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[abroadeducation]

Flexible and Affordable: Top Online Master's Degree Programs in the USA for 2023

Introduction 

Online master's programs are increasingly popular due to the increasing flexibility and accessibility they offer. These programs cater to students seeking flexibility in their education and career paths, particularly those with busy schedules or living in remote areas.

Master of Nursing:  

One of the most popular online master's programmes in the USA is to pursue a career as a nurse practitioner, which prepares graduates to work as registered nurses. The curriculum covers topics such as health assessment, pharmacology and pathophysiology, mental health nursing, and evidence-based practice. Accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), these programs are available at public and private universities across the country. Some schools also offer hybrid formats where students can take some classes online while earning other credits through on-campus courses or clinical experiences.

Master of Public Administration (MPA):  

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) is an online degree that can help individuals work with government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations that serve the public. It covers various topics related to public administration, including policy development, budgeting, financial management, strategic planning, program evaluation, and performance measurement. If you don't have time for face-to-face classes, consider one of these online programs. 

Master of Healthcare Leadership:  

The Master of Healthcare Leadership is a graduate-level program that provides the knowledge and skills needed to lead healthcare organizations. The curriculum includes courses on strategic planning, leadership development, communication, negotiation skills, and professional networking opportunities. This degree program requires 40 credits and can take up to three years if working full-time while taking classes part-time. 

Masters in computer science:  

To get masters in computer science in USA is an excellent choice and the online programs are designed for working professionals who want to advance their careers without leaving home. They are flexible and affordable, allowing students to earn their degrees without leaving home. Most online master's in computer science (MSCS) programs offer specializations in areas like artificial intelligence, data analytics, machine learning, and more, allowing students to tailor their studies towards what interests them most and find a job after graduation.

MS in Information Assurance:  

The MS in Information Assurance program is designed for working professionals with at least three years of experience in statistics, data analytics, or business intelligence. It does not require GRE scores or course prerequisites and has no age restrictions. The tuition at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is $21k per year when paid out-of-pocket, but it can be significantly reduced if qualified for financial aid or scholarships offered through UIUC's Office of Student Financial Aid Services.

[Know more: USA's most Lucrative Education Degrees]

Conclusion:

Online master's programs are a great option for students looking to earn their degrees while continuing to work. Many programs are affordable and flexible, making them accessible for people with busy schedules or living in remote areas. Additionally, these programs offer the same high-quality education as on-campus courses, providing students with an expert's perspective on specific topic areas. In summary, online master's programs are a great place to start for those seeking a flexible and affordable way to pursue their education and career goals.

[science70]

Astronomer Carl Sagan stands in front of a Viking lander mockup in Death Valley, California, c. late 1970s.

[chronicallycouchbound]

I refuse to call government assistance programs “welfare” or “benefits”.

I’ve been on government assistance programs my whole life. I have never lived above the poverty line.

It’s a system that doesn’t care about my wellbeing, they care about doing the bare minimum to keep people alive enough to function and work, and if you’re disabled and cannot work, they give significantly less of a fuck.

And benefits?? What benefits?

Food stamps that run out within two weeks because I am budgeting with 8$ a day with literally dozens of dietary restrictions? Or do you mean the housing voucher that I have to never even have a gift card, penny to my name, Sams club membership, phone bill, literally anything that could be “income” in order to qualify? That same housing voucher system that if I mess up even once with I not only lose all government aid for at least 5 years, it’s also mandatory PRISON time for 1 year?? “Oh but they would never do that, right?” Nope! I have several friends who are now felons for minor lease violations and unhoused as a result! Oh maybe you mean the state health insurance that doesn’t cover most treatments, specialists, and testing I need and if I tried to make a gofundme to cover, I would lose aforementioned housing? Oh and we can’t forget all the money I get for being disabled, which is exactly 0$. I’m still fighting for SSI and have been for 6 years! That’s over 6 years with absolutely zero income. ZERO. And guess what, whenever I *do* get on SSI, I will lose my housing voucher. And I won’t be able to afford my current apartment because even in subsidized low income housing it’s too expensive for the maximum SSI “benefit” amount. And on SSI you can’t have savings over 2000$. Oh and they do make housing for people who are low income where you pay 30% of your income but I can’t even be on the waitlist since I don’t have any income. And on top of all this, I can never get married because I’ll lose all of the programs.

