Capella University Review: Online College

Program Details:

Degrees:	Certificates; Bachelor's; MBA; Master's; PhD
Programs:	Business; Computers; Health & Nursing and Social Sciences
Alumni Statistics**:	88% recommend
Education Quality Rating**:
Job Placement Assistance Rating**:

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FAFSA is required for Student Financial Aid
As everyone knows, a higher education is costly.  For those who are interested in financial aid for college, you must fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (known as FAFSA).   The FAFSA is run by the Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education.  It's the application most colleges [...]

Free Scholarships for Working Moms
If budgetary restraints are holding you back from achieving your degree, Project Working Mom is reaching out a hand to moms who want to advance their education.  To do this, PWM is providing full-tuition scholarships to busy moms by partnering with a select group of colleges. And the best part of all is that you [...]

The Advantages of Online College
It's time to put the distractions of the holidays behind us and get back into the grind. We've all made New Year's Resolutions to do good things in 2010 and improve ourselves, right?  What better way to do that than to try a new challenge. So, for those considering going back to school to further [...]

Getting financial aid for online college
In my first blog about attending an online college, I mentioned that I did a lot of research on all my higher education options.  To be more specific, I mean a WHOLE LOT of research.  I compared them ALL and compiled lots and lots of notes about each school.  I also called area brick and [...]

Introducing Carlisa, our Online College student
I'm a new "blogger" and like most people today, I had personal goals and dreams that changed as life happened around me. In this blog, I invite you to follow along in my journey of getting an online college degree through AIU (American Intercontinental University). I graduated high school in Alabama in 1979 (OMG, I [...]

Washington Post predicts a "virtual revolution" for colleges
A recent article in the Washington Post argues that the business model for private colleges in the United States is unsustainable, and that for future generations, undergraduate education may entail a different model altogether. The article points out that online classes are cheaper to produce, making online education a more cost effective option, as well [...]

New study reveals the benefits of online education
The U.S. Department of Education recently released a report on online education. The study, which examined the comparative research on online versus traditional classroom teaching from 1996 to 2008, concluded that, "On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction." Most of the comparative studies focused on colleges and adult [...]

A cat earns her degree online
A Georgia cat named Oreo was recently awarded a diploma from Jefferson High School Online. In reality, Oreo's owner, Kelvin Collins, paid the $200 fee and answered the test questions on the cat's behalf. Collins works for the Better Business Bureau and enrolled Oreo at Jefferson High School Online, which is based in the Carribean, [...]

First online girl's school set to launch in 2010
A group of exclusive private all-girl's secondary schools in Tennessee, Maryland, Ohio and Connecticut are joining forces to launch the Online School for Girls, the first online school focused on same-sex education. The school will offer a variety of secondary school schools including math, science and humanities according to a report in the Nashville Business Journal. [...]

Credit Cardholder's Bill of Rights includes special protections for college s...
While the Credit Cardholder's Bill of Rights offer protections for all Americans, there are a few amendments that specifically designed to help prevent college students from racking up thousands of dollars of debt while they are still undergrads. First, there are much more strict limits on the amount of credit that can be offered up to [...]