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Is a Traditional College Degree Still Worth It? | The New York Academy of Sciences

Copy Link Or share on social media: The COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on public budgets and has led to vertiginous levels of unemployment, particularly among those without college degrees. Simultaneously, the pandemic has led to an unprecedented adoption of remote learning in higher education institutions across the country. Higher education leader Sean Gallagher argued that online instruction has the ability to deliver solid outcomes and also be much more affordable. Can remote learning, with its potential for scalability, make higher education more accessible, increase access to better jobs, and therefore reduce inequality? While remote instruction can make learning available to many, it has its pitfalls. For instance, panelists discussed the importance of the residential element of college life. As

Online Learning | University of Pennsylvania

Online Learning A leader in online learning, Penn provides people around the nation and world with opportunities to build professional skills, acquire college credit, and immerse themselves in the life of the mind. Penn Online Learning Initiative In 2012, Penn launched its first Massive Open Online Courses and created an office dedicated to online learning. Initially called the Open Learning Initiative and later the Online Learning Initiative, OLI’s preliminary focus was producing MOOCs with Penn faculty and advising Penn leadership on online initiatives. Today, OLI’s mission is much broader and the initiative serves as a nexus for information about online learning across Penn. The University offers a variety of online educational opportunities including certificates, continuing education, micro-credentials, and degrees.Penn Online Learning Initiative

20 Under 40: Young Shapers of the Future (Education)

© Stewart L. Gilmore. Courtesy of Ian Brock Born in Chicago, Illinois, Ian Brock was fascinated by computers and mathematics at a very early age. He taught himself programming, leaving school in the eighth grade to study independently. The young African American man also became aware that members of ethnic minorities were not broadly encouraged to enter technological professions, and so, at the age of 12, he founded Dream Hustle Code, an organization that teaches coding and other skills to members of underserved and underprivileged communities: “We focus on students who are underrepresented in the tech industry African Americans, Latinos, and Girls to ensure that Computer Science is truly for All,” he writes. “We believe that proper access to Computer Science Education is a Civil Right and one that we continue to fight for.” Hundreds of students of all ages have passed through the online academy’s virtual doors, and Ian has been featured in many magazine articles and tele

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