You may have heard rumblings of this here and there. You may have seen some of the pictures. We have indeed moved across the Potomac from Washington, DC to Arlington, VA (we can just see the Capitol dome in the distance…from one window…at a rather oblique angle). More specifically, we have moved from the Georgetown […]
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How our community demographics stack against some MOOCs
On Friday, The Chronicle of Higher Education helpfully distilled some key metrics recently released by edX on their first sixteen MOOCs (8 Things You Should Know About MOOCs). We thought our community might be interested in how the Saylor Academy stacks up (favorably, we believe). We will look specifically at points 1-4; because of our […]
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Launch of the Open Policy Network
The Saylor Academy is a member organization of the Open Policy Network. In concert with other members, we are pleased to share the following message. We are excited to announce the launch of the Open Policy Network. The Open Policy Network, or OPN for short, is a coalition of organizations and individuals working to support the creation, […]
Our revised student handbook is out (it was time)
[blog_update customblogupdate=”Our latest student handbook is always available at saylor.org/handbook.”] A lot has changed at the Saylor Academy over time, but some things do not — like our commitment to students and our drive to keep improving. To reflect this, we have a long-overdue update of our Student Handbook, which you can find here: The Saylor […]
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Two courses, six credits, sixty days…success?
In early February, Josh at Lit for Brains set himself a challenge: study for — and pass — two credit-bearing exams at Excelsior College (a Saylor Academy partner) in just sixty days. How did he do? You will have to read Josh’s account to find out…but would we be sharing this if the news were […]
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