Beni American University Launches Indie GoGo Campaign
Entrepreneur Gossy Ukanwoke’s new start-up venture, Beni American University is looking to raise $50,000 on popular crowd-funding site Indie GoGo. Recognizing disparities in the African education system, Ukanwoke’s mission is to provide online education to as many students unable to attend a traditional university. Beni American University plans to use the $50,000 for a number of [...]
Read MoreMIT Launches Free Interactive Online Learning Platform
Ten years ago, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created its OpenCourseWare project, giving free access to college course materials was a revolutionary concept. Now, the school plans to take the spirit of OCW to the next level by launching MITx, a new online learning platform. Like OCW, courses taught on the MITx platform will be completely free. [...]
Read MoreNeed Help Getting Through College? Let Google Show You The Way
For most people getting through college life involves dedication, studying and lots of hard work. But if you ask the folks at Google they’ll tell you surviving the college years has nothing to do with hard work and everything to do with the Google machine. According to their new site College Tips By Google, Google suggests [...]
Read MoreCode Academy’s Minority Founders Share Their Story
In a recent interview on Silicon Angle , Code Academy’s founders Neal Sales-Griffin @nealsale and Mike McGee, @michaelmcgee share their story about why they launched Code Academy and the challenges of learning new programming languages. Here’s an excerpt below. A Chicago-based tech academy that some 35 people are paying $6,000 for 3 months of computer-programming [...]
Read MoreTom Joyner Virtual College Fair Launches with MetroPCS
The Tom Joyner Virtual College Fair and MetroPCS Communications are offering both online and live resources to connect college-bound students and their parents with schools and universities across the country. Tom Joyner Virtual College Fair offers students and parents critical information about the admission process, financial aid, housing and student life from the country’s leading Historically [...]
Read MoreWGU Partners with National Urban League to Help Affiliates Gain Online College Degrees
Western Governors University and the National Urban League have announced a partnership aimed at helping individuals affiliated with the historic civil rights organization achieve their academic and career goals. Under the partnership, employees, members, and clients of the National Urban League are entitled to a $65 application fee waiver, 5% off WGU’s already affordable tuition, [...]
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