Nothing personal: steeplechaser LaCaze thrilled to wear the green and gold
Posted: July 24, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Settled her differences ... Genevieve LaCaze. Photo: Getty Images
The athlete and the coach who said she shouldn't be on the team have finally met and shaken hands at the athletics team's camp south of London.
Steeplechaser Genevieve LaCaze met team high performance manager Eric Hollingsworth and spoken briefly to remove the awkwardness of her arrival on the team after Hollingsworth had taken a hard line that she should not be selected as she had achieved the A-standard time for the 3000 metres steeplechase after the Athletics Australia cutoff date.
Just like any other team member she is a member of the team and she is treated as such and I have no problem with Genevieve whatsoever and the focus is on this Australian team doing well and that is how we will set up
LaCaze ran her sought-after time two days after that deadline but still more than a week before the Australian Olympic Committee's deadline. AA initially refused to consider her time as Hollingsworth said should be the case, but the sport's body was pushed into overturning that decision by the AOC which insisted all athletes be given the most time possible to qualify and they didn't want an athlete to be punished by an arbitrarily early deadline.
Eric Hollingsworth, right, pictured here with John Steffensen, says he has no issue with LaCaze. Photo: Jason South
"He [Hollingsworth] did introduce himself when I collected the uniform the other day. I have been introduced and that's all it's been so far," LaCaze said.
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Hollingsworth said he had never had a problem with LaCaze personally but he had been adhering to strict rules on selection in order to be fair to all athletes.
"Just like any other team member she is a member of the team and she is treated as such and I have no problem with Genevieve whatsoever and the focus is on this Australian team doing well and that is how we will set up," he said.
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Fitch: U.S. Personal Bankruptcy Expected to Drop by 11% in 2012
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Fitch believes personal bankruptcy filings are likely to decline by 11% for the current year. The expectation follows data indicating that filings in first half of this year were running well below initial expectations. According to The National Bankruptcy Research Center (NBKRC), U.S. personal bankruptcy filings decreased by 13% in the first half of this year
The drop in bankruptcy filings is having a direct and positive impact on consumer asset-backed securities (ABS), particularly in the credit card sector, by holding many risk measures at cyclical lows. We expect performance to hold at or near current levels through the end of the year. Bankruptcy filings typically comprise approximately 30%-40% of overall credit card chargeoff results and the improvements are helping offset unemployment pressures for consumers.
We believe the pace of improvement will level off later this year, as banks appear to have begun loosening underwriting standards recently. Consumer borrowing rose by $17.1 billion in May from April, according to the Federal Reserve. That pushed total borrowing to a seasonally adjusted $2.57 trillion, approaching the high reached in July 2008. Increases over the previous 18 months had been attributed to auto and student loans, while credit card usage declined or stayed the same. That abruptly changed in May when credit card debt increased by $8 billion, its largest one-month jump in nearly five years.
The decline in bankruptcy applications began in 2011, after four years of increases. In 2010, NBKRC reported 1.5 million filings. That was the highest level since 2005, when the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act reduced the likelihood and amount of discharged debt in personal bankruptcy cases. In 2011, amid signs of slow improvement in the labor and real estate markets, personal filings declined by 11.6% to 1,353,186. The improvements in bankruptcies have come amid a pullback in consumer credit usage and overall reduction in household debt.
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Learn While you Earn – The Professional Qualification Route to Career Success
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OXFORD, England, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
The debts associated with a University place are persuading a growing number of would-be professionals to find alternative routes to career success. This year 50,000 young people have decided they will not go to University. However, many astute young people are exploring the option of taking a job in their field of interest and undergoing professional training to get the academic background they need for promotion.
They are earning while they are learning - rather than incurring mountains of personal debt. Even better, many of them are finding that switched-on employers are willing to support them with their studies.
This proven route to career success is perfect for self-starters who want an independent life at 18 and beyond - and don't want to burden themselves or their parents with debt. It is a highly winning formula.
The Oxford College of Marketing has seen many students with 'A' levels go on to do the Professional Certificate in Marketing, followed by the Professional Diploma in Marketing and finally the Professional Postgraduate in Marketing. From there they can become Chartered Marketers -the most prestigious marketing title in the world and a recognised rank generating status and income.
One of our own tutors is an example of how this can work. She came to the Oxford College of Marketing with A Levels. Having worked her way up to postgraduate level she is now a Chartered Marketer and is running her own company - as well as training other ambitious marketers.
