April 2010 Articles

A CollegePlus! Video Guide To Community and Distance Learning

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You are a distance leanring student. We all know what this means... long hours locked in the study room, pouring over boks and online resources, never catching sight of daylight, much less other people! But does it have to be this way? The answer is a firm "No!" Student Community Director Brittany Wellvang shares how she kept in touch with the "real" world while studying, and how this has made an impact on her, and others lives.

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What About The “College Experience”?

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One of the drawbacks of CollegePlus! education is the lack of traditional social interaction with fellow students. Individuals considering CP! tend to be very intrigued by the “college outside the box” idea; however, one of the first concerns they raise is, “But what about missing out on the ‘college experience’?” The questions may be phrased differently, but they all come down to the same thing: what do I do about my social life?

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Staying Connected With CollegePlus! Forums

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by Travis Dodson

I don’t feel like I ever chose CollegePlus! I feel like it chose me. It was such an absolutely perfect fit for what I wanted in an education experience, that I can’t imagine doing it any other way. My primary education was completed mostly through homeschool, and, I’m not discounting my mom’s efforts here, but through the majority of high school I taught myself the subjects. I had other siblings she spent more time teaching and frankly, I enjoyed working at my own pac

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