Posted on: 16 Mar 2026
A note on naming: Several institutions share the Concordia University name within the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) university system. This review covers Concordia University Chicago (CUC), located in River Forest, Illinois, approximately ten miles from downtown Chicago. It is the Concordia institution most prominently associated with online graduate education for working professionals and holds the […]
Posted on: 16 Mar 2026
Walgreens operates nearly 9,000 retail locations across the United States and employs hundreds of thousands of team members — from front-of-store cashiers and beauty consultants to pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, and healthcare professionals. Its approach to education benefits is more specialized than most large retail employers: rather than offering a broad tuition reimbursement program for any […]
Posted on: 16 Mar 2026
There are many wonderful travel programs for teens out there that do not feature a language-learning element. Instead, students gain independence, real-world skills, and perspective – all completely worthwhile aims. Yet, for high school students who are in the process of learning a foreign language, the value of a language immersion trip to a country […]
Posted on: 15 Mar 2026
We live in a world where many Ivy League students don’t (can’t?) read a single book and artificial intelligence seems to be taking over the world at a pace that makes the world from Terminator look like a soulful paradise (okay, slight exaggeration…maybe?). Anyway, young people who love to read and write are a precious […]
Posted on: 14 Mar 2026
The Department of Defense Tuition Assistance program provides up to $250 per semester credit hour and up to $4,500 per fiscal year for active duty service members to pursue postsecondary education while serving. The program has been available in some form since 1947 and currently supports approximately 300,000 service members annually. For online degree seekers, […]
Posted on: 13 Mar 2026
Millions of working adults are somewhere in the middle of this decision right now. They have some college credits or none. They are employed, probably in a job they want to move beyond. They have families, mortgages, and schedules that do not accommodate a traditional campus. And they are trying to figure out whether going […]
Posted on: 13 Mar 2026
Earning an online degree is one of the highest-leverage moves available to active-duty Army soldiers pursuing promotion to Sergeant (SGT/E-5) or Staff Sergeant (SSG/E-6). Under AR 600-8-19, college credits from accredited institutions count as promotion points in the civilian education category — and completing a degree while on active duty earns an additional 20-point bonus […]
Posted on: 13 Mar 2026
In the early 2000s, the National Science Foundation coined “STEM” – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. (It used to be SMET – decidedly less catchy.) Often used to define a curriculum that combines all four disciplines, the term has multiple variations, including STEAM (Art) and STREAM (Art & Robotics), among others. STEM curriculums have become […]