But it's not just marketing where this route can work. Many professional institutes offer professional training - for instance the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
Of course career success is as much about position as salary. Many non-graduates are concerned that their pay levels will always be behind those of their graduate colleagues. However, by the time most of our self-starters get three years' work under their belt and the Professional Diploma, they are at the same level as their graduate counterparts - some even earning more.
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Sodexo, the Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University and Unilever Celebrate Success of Annual Summer Feeding Program
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CHICAGO, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Sodexo and Unilever today celebrate Feeding Our Future, an annual summer program that provided more than 22,000 free meals to local youth this summer. Volunteers from Sodexo, Unilever, and The Campus Kitchens Project gathered at Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center with more than 125 area children to celebrate the program's success and educate the program participants on the benefits of healthy eating.
At the celebration, children ages 4 to 12 joined with Sodexo nutritionists and chefs in an educational tasting program to learn about healthy food choices, perform taste experiments, and sample healthy foods to identify their personal food preferences. Nutrition education activities took students through 6 different learning stations where they made yogurt parfaits from fresh fruit and dairy; sampled vegetables prepared in different ways; experimented with whole grains; learned about healthy protein alternatives; gained understanding about sugar in snacks and beverages; and even participated in a MyPlate relay race as a way to incorporate physical activity. Healthy lunches were also served, which included whole wheat wraps with red pepper hummus, grilled veggies and black beans with a side of fruit and cheese.
Since 1997, Sodexo's Feeding Our Future program has provided more than 268,000 summer lunches to youth from low-income households in Chicago who rely on free and reduced-priced meals during the academic year. The Feeding Our Future program at Northwestern University is run by a team of dedicated college students and Sodexo employees through The Campus Kitchens Project. Feeding Our Future now operates in 24 cities in the United States and is made possible in Chicago by a grant from Sodexo Foundation, the anti-hunger charitable arm of Sodexo, Inc., and matching funds from Unilever. Across the nation, Sodexo employees work closely with local hunger-relief organizations, partnering vendors and clients to prepare and distribute the meals to children at local feeding sites.
"The Campus Kitchens Project and Sodexo Foundation agree that young people play a critical role in the fight to end childhood hunger," said Michael Curtin, CEO, The Campus Kitchens Project. "By participating in Feeding Our Future, student volunteers at the Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University develop valuable leadership skills while making a meaningful impact in their community."
Childhood hunger continues to be a growing problem in the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, approximately 16.2 million children in America struggle with hunger. Findings from a 2011 study conducted by Feeding America, a national hunger-relief charity, show that the child food insecurity rate in Illinois topped 22 percent, with more than 350,000 children at risk of hunger. The resulting impact of that hunger frequently includes health issues, poor academic performance, and limited future employment opportunities.
"There is one simple thing that any of us can do to offer our children a leg up in the world. Feed them," said Robert A. Stern, chair, Sodexo Foundation. "Feeding Our Future does just that, helping to fill the gap of the 19 million U.S. children not reached by other supplemental nutrition programs during the summer months."
This summer, Feeding Our Future will provide 400,000 summer lunches to youth in Atlanta; Boston; Buffalo, N.Y.; Camden, N.J.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Fort Worth, Texas; Honolulu; Houston; Indianapolis; Los Angeles; Miami; New York; Norfolk, Va.; Oklahoma City; Pittsburgh; San Jose, Calif.; St. Cloud, Minn.; St. Louis; Syracuse, N.Y.; Terre Haute, Ind. and Washington.
Programs like Feeding Our Future exemplify the positive contributions that large corporations are making in support of local communities. Working in collaboration with Sodexo are 26 of its vendor partners, including The Coca-Cola Company, Unilever, Sysco and The Schwan Food Company. Together they are providing more than $103,000 in funds which allows Sodexo Foundation to implement these essential supplemental nutrition programs in cities nationwide. Thanks to these efforts, by the end of this summer Feeding Our Future will have provided more than 3 million free summer lunches to children since the program began in 1997.
"Unilever Food Solutions proudly partners with Sodexo on the Feeding Our Future program, as it ties in so closely with our own beliefs and vision to make a difference. Our goal is to have an impact on the vitality and nutrition of millions of people, and childhood hunger is certainly a part of that," said Ted Skodol, director of customer marketing.
To make a contribution to the fight against hunger or for more information, please visit http://www.sodexofoundation.org.
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Where to place personal care home debated in Henry
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Photo by Jason A. Smith Connie Dodgen (right), of Hampton, was recently joined by several individuals who spoke out against placing additional restrictions on personal-care homes in Henry. Dodgen said such restrictions would limit the care given to people with special needs.
