Saving on College Costs
Tuition increases enacted by most colleges and universities across the United States last year, combined with soaring fuel prices and a rising cost of living have all converged to create the perfect storm of problems for college students everywhere, many of whom could just barely afford to attend in the first place, and who now are having to reconsider their choices. The average tuition and associated costs per year at a private college start on the high end at nearly $35,000 annually for students living on campus. While the state schools are comparatively less expensive, they too can cost a pretty penny in actual paid out cash, since scholarships are less widely available. That isn’t always the case, but it can be a major contributing factor.
Online Education Makes Sense
For so many years I was struggling with trying to not only complete my college degree, but also raising my little boy, working part time, and helping my husband around the house. Planning a schedule where you have to attend class, go to work, and have a child at home is not something that is very easy to do. Trust me. After trying to manage my hectic life like this for a couple of years, one of my dearest friends told me that she was going back to school. I was so curious as to how she planned on doing that when she had more on her plate than I did. She worked full-time, had two little ones, and her husband was off in Iraq at the time serving our country. That’s when I found out about online education or distance education. She was going to be able to keep up with all of her life’s demands and go to school too.
Online Education Hires Steve Poizner as CEO
The Encore Career Institute, is a new and emerging online education company. ECI this morning made an announcement that it has successfully raised $15 million in Series A funding. The company’s co-founder, Steve Poizner, will serve as CEO to the board of the new entity. Poizner is a well known American businessman and Republican politician. Elected State Insurance Commissioner of California in 2006, Poizner worked in Silicon Valley as a high tech entrepreneur, founding both SnapTrack, Inc. and Strategic Mapping, Inc. prior to his political career.
