Posts by Andrew Belasco:

Online College Review: Jack Welch Management Institute

Posted on: 30 Mar 2026

The Jack Welch Management Institute is a single-degree online business school built around the management philosophy of one specific person. That fact shapes nearly every aspect of the institution. The MBA curriculum draws directly from Jack Welch’s work as CEO of General Electric, course content is built around what JWMI calls Welch’s principles of leadership, […]

Online College Review: Nova Southeastern University

Posted on: 29 Mar 2026

Nova Southeastern University holds a distinct place in American higher education as the institution that pioneered distance doctoral education in 1972, when it launched the first doctoral distance learning program in the United States. More than five decades later, NSU operates as Florida’s largest nonprofit university and the third-largest nonprofit university nationally, with 26,000 total […]

University of Iowa Online Review: BAS, BLS & Distance Learning

Posted on: 28 Mar 2026

The University of Iowa is a public R1 flagship research university founded in 1847, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, and located in Iowa City. The Distance and Online Education (DOE) operation provides 100+ undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees and certificates online or at statewide distance learning sites, with 600+ online courses available. The signature […]

AdventHealth Tuition Assistance: Online Degrees

Posted on: 28 Mar 2026

AdventHealth offers tuition assistance to eligible team members at up to $5,250 per year for undergraduate study, up to $10,500 per year for graduate study at Guild catalog institutions, and a $21,000 lifetime cap across all education benefits. Books and fees are covered for in-network programs, which is more generous than most employer tuition programs […]

What You Major In Matters More Than You Think

Posted on: 27 Mar 2026

A data-driven guide for students and families navigating one of the biggest financial decisions of college: choosing a field of study. Every fall, millions of families sit around kitchen tables wrestling with the same questions. Which colleges should we visit? Can we afford the tuition? Is the financial aid package good enough? But buried beneath […]

Should I Answer the Common App’s Challenges and Circumstances Question?

Posted on: 25 Mar 2026

In 2020, the Common App added a new optional prompt to the Additional Information section that gave students extra space to detail the impact of COVID-19 on their lives. Then, as the pandemic waned and the world returned to normal, the Common App changed the prompt to be a bit more general, re-labeling it and […]

Georgia HOPE Scholarship and Online Degrees: What You Need to Know

Posted on: 24 Mar 2026

The HOPE Scholarship is one of the most generous state merit-based education benefits in the country. Funded entirely by the Georgia Lottery for Education and administered by the Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC), it has paid more than $12 billion to Georgia students since its inception in 1993. For Georgia residents pursuing an online degree […]

CommonSpirit Health Tuition Reimbursement 2026: Benefits Guide

Posted on: 23 Mar 2026

CommonSpirit Health is one of the most operationally complex employers in the Fortune 500 education benefits landscape, and its tuition reimbursement program reflects that complexity. Formed in February 2019 through the merger of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, CommonSpirit now operates 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites across 21 states with […]