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		<title>Your Job Search Starts Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What are you waiting for?&#8221; Frequently, when I was an academic advisor, I would ask my students this question. My advisees were attending a quarter school. Instead of 2 semesters, we had 3 terms. For seniors who were graduating, the beginning of the spring term was generally their last term. Many students would wait until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlinecolleges.org/your-job-search-starts-now/</link>
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		<title>Reflecting on 2011 and Looking Ahead to 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With 28 posts in 2011, this blog is quickly becoming a content-rich source of information for online learners. My first post began with a &#8220;toolkit&#8221; for online learners and I am excited about continuing to share, create, teach, and engage with everyone. Here is my recap of some of my favorite posts for the year: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlinecolleges.org/reflecting-on-2011-and-looking-ahead-to-2012/</link>
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		<title>5 Items for The Journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the start of a new year coming soon, an inventory of sorts seems apropos. For the online learner, having certain items (and a particular service), while not necessarily mandatory, can optimize several aspects of their web-based experience. Here are 5 things that I would highly recommend investing in for 2012. The caveat being of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlinecolleges.org/5-items-for-the-journey/</link>
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		<title>Higher Education is Evolving, Stop Worrying About Bubbles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, the Chronicle of Higher Education featured an op-ed that asked if higher education would be the next &#8220;bubble&#8221; to burst. The concept being that (similar to the housing market collapse or the dotcom disaster) higher education was going to implode (or pop) due to high tuition rates and a lack of innovation. Some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlinecolleges.org/higher-education-is-evolving-stop-worrying-about-bubbles/</link>
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		<title>Where Are Online Students? Voices Needed / Encouraged.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing a blog for online learners represents an exciting task. Having worked in higher education for more than 10 years, most of my experience is in working with students on a physical campus. However, there are multitudes of similarities and differences that provide ample material for this site. One of my goals for 2012 is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlinecolleges.org/where-are-online-students-voices-needed-encouraged/</link>
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		<title>Procrastination is not a bad thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite t-shirts states that &#8220;Procrastinators [are] leaders of tomorrow.&#8221; The play on words makes you think as you realize that those that wait, have to wait to be a leader too. Academically speaking, procrastination is not always a bad thing. In fact, procrastination can be incredibly helpful. Let me explain&#8230; Procrastination comes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlinecolleges.org/procrastination-is-not-a-bad-thing/</link>
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		<title>Online Colleges.org Announces First Winner of $10,000 Online Education Scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online Colleges.org in partnership with Education Aid, Inc. announced the winner for their first-ever “Online Colleges.org Support A Student Scholarship for Single Parents.” The recipient, Mary Nadeau, is an associate degree candidate studying criminal law at Remington College and a single mother of two young boys. The scholarship was developed to help economically disadvantaged students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlinecolleges.org/online-colleges-org-announces-first-winner-of-10000-online-education-scholarship/</link>
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		<title>Steps to Online Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article about 6 steps to online success was published at Campus Technology. The article was written specifically for online teaching faculty. However, I think it contains a lot of useful insights for online learners. Taking the original post and flipping it upside down and sideways, here are some things to consider for your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlinecolleges.org/steps-to-online-success/</link>
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		<title>Are You Using LinkedIn?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a simple question about a dynamic website. LinkedIn is a professional social networking site. If you are not using it yet, you should be. LinkedIn offers a degree of utility that other social sites cannot offer. It&#8217;s the go-to site for up-and-coming professionals. For the online learner, LinkedIn is a great place for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlinecolleges.org/are-you-using-linkedin/</link>
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		<title>The Inquisitive Journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When a traditionally-aged student starts a degree program at a brick-and-mortar institution, there is an accepted norm that impacts a large number of new students: they change their major. It is not uncommon to change your major. Sometimes a major change can be due to a single course, advice from an academic advisor, or from [...]]]></description>
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