Posts by Andrew Belasco:

General Dynamics Tuition Assistance: Online Degrees for General Dynamics Employees

Posted on: 01 Feb 2026

General Dynamics is a Fortune 76 aerospace and defense company with approximately 109,700 employees across eight major business units and dozens of subsidiaries. The company employs shipbuilders at Electric Boat and NASSCO, IT professionals at GDIT, defense electronics engineers at Mission Systems, combat vehicle specialists at Land Systems, business jet manufacturers at Gulfstream, munitions workers […]

Online College Review: Texas A&M International University

Posted on: 30 Jan 2026

Texas A&M International University sits in Laredo, Texas, directly on the U.S.-Mexico border at one of the busiest commercial land crossings in North America. The Port of Laredo handles roughly $300 billion in annual trade volume between the United States and Mexico, and TAMIU’s academic identity is built around that geographic and economic context. The […]

Do You Need Transcripts to Apply to Online College? 2026 Guide

Posted on: 27 Jan 2026

Yes, you need transcripts to apply to online college, but the specific transcripts required depend on your educational background. First-time college students typically need an official high school transcript or GED transcript. Adults with any prior college coursework need official transcripts from every college and university they have attended, regardless of how long ago, how […]

2026 Best Colleges for Physics

Posted on: 24 Jan 2026

Ready for courses like Analytical Mechanics, Medical Radiation Engineering, Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, and General Physics: Electromagnetism, Optics, and Modern Physics? Majoring in physics is an extraordinarily rigorous enterprise as it requires students to be strong in math, chemistry, and, of course, physics itself. While some students elect to study straight physics, others opt for […]

Losing Ground: A Decade of Decline in Humanities Degrees

Posted on: 23 Jan 2026

What the numbers reveal—and what they mean for students, families, and the future of higher education Somewhere in the last ten years, a generation of college students quietly turned away from the humanities. Not all at once, and not with any great fanfare. There was no single policy change, no viral moment, no referendum on […]

20 Best Online Summer Programs for High School Students – 2026

Posted on: 23 Jan 2026

For almost two years, COVID-19 dramatically altered the everyday lives of American teens as well as young people all over the globe. One particularly salient change was the rise of virtual learning, both in traditional academic settings as well as summer programs. Although most in-person programs have now resumed normal activity, the rise—and acceptability—of virtual […]

2026 Best Colleges for Classics Majors

Posted on: 23 Jan 2026

Majoring in classics does not provide a direct career path like pre-professional fields of study. Rather, it produces graduates who thrive in the areas of critical thinking, research, writing, and communication, skills that prepare them to excel in just about any area. A glance at where Georgetown’s Classics majors end up professionally reveals everything from […]

Which Extracurriculars Actually Matter for Admission to College STEM Programs?

Posted on: 21 Jan 2026

In the early 2000s, the National Science Foundation coined STEM: science, technology, engineering, and math. Today, STEM curriculums—which combine all four disciplines—are a core educational fixture in many US schools, aiming to build skills and confidence while increasing the likelihood of STEM success & persistence in college and beyond. As such, if you’re interested in […]