McDONOUGH Efforts are ongoing in Henry County to clarify requirements for operating personal care homes.
A pending ordinance on the subject has generated debate regarding whether to allow such facilities in residential neighborhoods, according to Henry County Planning & Zoning Director, Cheri Hobson-Matthews. Currently, personal-care homes can have up to three clients in a residentially-zoned district as a home occupation, or up to four clients in residential-agricultural district, as a non-home occupation, she said.
Officials are seeking to determine if the original intent of the countys personal-care home ordinance was to allow the homes to operate inside a subdivision, and to discern how many clients and employees are appropriate in those areas.
With some inconsistencies regarding the utilization of properties for a personal-care home as a home occupation, versus a non-home occupation, Hobson-Matthews said she and her staff felt that it was pertinent to clear up any ambiguities that the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) presented.
A moratorium, enacted in March, remains in place that gives staffers the opportunity to review and revise the ULDC and Comprehensive Plan, as they relates to the location of personal-care homes within single-family residential districts. It also regulates the development and standards of personal-care homes located anywhere within unincorporated Henry County.
We have not accepted any applications for personal-care homes in unincorporated Henry County, Hobson-Matthews said. The cities have not enacted a moratorium.
Hobson-Matthews said prior to the moratorium, the county did not have adequate licensing measures in place for personal-care home applications.
We wanted to make sure that were incorporating rules and regulations that would protect not only property owners, but individual clients and citizens who utilize personal-care homes for their personal-care services, she said.
A personal-care home can go into an area where they apply for a business license, and there is no further notification, said Hobson-Matthews. Its not like an alcohol license, where you have notify property owners. Its not like a zoning matter, where we have to notify all the affected property owners.
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MMRGlobal Announces Increase in RHL Group Line of Credit to $4.5 Million
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LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire -07/23/12)- MMRGlobal, Inc. (MMRF) ("MMR"), a leading provider of Personal Health Records (PHRs) and electronic document management and imaging systems for healthcare professionals, today announced that The RHL Group, Inc. will increase the credit line of MyMedicalRecords, Inc. by $1.5 million to a total of $4.5 million. The increased credit facility will help the Company with sales and marketing of its MyMedicalRecords (www.mmrvideos.com) patented Personal Health Record and MMRPro (www.mmrprovideos.com) professional products and services as well as continue ongoing talks with potential strategic partners to add to and exploit its biotech portfolio. The Company is also working on identifying a Chief Science Officer to help manage and license existing biotech assets including patents, patient samples and other related intellectual property and other opportunities. Robert H. Lorsch, MMRGlobal's Chairman and CEO, is also CEO of The RHL Group, Inc. Details of the financing will be disclosed in filings with the SEC later this week.
Mr. Lorsch said, "eHealth is clearly becoming the standard for the future of healthcare. Based on the Company's eHealth and biotech patent portfolios, I believe the Company is severely undervalued at this time. I cannot think of a better way to communicate my support and enthusiasm for MMR's future than to increase its RHL Group credit line by 50%. As a result of the passage of the HITECH Act, having a Personal Health Record will someday be as important as having a credit report."
The Company sells its Personal Health Record products and services direct to consumers and healthcare professionals, employers, affinity groups, nurse advocates, senior care providers and retailers. The Company sells its MMRPro document management and imaging systems to physician group practices, ambulatory surgery centers and small hospitals.
MMRGlobal is considered to be a leading provider of Personal Health Record services. The Company is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the rapid growth of health IT and the national and worldwide adoption of eHealth solutions and services as it owns the underlying technology and numerous patents issued pending and applied for globally in the healthcare IT sector.
About MMRGlobal, Inc. MMRGlobal, Inc., through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc., provides secure and easy-to-use online Personal Health Records ("PHRs") and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions, serving consumers, healthcare professionals, employers, insurance companies, financial institutions, and professional organizations and affinity groups. The MyMedicalRecords PHR enables individuals and families to access their medical records and other important documents, such as birth certificates, passports, insurance policies and wills, anytime from anywhere using the Internet. MyMedicalRecords is built on proprietary, patented technologies to allow documents, images and voicemail messages to be transmitted and stored in the system using a variety of methods, including fax, phone, or file upload without relying on any specific electronic medical record platform to populate a user's account. The Company's professional offering, MMRPro, is designed to give physicians' offices an easy and cost-effective solution to digitizing paper-based medical records and sharing them with patients in real time through an integrated patient portal. MMR is an Independent Software Vendor Partner with Kodak to deliver an integrated turnkey EMR solution for healthcare professionals. Through its merger with Favrille, Inc. in January 2009, the Company acquired intellectual property biotech assets that include anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies and data and samples from its FavId/Specifid vaccine clinical trials for the treatment of B-cell Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. To learn more about MMRGlobal, Inc. visit http://www.mmrglobal.com. View demos and video tutorials of the Company's products and services at http://www.mmrtheater.com.
