon College in 1949 with a degree in ...
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Story by Wendy Leonard
From Deseret Morning News
Online university degrees click with grads
After years of using the library computer to access her online course work, a 44-year-old mother of seven received a bachelor's degree in elementary education Saturday.
Ngozika Ughanze of Abilene, Texas, is congratulated after the ...
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"We Can Do It!"
--Rosie the Riveter
From the GoodNewsNetwork.org
Written by geri
Saturday, 07 July 2007
Encouraging Girls to Pursue IT Careers
Girls are gathering at Microsoft offices this summer to attend DigiGirlz High Tech Camp, day-long events designed to dispel stereotypes of the high-tech industry and encourage ...
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"SOME LADS WILL TAKE COMFORT ... in a new Census report that shows men are more likely than women to have at least a bachelor's degree (29.4 percent vs. 26.1 percent among Americans age 25 and older).
But this merely means they aren't astute at reading statistics — even if they did go to college.
Women lag behind men only ...
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Last week, a California-based news site, InsideBayArea.com published an inspirational article about an 82-year-old who refused to let anything get in the way of her earning her bachelor's degree.
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"When 82-year-old Ruth Singleton received her bachelor's degree in science recently, she finished something she started when ...
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The flexibility of distance learning and online education is what makes it so appealing to so many kinds of people. The following folks are just a few of the notable alumni of the University of Phoenix.
Kirkland H. Donald, Navy Admiral
Jon Guenther, author of the Chaser series
Patrick Madrid, writer, EWTN television personality and Catholic ...
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If this 36-year old infantry officer stationed in war-torn Iraq can find the time to work on his MBA degree ... can't you?
An MBA from Iraq U.GI braves mud and mortars to wrap up degree onlineBy Manny Gonzales
Denver Post Staff WriterBetween coordinating air and ground attacks on enemy insurgents in Iraq, Army Capt. Joel Parker sets aside ...
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Mr. Marvin Lafayette "Hub" Northern graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baylor University at the age of 100.
He began his degree program in 1925:
"Coming to Baylor with $100 in his pocket that his parents had managed to save, he paid his tuition by cleaning Brooks Hall for 25 cents per hour. He lit the fire ...
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We learn ...
10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we both hear and see
70% of what is discussed
80% of what we experience personally
95% of what we teach to someone else
- William Glasser, M.D., author of "Every Student Can Succeed"Are you naturally inquisitive with a desire to spark the curiosity of ...
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