thrive » education http://thrivecore.com this is what we love. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:53:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 What Are The Top Online Schools? http://thrivecore.com/796/ http://thrivecore.com/796/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:24:30 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/?p=796 Wondering what the high quality top online schools are? The ones where you can be sure you aren’t being scammed? Here are two lists that use rigorous ranking methods that you might want to consider: OeDB Rankings & Top 25 Online Schools

]]> http://thrivecore.com/796/feed/ 0 Online Law Degrees http://thrivecore.com/595/ http://thrivecore.com/595/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:13:25 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/?p=595 Random thought of the day: do people seriously think they will be taken seriously if they get an online law degree?

Maybe I’m just old school, but if I’m going to hire a lawyer, I want them to have had a rigorous, “head in the books” education. Next thing you know, our surgeons will have received online degrees.

]]> http://thrivecore.com/595/feed/ 0 Obama, McCain and College http://thrivecore.com/450/ http://thrivecore.com/450/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:36:10 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/450/ I’ve gotta say, I love Obama’s plan to send people who serve our country to college.  We need a culture of service rather than greed.  We need to re-learn the idea of serving a cause greater than ourselves.   And it’s great when government sets policy to encourage and reward service oriented behavior.

Here’s an article that considers the differences between McCain and Obama on college education.

]]> http://thrivecore.com/450/feed/ 0 How Education is Changing http://thrivecore.com/351/ http://thrivecore.com/351/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:16:21 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/351/ The College Crunch Gazette has some interesting comments about how education is changing.  I especially like their comments on the centrality of computer and internet research skills:

If you find it difficult to learn from a computer, you might find yourself increasingly obsolete, and so increasing your technical knowledge with regards to computer hardware, software, and the Internet is essential. It is quickly coming down to the simple truth that if you can’t search the web, you won’t be able to find the answers you need.

]]> http://thrivecore.com/351/feed/ 0 Stanford University will no longer charg … http://thrivecore.com/54/ http://thrivecore.com/54/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:23:21 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/54/ Stanford University will no longer charge students whose families earn less than $100k per year – Source

]]> http://thrivecore.com/54/feed/ 0 video games penetrate education – Gaming … http://thrivecore.com/40/ http://thrivecore.com/40/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:16:54 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/40/ video games penetrate education – Gaming Wears A Suit

]]> http://thrivecore.com/40/feed/ 0 41 Hilarious Science Fair Experiments, T … http://thrivecore.com/7/ http://thrivecore.com/7/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:49:21 +0000 JD http://thrivecore.com/7/ 41 Hilarious Science Fair Experiments, These make me feel so sorry for the average science teacher.

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