Forward-Looking StatementsStatements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature, whether or not such statement relates directly to The RHL Group, Inc. credit facility, and to the Company's future performance, management's expectations, beliefs, intentions, estimates or projections, constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some can be identified by the use of words (and their derivations) such as "need," "possibility," "offer," "development," "if," "negotiate," "when," "begun," "believe," "achieve," "will," "estimate," "expect," "maintain," "plan," "intend" and "continue," or the negative of these words. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the prosecution of our patents; defending, protecting and maximizing the value of our biotechnology and health information technology intellectual property; timing of milestone payments in connection with licensing our IP; the risk the Company's products are not adopted or viewed favorably by the healthcare community and retail market; business prospects, results of operations or financial condition; risks related to the current uncertainty and instability in financial and lending markets, including global economic uncertainties; timing and volume of sales and installations; length of sales cycles and the installation process; timing of new program launches; market acceptance of new product introductions; ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships; relationships with licensees; competitive product offerings and promotions; changes in government laws and regulations and future changes in tax legislation and initiatives in the healthcare industry; undetected errors in our products; possibility of interruption at our data centers; risks related to third party vendors; risks related to obtaining and integrating third-party licensed technology; acceptance of the Company's marketing and promotional campaigns; risks related to a security breach by third parties; litigation matters; risks associated with recruitment and retention of key personnel; uncertainties associated with doing business internationally across borders and territories; and additional risks discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is providing this information as of the date of this release and, except as required by law, does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Current Development and Future Trends of Ultrabooks
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NEW YORK, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
With notebook PCs entering the maturity, the room for the introduction of new features and applications on notebook PCs is therefore limited. Therefore, vendors have been focusing on enhancing user experience in battery run time as well as fashionable and lightweight industrial design, which used to be only common for high-end notebook PCs. After, Intel put forth the concept of Ultrabook and the pace of such industrial design to become mainstream is further accelerated. In 2012, the Intel Ivy Bridge platform hit the market and it is anticipated there will be more ultrabooks unleashed in the market. This report provides insight into the ultra-thin trends of the notebook PCs based on the development of ultrabook market, leading chipmakers, key components, and major ultrabooks presently available or to be made available in the future.
Key development trends among ultrabooks, including major vendors, major chipmakers, key component suppliers, and product specifications Worldwide ultrabook market scale forecast for the period 2012-2016 Current specifications of ultrabook products, key vendors, and important factors for their future development Current specifications of MID products, key vendors, and important factors for their future development
1. Introduction 2. Market Development 3. Major Chipmakers' Strategy 3.1 Intel: Ultrabook 3 3.2 Other Ultra-thin Notebook PC Platforms 3.2.1 AMD: Ultrathin 4. Key Component Development Trends 4.1 Unibody Metal Casing's Adoption Share Reducing 4.2 Hybrid SDD-HDD are Currently Mainstream 4.3 Open-cell Design is a Passing Phase; Slim-type LCM to Become Mainstream 4.4 Li-Polymer Cell Remains Mainstream 5. Ultrabook Product Development Trends 5.1 Ultrabooks Aim to Walk out of the Shadow of Apple Macbook Air 5.2 Windows 8 to Unveil New Chapter for Ultrabooks with Touchscreen Design 5.3 Touch-screen Applications to Innovate Existing Notebook PC Portfolios 6. Conclusion 6.1 New Generation Processors Designed for Ultra-thin Notebook PCs 6.2 Touchscreens to Drive Changes in Traditional Shape of Notebook PCs Appendix
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Table 1 Intel Ultrabook Ivy Bridge Platform Product Specs
Table 2 AMD Ultrathin Trinity Platform Product Specs
Figure 1 Worldwide Ultrabook Market Volume, 2011 - 2016 Figure 2 Ultrabook 1.0 BOM Analysis Figure 3 Ultrabook 2.0 Product Specs Figure 4 Diversified Notebook PC Development Trends
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Fairbairn Private Bank take training to extremes
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by Kate McDowell
Fairbairn Private Bank joined forces with two local charities last month to deliver a bespoke training programme for some of its staff. The three-day course comprised an experiential workshop with Corporate Personal Development (CPD) at The Childrens Centre Community Farm, a challenging sail along the coast of the island and a post-training review.
