Sloan Semester - Free online college courses for students affected by Hurricane Katrina
I have been racking my brain trying to find a way to help with the Katrina Efforts. I did not want to just send money and I was trying to find a way to volunteer time, but man, my time is in such short supply. It was beginning to tick me off.
THANKFULLY, I got an e-mail from my online ed. provost and she has sent out an e-mail about the Sloan Semester (info above). In a nutshell:
An initiative is unfolding for the more than 175,000 college students from Louisiana and Mississippi whose Fall semesters have been put on hold due to the hurricane and subsequent flooding. Planning and information is still in the works, but SPC’s eCampus is planning on being involved.
The purpose of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is to help learning organizations continually improve the quality, scale, and breadth of their online programs according to their own distinctive missions, so that education will become a part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time, in a wide variety of disciplines.
Funded by the Sloan Foundation and in partnership with the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), Sloan-C is offering students displaced by Hurricane Katrina an opportunity to continue their education at no tuition cost.
This is how I am giving back. We were also offered the choice to either be paid or contribute time. I decided to be paid, HOWEVER, I want that so I can turn around and send the money out. It would make no sense for the college to keep it and the students would not see it. So I would rather collect the money I would make and do something with it. I am not sure if I want to spend it on the students or send it to an org. Suggestions would REALLY be appreciated. I wish I could just take the students out and blow all the money on them, but I doubt they will be local.
I have been racking my brain trying to find a way to help with the Katrina Efforts. I did not want to just send money and I was trying to find a way to volunteer time, but man, my time is in such short supply. It was beginning to tick me off.
THANKFULLY, I got an e-mail from my online ed. provost and she has sent out an e-mail about the Sloan Semester (info above). In a nutshell:
An initiative is unfolding for the more than 175,000 college students from Louisiana and Mississippi whose Fall semesters have been put on hold due to the hurricane and subsequent flooding. Planning and information is still in the works, but SPC’s eCampus is planning on being involved.
The purpose of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is to help learning organizations continually improve the quality, scale, and breadth of their online programs according to their own distinctive missions, so that education will become a part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time, in a wide variety of disciplines.
Funded by the Sloan Foundation and in partnership with the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), Sloan-C is offering students displaced by Hurricane Katrina an opportunity to continue their education at no tuition cost.
This is how I am giving back. We were also offered the choice to either be paid or contribute time. I decided to be paid, HOWEVER, I want that so I can turn around and send the money out. It would make no sense for the college to keep it and the students would not see it. So I would rather collect the money I would make and do something with it. I am not sure if I want to spend it on the students or send it to an org. Suggestions would REALLY be appreciated. I wish I could just take the students out and blow all the money on them, but I doubt they will be local.
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