Looking for some advice and different perspectives.

Career advancement isn’t my goal. This is primarily about learning and, admittedly, personal fulfillment. I already have multiple master’s degrees, including one from UMPI.

I’ve been accepted into several doctoral programs, as well as a master’s program at a more prestigious university. Here’s what I’m weighing:

• Master’s at a well-known, prestigious university: Approximately $60,000 and one year to complete with transfer credits.
  
• Doctorate at a lesser-known university: Approximately $30,000 and one to two years to complete.
  
  

Hello, 

I have a question I'm currently doing some Sophia courses and wanted to know has anybody created a degree plan for ETAMU for Health and Safety degree.

Thank you!

I just received an email from Newlane about their Master in Philosophy (https://newlane.edu/ma-philosophy/):


The Master's is here!
A New Milestone for Newlane University
Dear Newlane Community,
We are thrilled to share exciting news with our university community: Newlane University's first master's degree program—the Master of Arts in Philosophy—has officially received accreditation and is now open for enrollment to students who have earned a bachelor's degree.
This achievement represents an important milestone in Newlane's history and reflects our continued commitment to providing high-quality, academic programs that prepare students to make a meaningful impact in the world.
For our current students, this accomplishment demonstrates the university's ongoing growth and investment in expanding educational opportunities. As Newlane continues to evolve, we remain dedicated to creating pathways for lifelong learning and advanced scholarship.
Whether you are considering graduate study in the future or simply taking pride in being part of a university on the rise, we hope you will join us in celebrating this exciting moment.

Thank you for being an essential part of the Newlane community. We look forward to continuing this journey together and sharing many more milestones in the years ahead.
With appreciation,
Ben Blair and Josh Stanley
Co-Founders, Newlane University

Current TESU ILA student.  I am looking into one of the BA programs at TESU.  

I will probably need a semester to finish up a few CLEPs that I am working on.   Does TESU have rules regarding having a "dormant" semester or semesters with no classes/no academic progress towards degree?

This is so very cool. David Collins is in my Basic Program cohort.

"David Collins, a current student in the Graham School’s Basic Program, recently had research from his doctoral studies cited by Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion in an election law case. A practicing lawyer with a long-standing interest in history, David pursued his graduate studies part time while building his legal career and now continues his engagement with ideas through courses at Graham."

"When the U.S. Supreme Court recently considered a significant election law case, Watson v RNC, Justice Amy Coney Barrett cited and quoted from David’s scholarship, Absentee Soldier Voting in Civil War Law and Politics, in her majority opinion. David, now a student in the Graham School’s Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults, was surprised to see research from his doctoral studies enter a current legal discussion."

"Pursuing a lifelong interest in history, he undertook graduate studies at Wayne State University starting late in his legal career. He earned his PhD in 2014, at the age of 69."




https://graham.uchicago.edu/article/supreme-court/


https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25...0_g3cn.pdf

I just got an email about this. UPI Study launched four new ACE- and NCCRS-recommended courses and sent out a promo code for Labor Day weekend.

Use promo code FREECOURSE at checkout to claim one free course out of these four new additions. Only one can be redeemed per account with the code.

 I successfully signed up for the American Literature course using this code.


The offer expires after Labor Day weekend on Monday, September 7, 2026.

• U.S. History I  upistudy.com/courses/us-history-1
  

• Art History I  upistudy.com/courses/art-history-1
  

• Chemistry Lab upistudy.com/courses/chemistry-lab
  

• American Literature upistudy.com/courses/american-literature
  

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I currently have:
70 Credit Hours - Local community college (3 of which are CLEP).  
18 hours of TESU credit in foreign language via ACTFL exam ACE credit.

For TESU degrees, how many hours of classes are required to be completed at TESU?  Is there a requirement for a certain percentage to be upper or lower level?  Does ACE credit count towards this number?

I was looking at the TESU BA in foreign languages specifically since I have a lot of foreign language credit as-is.

Does anyone here remember which Professional Certs from Coursera are accepted by COSC?

Back in January/February when I attended, they did actually accept a few of the certs I took on Coursera's platform, but I wasn't sure if anyone else here has a list of what they actually accept.

Once I get back into my student email and find my degree plan from the General Studies program, I'll post an update of what they accepted.

Part of me is still bound and determined to find a way to degree hack COSC

If you were wondering when we are going to see the electrification of airplanes, the future might already be here. Aerospace companies are exploring a hybrid concept that uses electric motors and small batteries to power the aircraft, while relying on a gas-powered generator to keep them charged.

For example, the new MIT-developed Electra hybrid-electric plane can:

• Take off on an ultra-short runway of just 300 feet (about the size of a football field).
  
• Achieve a range of 1,100 miles.
  
• Carry up to 3,000 lbs of cargo.
  
• Cruise at a speed of 200 mph.
  
• Operate without the need for dedicated ground charging infrastructure.
  

In recent news, Claude announced that they were watermarking their text, and ChatGPT and Google have been doing it as well.

However, these so-called watermarks are quite easy to remove.

Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove
https://www.seangoedecke.com/text-ai-watermarks/

This entire situation is the digital equivalent of a classic cat-and-mouse game, much like the historical arms races we've seen with cybersecurity, piracy, and Digital Rights Management (DRM).

Thoughts?