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August 2008 Articles

Professors to students: Stay away from the college campus!

By Woody Robertson and Shawn Cohen

CollegePlus! has asked professors around the country what they think about distance learning and credit by exam. Every professor we’ve asked has not only responded favorably, but has wholeheartedly endorsed CollegePlus! and its innovative degree completion program.

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Saying No to a Full Ride Scholarship

by Jordan Starling

"I wouldn't trade my CollegePlus! experience for four years at a regular school," says Bethany Ingebretson, a former CollegePlus! student who completed her English degree in May 2008. Ingebretson, who lives near Fargo, ND, relates how she turned down scholarships from traditional schools because CollegePlus! was a better match.

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University or Indoctrination Station? You Decide.

by Shawn Cohen

College professors love to tout their tolerant attitude toward all belief systems. Filmmaker Evan Coyne Maloney has dispelled this façade of tolerance in his recent documentary Indoctrinate U, which hit the film scene earlier this year. Indoctrinate U is 89 minutes of truth that university officials would rather hush up and completely ignore than talk about openly.

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