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Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - A week of free college classes is back at Washtenaw Community College. The Ann Arbor college is hosting its “Free College Week” starting Monday, April 8, with virtual classes available ...

Tade Oyerinde has been making connections from the beginning. It all started after several years of homeschooling. “By the time you hit puberty, you want to be more social. You want to meet people, ...

Ricardo Alcaraz is taking three of his five courses online this semester at Santa Ana College: an anthropology class, business calculus and business law. It’s a course schedule that reflects a new ...

Explore free online courses from top universities like Harvard & Yale that could replace traditional college degrees. Learn ...

Every state in the U.S. offers free or almost free college courses for retirees — either on-campus or online. Either way, using your brain to learn new things, gain a new talent, or just pass the time ...

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The number of students taking online college classes jumped by nearly 1 million last year, but enrollment is expected to slow as federal agencies investigate the for-profit colleges offering many of ...

To understand why and how students are deciding between online or in-person options, EdSource’s California Student Journalism Corps asked the following questions at seven California colleges and ...