ATLANTA (AP) - Emory University and nine other top colleges will soon allow students to take online courses offered by the schools and receive credit for their work.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/T4RP3c ) reported Thursday that Semester Online, the virtual consortium that includes Emory, will be taught by the same faculty and cost about the same as attending classes in person. The consortium says it's the first example of top colleges offering online, for-credit courses to undergraduates not enrolled at their schools.
Emory's Senior Vice Provost Lynn Zimmerman says the courses are not a substitute for residential education, but "about using technology to give students a richer experience."
Some of the other participating universities are Duke, Northwestern and Notre Dame. The schools will set their own admissions criteria for each of the courses offered.
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Security will be tight and traffic will be messy around the Morehouse College campus today. President Barack Obama will address graduates at the college's commencement ceremony.
Security will be tight and traffic will be messy around the Morehouse College campus today. President Barack Obama will address graduates at the college's commencement ceremony, and he'll also attend a Democratic Party fundraiser while he's in Atlanta.
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They say you can't win if you don't play, and thousands of people are. The jackpot for Saturday night's Powerball drawing is an estimated $600 million, giving many a bad case of lottery fever.
They say you can't win if you don't play, and thousands of people are. The jackpot for Saturday night's Powerball drawing is an estimated $600 million, giving many a bad case of lottery fever.
State officials are reminding drivers the national "Click It or Ticket" campaign is set to begin and could translate to fines for drivers and passengers who aren't wearing seatbelts.
State officials are reminding drivers the national "Click It or Ticket" campaign is set to begin and could translate to fines for drivers and passengers who aren't wearing seatbelts.