As a platinum corporate sponsor of Sailing for the Disabled, the bank is entitled to a number of sailing days each year and this year it decided to do things a little differently and use one of these as a staff training opportunity. Lynn Kelly, the banks senior training executive, then worked in conjunction with the training services provided by Corporate Personal Development to design an intensive programme of team-building events. Corporate Personal Development is a social enterprise of another local charity, The Childrens Centre, and is a leader in the field of experiential learning.
The objective of the course was to bring staff from the banks Jersey office and sister company in Guernsey together with their colleagues in the Isle of Man in order to forge stronger working links. It also provided a perfect opportunity to explore some of the difficulties that can be associated with teams working across different locations, said Mrs Kelly.
Ultimately, a team of 12 hardy staff spent an intensive, and rather wet and windy, afternoon at The Childrens Centre Community Farm participating in the experiential workshop developed by John Knight, the CEO of the Childrens Centre, and Mark Payne, the head of experiential learning at Corporate Personal Development.
Day two saw the participants put their new found team-working skills into practice on board the Pride of Mann II, Sailing for the Disableds 46 foot yacht. The sail on stormy seas around the north east coastline of the island involved some very challenging team collaboration tasks which were set for the staff by the crew.
The programme was a tremendous success and thoroughly enjoyed by all the staff who participated. It also offered a unique opportunity to experience some of the inspiring services provided by two of the islands leading community organisations.
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University to offer online teaching focus
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The university has developed strategic curriculum to facilitate the development of the technology skills necessary for online teachers in order to better prepare students for teaching careers in the changing landscape of K-12 schools and higher education.
Todays teacher must be proficient in using the current tools of technology in order to engage students, whether they teach in an online format, hybrid or brick and mortar school, said Dr. Lawrence Kushner, director of graduate programs in education and assistant professor in the M.Ed. Program.
Research indicates phenomenal growth in student enrollment in both online schools and individual online courses. According to the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), there were an estimated 1,816,400 enrollments in distance-education courses in K-12 school districts in 2009 and 2010, almost all of which were online courses. This estimate does not include students enrolled in most full-time online schools, which included approximately 200,000 students in 2009 and 2010 and 250,000 students in 2010 and 2011. A decade ago, it was estimated that there were between 40,000 and 50,000 enrollments in K-12 online education.
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Curriculum designed for this program includes proven teaching methods for engaging students, the use of current technology and the introduction of new teaching practices, such as flipping the classroom.
The 15-credit concentration requires the completion of five specialized courses that will effectively prepare students for related and applicable careers.
These courses include contemporary issues in technology; integrating technology with teaching and learning; introduction to educational technologies; introduction to multimedia; and online course design and instructional strategies.
Students interested in the Online Teaching Concentration will be able to begin courses at the universitys Southpointe, Seven Fields or Monroeville campuses during the fall I session offered Aug. 27 through Oct. 20. The M.Ed. program can be completed in two years or less. Courses are offered in eight-week accelerated sessions with year-round admission dates and meet one night per week, from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
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Online Learning Rankings Help Educators Find Affordable Online College Degrees
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Ranking list of 114 best online college masters degrees for educators
BURLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Which universities offer the best online learning deals for educators?
GetEducated.com, a research firm that publishes online university ranking and rating lists, analyzed costs at 129 regionally accredited education schools to come up with an authentic data-driven list of the 114 best buys in online degrees for professionals in education careers.
According to the data collected by Get Educated, Lamar University (TX) ranks as the #1 best school in the USA for affordable online degrees. The cost of an online education masters at Lamar, a public university, is only $6,450. Thats more than $10,000 less than the $16,731 average cost for an online education degree. The University of Wyoming (WY) offers the least expensive online learning graduate degrees for both in-state and out-of-state educators at about $7,000 per degree.
Educators concerned about college affordability can access GetEducateds Best Buy ranking list of the 114 most affordable online education degrees. Online degrees surveyed include masters in education, teaching, instructional technology, educational leadership, curriculum and instruction, and special education.
Educators can review, rate and compare online degreesby cost, reputation, and student reviews by using the free consumer comparison tools at GetEducated.com.
About: Founded in 1989, GetEducated.com publishes reviews and rankings of the best online colleges in America for college affordability, reputation, and online student ratings.
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