I could keep going. That’s not even half of the programs I’m a part of.

• None of them give me cash in hand. Even for vouchers I have to provide receipts for everything.

• Food stamps just straight up won’t even cover ineligible items. Which includes hot foods.

• I genuinely don’t believe that there’s a way to “game the system” and why would you? You would gain literally nothing.

• It’s designed to keep people poor. Once you make over a certain amount, you lose all or almost all benefits. There’s no way to slowly transition out of the programs, if you’re someone who’s able to. It’s all in or all out.

• All of these barriers are made significantly worse while unhoused/homeless. I’ve been homeless for over half of my life and there’s so many fucked up rules. If I missed one night staying in the shelter, I lost my housing voucher because I no longer was “verified as homeless” even if I was sleeping outside still.

[defleftist]

If I may put on my tinfoil hat for a moment, this is a really opportune time to try banning tik tok and shutting down the Affordable Connectivity Program which sought to provide internet access to low income folks. Our government is quite literally restricting our access to information right as it continues to financially support the genocidal apartheid state of Israel. I take this as a sign they fear the working class and our power. Time to rise up.

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Caroline Green & Michael Parsons — EsoConcerto / The Mind on the (Re)wind FD at Four Continents 2022

[uncanny-tranny]

Something I think ought to be more readily-available and encouraged is simply... taking parental classes. I wish it were more common for people to realize just how hard - and important - parenting is, and indeed, that we all could use help with taking care of young folk. It's really alarming that popular opinion is still that parental classes are only for the "fuck-up" parents, or the parents who utterly failed. It should be seen as a good thing to take parental classes - especially on your own volition. It should be seen as imperative for one to take them, it should be a free, accurate, and scheduled occurrence so that people of any background are able to attend.

[vizthedatum]

The new 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine (USA) is out. It might not be free after this month for uninsured adults (?), and it may not account for further trending variants, BUT YOU SHOULD STILL GET IT.

Hi, y'all! I published a new Substack article because:

The updated COVID-19 vaccine for the 2024-2025 season is now available as of August 22, 2024.

And I have thoughts!

An excerpt from this article:

"The CDC advises that all adults receive this vaccine. The CDC recommends that everyone over six months of age receive this updated vaccine, regardless of previous vaccination status, unless they have contracted COVID-19 in the last three months.

This new vaccine will _allegedly_ remain covered under the no-cost vaccination program, the Bridge Access Program, until the end of next week. (I say “allegedly” because I don’t know.)

But you should call your pharmacy and check!

(I personally booked a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at my local CVS for August 28, 2024. I called the pharmacist earlier today to see if it would be covered under my insurance (UPMC Health Plan provided by my employer, University of Pittsburgh) or the Bridge Access Program). They told me the shipment has yet to arrive at their location, but they think it will be before my appointment and will be covered by either one. However, they can only definitively tell me once they get the shipment.)"

[buttonbuckfarm]

there’s well worn mountain lion paths going to our birds complete with scat and feathers and im just like. fuck man I love my turkeys more than anything and I don’t want to give up on having them but the money it takes to fucking MOUNTAIN LION PROOF shit… we know they climb the coop. idk how long it will take before the learn how to get the door open at this rate. idk if I don’t get this livestock conservancy grant to improve the coop idk what the fuck im gonna do. coyotes, raccoons, opossums, they’re all manageable. but fucking returning mountain lions, probably breeding nearby…. does anyone wanna give me 20k to install 6 foot fucking fences

[donotdestroy]

66 years apart

[rosierabbitart]

Hey sorry to get political for a second, regular followers can skip this one,

But has anyone else noticed that like 2 days after Harris got 51% popularity, a bunch of conservative leaning bots started invading tumblr comments to spew bullshit??

Like, it's not even subtle that they've seemingly just immediately paid for social media bots to cause ambiguity. Hell, half of them seem to be porn bots turned political bots, like they couldn't be bothered to make a new profile and delete the old content.

Just something I've noticed and thought should point out to other voters.

[juanabaloo]

Omer Bartov, Israeli American scholar and a professor on genocide studies, speaks with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now about campus protests and antisemitism.

"And then we visited the encampment [at UPenn]. We talked [with student protestors] about antisemitism and about its current use. There was absolutely no sound of any — no sign of any violence, of any antisemitism at all.

... antisemitism... is a vile sentiment... And no one should condone it, and obviously none of us would ever condone it. But it has also become a tool to silence speech about Israel.

