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  • A Guide to Online Colleges in South Dakota

    South Dakota is named after the Dakota and Lakota Native American tribes and is a place filled with ancient burial grounds, grasslands and prairies, wild horses, and the sacred Black...

  • A Guide to Online Schools in New Hampshire

    New Hampshire holds a unique place in American history: one of the first areas settled by European explorers — the English and French arrived at the turn of the 17th century — Paul Revere rode through Portsmouth in December 1774 to warn of an imminent British attack, presaging his more famous midnight ride the next […]

  • A Guide to Online Colleges in Hawaii

    The 50th and final state to be inducted into the Union in 1959, Hawaii is also the 8th-smallest and the 11th-least populous. Still, despite its remoteness, people have been living here for thousands of years, with the earliest inhabitants estimated to have lived around 300CE. Though Spanish explorers first landed on the archipelago in the […]

  • The 50 Best Small Colleges

    The allure of attending a large university is real for a lot of high school graduates. Leaving home and moving to the city to live on a mega-campus is a dream for many students, but it's not the best decision for all prospective college freshmen. Enrolling in small college has its advantages, including smaller class […]

  • A Guide to Online Colleges in Kansas

    The heart of the heartland, Kansas has played a major role in the history of the United States since the Louisiana Purchase, most notably during the lead up to the Civil War. Its plain-dominated landscape is also quintessentially American, even if much of that is a myth. (Scientists note that the state is only perhaps […]

  • A Guide to Online Colleges in New Mexico

    The 47th state admitted into the union, New Mexico was populated by Native Americans for thousands of years before the Spanish entered the territory at the turn of the 17th century. Since then, the state has seen competing claims from Native American tribes, the French, the Republic of Texas, Mexico, and the Confederate and Union […]

  • A Guide to Online Colleges in Mississippi

    Mississippi is nothing if not fertile, from its land to its culture. Among its writers include Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Shelby Foote, Barry Hannah, Tennnessee Williams (name notwithstanding), John Grisham, and William Faulker. Brett Farve, Jerry Rice, Archie Manning, and Walter Payton learned football in the state. And Morgan Freeman, Jim Henson, James Earl Jones, […]

  • A Guide to Online Colleges in Iowa

    When our backwoodsmen first reached the open plains, wide meadows, filled with endless stretches of long grass, they didn't know what to call them. So, borrowing from the French inhabitants, decided on prairie. These types of grasslands hold the soil in place and prevent run-off — creating some of the most fertile land in America. […]

  • A Guide to Online Colleges in Nevada

    Though we often equate Nevada with Vegas — neon lights, gold-minted coins, and occasionally bad behavior — much of Nevada is pure desert. Nearly 90% of the state is managed by divisions of the federal government. As late as 1940, the state was the least populated in the Union, with just 110,000 residents. But when […]

  • Online Guide to Accredited Colleges and Universities

    What is Accreditation? "What is accreditation?" This is one of the most common questions students ask when researching prospective colleges. Accreditation is an objective endorsement of an educational institution's quality. Bestowed by independent organizations and agencies, accreditation signals that the school meets rigorous academic standards and provides an important measure of public accountability while guaranteeing […]