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Digital Diploma Mills, Part 1

Although the law allows student athletes to profit from third-party deals, it does not require, or even allow, schools to pay student athletes for their work beyond the scholarships they already receive. United States federal law mandates that universities reveal their graduation rates purportedly to inform policy makers and constituencies about efforts to support educational attainment for students and athletes. Revealing student athlete graduation rates helps prospective student athletes estimate the course load and amount of practice and game time that will occupy their schedules. Universities with more selective admission policies graduate both students and athletes at higher rates, though their athletes graduate at lower rates, relative to their student cohorts . Grants are often given on a per-needs basis and scholarships are available for everything under the sun. If you are serious about attending college, you generally know this by the time you enter high school. Apply for...

The Roles Of Various Bodies In Public Funding

College Athletics The good news for employers and the search consultants who assist them is that more jurisdictions are digitizing and consolidating degree checks into a single source like the US’s National Student Clearinghouse. China has done this with its CHESSIC service, as has France with Verifdiploma, Higher Education Degree Datacheck in the UK, and AuraData in Canada. Indian universities are working to build databases to distinguish the genuine from the fake, which is very exciting, as South Asia is one of the centers of degree fraud. If the school has a brick-and-mortar facility somewhere and it offers online degrees, the degrees that come from these schools’ online programs are likely legitimate. Students who graduate from these programs receive a diploma from Harvard. Portuguese and Ukrainian students rated DE more favorably than UAE students. Half of the Ukrainian students have experience with DE which might account for their favorable attitude. In contrast, in Portugal o...

What Is Distance Learning? The Complete Guide

Almost half of the UAE students had similar reasons for enrolling in a DE courses including managing class and study time, saving time by choosing study location and working at their own pace. In addition, a little more than half of the UAE students also shared that having more options for courses or colleges to attend were reasons to enroll. The reasons that were selected the least by all three groups were that courses were less expensive and enrolling in a preferred program . The data indicates that out of 223 students who responded to the survey, a total of 63 students have taken DE courses. We don’t want to pay for all of it – and we expect them to work hard to get good grades and muster some type of merit scholarship. Abby is a freelance journalist who writes on everything from personal finance to health and wellness. She spends her spare time bargain hunting and meal planning for her family of three. in English Literature from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis,...