... there’s nothing threatening about opposing occupation and oppression [in Palestine]. That is not antisemitism... Even being anti-Zionist is not antisemitic."

source: DemocracyNow.org

[bumblebeeappletree]

I’ve been thinking about schools for the blind and schools for the deaf. And while I know most states have schools for one of the two, or have one school where both attend at the one campus, I knew that there wasn’t schools in every state. And so I decided to take a look to see which states currently have running schools, and which states don’t. So all together there’s 13 states without a school for either the blind, the deaf, or both.

Now I think it’s very important for each state have at least one of each school in order to help support these students who would do better to have this sort of education. Especially since they would feel belonging as most disabled students feel alienated from their peers in an abled school system.

I think that these states, without these schools, have a unique opportunity here. They could use this as a way to build a school not only with maximized accessibility, but to build these schools sustainably. Some of which would go hand in hand. Lightbulbs that wouldn’t need so much electricity? Could also be lightbulbs for students with light sensitivity. Just as an example.

Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming all have different different environments. Some states closer together have similar weather patterns that their school buildings could be similar. But this could also help showcase how each biome’s sustainable buildings are different. Alaska might need more wind turbines than Nevada while Nevada would need a larger rain water harvesting system than Alaska. Although in this time of bigger storms and unpredictable weather, as well as strong fires, it would be best to build these schools to withstand these conditions.

I’m talking schools having green rooftops with solar panels on top. The greenery helping cool down the panels, and the solar panels providing some shade from the harsh sun. I’m talking about having a food forest with pathways that are accessible by wheelchair. Same with greenhouses for the colder months. Or for the warmer states, a shade house for the too hot weather. A small area with a variety of houses, some completely built for wheelchair users, so students can learn how to live in a house by themselves or with roommates. (Again, built sustainably.) And for the pools it’ll be natural pools. Chlorine has been shown to raise rates of asthma. Having a natural pool is healthier for the lungs, the skin, and hair.

Ideally these schools would be built in cities with a good transportation system, as to help teach the students how to get around in a city. Perhaps even give the students, and staff, a discount on using these transportation services. And should the students go on outings, for say a restaurant, they could ask for the restaurant to get Braille menus and subtitles for any TVs.

As there is some overlap between states that have neither a blind school or a deaf school. I propose that these states would have them in one building on one campus. And in these schools tactile sign language would be taught for the blind deaf and the blind or deaf students who wish to learn. Because as of right now, as far as I’m aware, the only place that does this in the USA is in Seattle. No where else.

“But how would we get the staff to teach this if it’s so rare?” You may ask. Simple.

We pay people to learn tactile sign language.

And if we have staff that already know tactile sign, they would get paid more than staff who don’t. And the pay rate would be the same for staff who know ASL, and the same would go for staff who know Braille. This way, staff members would be more inclined to learn how to sign, to read Braille, to communicate with students and help them with their homework. And if we can’t pay the people to learn these things, then we can have their schooling paid for. I’m sure there’s some blind schools that even pay for classes for their staff should they want to become an Orientation and Mobility Instructor. When the staff member completes their course they work for the school as an O&M instructor until a specific time frame is up. (Example “we pay for your classes, and then you work with us for 5 years as this type of teacher. Then you can become a contractor.”)

I think that this is something that can be done. Not only would it give these students a unique experience, an opportunity to learn more, and be in a healthier environment, but it could be a standard for new schools. A proof of concept if you will. There are many schools around the world where it’s been built sustainably, reclaimed materials, or in unique ways for accessibility. (A blind school in India has different plants by the windows of different classes so students know that they’re in the science classroom if they smell lavender and so on.)

I’ll be honest, I would love these schools to exist. However I have no idea where I would have to go or who I have to talk to to get this ball rolling. I literally live in none of these states so it would be even harder. However, I still wish to share my idea so start this conversation. And perhaps someone would see this and go “wait. I can help with this.”

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I very much would like to talk to you all about what could be in these (theoretical) schools!

[a-kinda-nerdy-girl]

Listen I'm not usually patriotic, unless it's the olympics and american women are freaking killing it. Then I basically turn into a bald eagle.

[ijustdontlikepeople]

Wait…Jack was part of picking his ntdp team 👀

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Starr Andrews — Exhibition Gala at Challenge Cup 2019