I just registered for Amazon prime for students without any problems. They accepted my status also so I'm only a parttime student at a distance-learining-university. Perks are: 6 month free prime, 45€ per year after that, 10% on Microsoft products, 10% on some other stuff like clothing.
Everything else is regular prime: Streaming, free shipping, Amazon Music.

But I feel stupid that I only foind out at the end of my studies about this. Could have spared half the prime-fees over the last years...

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DeVry University, the for-profit best known for its TV ads in the 80s and 90s (when it principally operated in-person programs in non-traditional locations like office parks), has just been approved by its regional accreditor to offer the Master of Human Resource Management (titled MHRM) degree in a competency-based format, its first in this format. DeVry’s Keller Graduate School of Management division is accredited by the ACBSP.

The MHRM landing page and catalog listing currently describe the current non-CBE program.

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I mentioned this a while back on the sister forum, but figured I ought to mention it here as well. There is a school in Winston-Salem that goes by the name Carolina University.  http://www.carolinau.edu   They are a small private non-denominational (but leaning Baptist) Christian school (TRACS) that offers several degrees, along with a respectable discount for veterans and first responders. They offer several secular/standard majors, in addition to the ones focusing on religion. Of note, they have an online MA in Christian Ministry, that is VERY affordable. At the present time it can be had for under 4,000 USD total. (One of the two program webpages is out of date and lists an even cheaper price, however they have since expanded from a 30 hr to a 36 hr degree). The school tuition page has the accurate figure. The program is totally asynchronous, though not CBE, and also offered in Spanish or Portuguese. It is designed as the first third of a Masters of Divinity, and currently uses a large number of pre-recorded lectures the professors created during the COVID pandemic. There is no foreign language requirement such as Greek, Latin, or Hebrew, and no specialty can be declared. While not CBE the school has six terms per year and finishing in 12-16 months is possible, provided you start in the summer or early fall. I enrolled on a part time basis some time ago, taking a single class at a time purely to expand my knowledgebase. (not looking to become a pastor or anything). I would highly recommend the program to anyone looking for a cheap accredited program in religion, or a cheap US masters that isn't an MBA or AI/tech program. I will note that it is ONLY the MA in Ministry that is this cheap... though as I say, they have a respectable discount for veterans and first responders who may be interested in their other (secular) programs.

In another thread about ADHD, I mentioned that researchers found a genetic link between ADHD and high functioning autism and that high functioning autism might be a different disorder from low functioning autism. I came across this video today about a proposal to create four categories of autism rather than treating it as a spectrum. Some researchers want to go further and completely split the conditions into different disorders. Of course, they won't go back to diagnosing people with Asperger's. 

In my opinion, the social/behavioral category might not actually be autism. However, I don't want to step on anyone's toes, and the autism community has warned against completely separating diagnoses because people can fall into more than one category. 

https://youtu.be/GqBzVuW2cnM

Sam Houston State University (SHSU) now offers their Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) in Criminal Justice ina competency-based education format, joining existing on-campus and semester-based online formats.

The competency-based format has its own per-credit tuition lower than SHSU’s usual tuition: 178 per semester hour for Texas residents, 606 for nonresidents.

Been working in systems integration and PLCs for 10 years. Have an AAS in Mechatronics from Tri-County Technical College. Need my bachelor’s now — BSEET, has to be ABET accredited.

What’s the fastest way to do it? Looking at PLA credit given the years of hands-on experience. Deciding between Excelsior, TESU, ECPI, and Grantham. Anyone done this route or have input on which is fastest?


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I recently came across South Europe College, another MFEEA accredited institution (like Woolf, SMC, among others). This was interesting as this college is managed by the same group who owns and run the Comoros based Midocean University (also accredited in Comoros as a private higher education institution). 
Both institutions emerged from the Saudi based Everyone Smart University (ESU) (later renamed to Everyone Smart Company due to restriction on the use of the "University" title in Gulf states).
Before 2020, South Europe College founder operated Project Champions Academy, which delivered low-cost online preparation courses for professional certifications like the Project Management Professional (PMP). 

ESU was established in 2020 and initially offered only project-management degrees (Bachelor and Masters), directly building on the existing audience from the certification academy which had significant success in Saudi Artabia with its 65$ PMP comprehensive online live prep courses.
No evidence that these early ESU degrees held any Saudi academic accreditation. ESU promoted an "accreditation" relationship the International Project Management Association (IPMA), but IPMA's own records classified ESU as a Registered Education Provider, not a university. ESU also does not appear in the UAE Commission for Academic Accreditation's directory of licensed higher-education institutions, although it maintained an office and commercial registration in Fujairah. 

In 2022, the holding group behind ESU announced that it had acquired 100 percent of Midocean University, an existing institution licensed by the Ministry of Education in the Comoros. During the same 2022 expansion period, the group also created South Europe College in Malta.
Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) database confirms that SEC holds a valid provider licence (MFHEA-ORG-410) and lists ten available programs, including a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and master's degrees in project management, human resources, and information technology. 

The master's programs are priced at €750 per semester, requiring three full-time semesters for a base tuition of €2,250. The BBA is priced at €600 per semester over six full-time semesters, totaling €3600. The Master can be completed in 1-3 year depending on the study mode.

The college offers partial scholarships providing tuition waivers of 25 or 50 percent for international students. These are allocated on a first-served basis and require students to maintain at least a B grade.

https://southeurope.edu.mt/about-us-sout...e-college/


I am not sure really how to evaluate this, but everything looks ok so far and the price seems affordable.

They have a policy for credit transfer/Recognition of prior learning that states: "Only Accredited Formal Learning units/ modules obtained at EQF/ MQF Level 7 that covers at least 80% of the contents of the program’s equivalent corresponding units/ modules shall be considered for exemption. Exemptions shall only be approved for whole Modules/ Units and not for individual elements of assessment within a Module/ Unit excluding dissertation and up to a maximum of 30% (for the Bachelor’s degree) and 20% (for the Master’s degree) of the total credit of the Exit Qualification."

I am going to see if they will accept my ENEB/ UI1 ECTS for thier Master of Project Management.

My chips are on France to win today's game.
 As you know, I hope to see Argentina win tomorrow.

I hope to see former teammates ylian Mbappé and wee Lionel Messi embrace after the championship match.

Good afternoon,
For those of you who have previously or are currently pursuing a bachelors through ETAMU (formerly TAMUC), how long did it take for your academic advisor to assign you a third course after completing the first two (having sent the completion emails and the request email to accelerate into the next course)?


Years ago you were able to be assigned two classes at a time and you continued with two at a time so that if you were waiting on a professor to grade something you were able to work on another course. Now it's two at the beginning but once those first two are complete you are only able to be assigned one course and you must wait on the advisor to verify the completion emails and then assign you the next course.  This new method of only having one course and then being down for 3-4 days due to it being a weekend is less than efficient.  Another change noted is that years ago you could accelerate into a new course up until the Friday of the 6th week.  Now you must complete all assignments/projects by the Wednesday of the 5th week so that things are hopefully graded by Friday morning of the 5th week for a new class to be assigned that day.  

off the soapbox now.  What has your experience been when accelerating into a new course.