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Fastweb Publisher Shares Top 6 Favorite College Scholarships
What do spelling bees, duct tape, peanut butter and Intel all have in common? Fastweb.com's Mark Kantrowitz likes the college scholarships associated with them. Kantrowitz shared his top 6 favorites with Wow blogger Kim Lifton.
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Credit for Online Classes?
Massive Open Online Classes have been getting a lot of attention. Last month, as reported by the Chronicle for Higher Education, the American Council on Education, the leading umbrella group for higher education, announced that college students could be eligible for credit by passing five online offerings by Coursera, a Silicon Valley provider of online education. And last week, a California legislator introduced a bill calling for development of 50 online classes as potential substitutes for the hard-to-get core courses required for graduation at UC, Cal State and community colleges. MOOCs for credit is controversial, and it could shift the ground under higher education.
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Get Money for College
Attention aspiring ambassadors: The winner of the American Foreign Service National High School Essay Contest will win $2,500, plus tuition for a semester at sea and a meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State. You must submit a 1,000- to 1,250-word essay on diplomatic relations and foreign policy. Deadline: April 15, 2013.
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Looking for a Private Workshop?
Recently, Wow offered a private ACT Writing Test workshop for dozens of students who attend the International Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Are you looking for a workshop or private writing coach for the ACT or SAT writing test, college essay or scholarship application? Wow offers private and online workshops nationwide, and in-person workshops throughout metro Detroit. See our list of services and workshop schedule for more information.
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