The Georgia Board of Nursing recently decided to reject nursing license applicants who graduated from my school, Excelsior College, because of its non-traditional curriculum.
Way to go, Georgia! Nurse shortage be damned, no one who didn’t graduate from an old-fashioned nursing program is to be admitted into the venerable nursing profession in Georgia. I’m sure neighboring [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Education’
October 23, 2008
Georgia Board of Nursing shoots self in foot
October 23, 2008
Educational psychology CLEP
I passed the Introduction to Educational Psychology CLEP this past Monday, with a 69. I intentionally scaled back a bit on my preparations for this test, due to a number of factors.
First, I’ve been aware that I tend to over-prepare for CLEPs, and this can be a waste of time. While I don’t view it [...]
September 30, 2008
One reason I love self-study
There has never been a more exciting time to teach oneself the material necessary to master college-level coursework. In addition to all the great books and even a handful of truly reliable and authoritative Web resources, a number of our top universities now offer more and more of their courses as free podcasts. A great [...]
September 21, 2008
Knowing where we’re going means knowing where we came from
I’ve been a fan of historian Thomas Madden ever since I read his review of the Ridley-diculous film Kingdom of Heaven and subsequently his Concise History of the Crusades. His recent commentary in the National Review is just one more reason for me to revere him. I struggle sometimes to express to others the importance [...]
September 19, 2008
Congress and the President don’t understand online schools
I can’t say I’m surprised that the stodgy bunch of old folks who are the U.S. Congress think people in online classes need Big Brother peering over their shoulders in order to validate their degrees. Disappointed, but not surprised.
The Reauthorization of Higher Education Act, signed into law on August 14, 2008, includes controversial new requirements [...]
September 16, 2008
The IDEAL way to solve problems
I’ve been studying for the Introduction to Educational Psychology CLEP and have just covered the section on problem-solving. Among the methods offered by the author of the REA review is the IDEAL strategy developed by J.D. Bransford and B.S. Stein in 1993. It’s elegant, simple, and easy to remember, and I believe it just might [...]
September 14, 2008
The prodigal blogger returns
I’m back after a long hiatus.
It’s been a busy summer. I added substantially to my tally of credits by CLEPing out of Western Civ II, U.S. History I & II, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature, and Social Sciences & History. I’m up to 67 credits — officially a junior and a little past the halfway point [...]
May 5, 2008
The paranoid professor: yet another reason to attend college online
Rogers’s Rules reports on the curious case of Prof. Priya Venkatesan, who has threatened to sue undergrads who gave her negative marks in their evaluations of her course. Here’s the text of an e-mail the nutty professor sent to her former students:
Dear former class members of Science, Technology and Society: I tried to send an [...]
April 21, 2008
The degree-less need not apply
Career advice columnist Amy Lindgren answered a question recently from an Atlantan who complained of Internet job applications that shut him down as soon as he checks the “no college degree” box.
Well I understand this problem. While I haven’t been kicked out of any online systems, I’ve been shut down plenty by job postings that [...]
April 9, 2008
Review: REA CLEP Humanities w/CD-ROM
As a returning student 18 years out of the game, I wanted to get off to a big start in a subject area where I already felt pretty comfortable. So last fall, I decided to take the CLEP Humanities General exam because it would get me 6 hours of credit for knowledge I already possessed. [...]
