As you may have heard, last week a major security issue was detected in OpenSSL, the technology that powers encryption across much of the internet. The Saylor Academy took immediate steps to assess our infrastructure and patch the potential vulnerability. Our investigation showed that no Saylor Academy service was vulnerable to the Heartbleed security flaw […]
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In his keynote address for a digital education conference we held in 2013, our trustee Michael Saylor talked about how graduating college debt-free was a major factor in getting his start in business. You could call me a risk-taking entrepreneur, but the truth of the matter is I got incredibly lucky […] [H]aving no debt […]
Our Education Project Manager Lindsay Murphy talks with Jonathan Haber in his latest Degree of Freedom podcast. You can listen here (or download the .mp3). Lindsay talks about the strengths and weaknesses of our courses, our college credit initiatives, and how we aim to improve both the student experience and student outcomes in 2014. The next step […]
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You might have noticed a few “Donate Now” buttons showing up on our site today. They look a lot like this: No, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke…we really are asking for money, starting with a big email a few weeks back. That raises the interesting question: how do you ask people to pay for […]
Starting late yesterday, students visiting our site from Cuba, Iran, and Sudan will get no farther than our firewall. Due to sanctions levied by the United States government, we are currently unable to offer our education services, including discussion forums and course certificates, to students within Cuba, Iran, and Sudan. We are taking these actions […]
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