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The first colleges in the American colonies were Harvard, Yale and the College of William and Mary, where the curricula were developed based on classical liberal arts. The courses offered were “seen as the best preparation for lawyers, ministers, and statesmen: grammar, rhetoric, logic, astronomy, arithmetic, geometry, and music,” according to the Chronicle of Higher […]

Earlier this month, the White House announced new actions to improve computer science education for K-12 students in tandem with the National Science Foundation and the National Science and Technology Council. The National Science Foundation has spent $25 million on computer science in 2016 and plans to spend $20 million in 2017 to provide teachers […]

Shakespeare once wrote “all things are ready, if our minds be so.” For the average college student, at no time of year is this quote more appropriate than finals time. The difference between an A and a C can often be boiled down to one word — preparation. With that in mind, there are a number […]

Online education has opened up a whole new world of opportunity to students all over the world. While online learning has opened the door of opportunity for students — it has opened that same door for financial aid fraud. ProctorU chief strategy officer and co-founder Jarrod Morgan, in a recently published article in EdScoop, looks at […]

In a win for testing accessibility, the College Board announced on Dec. 1 that it will be simplifying the process for qualified students to receive needed accommodations when taking College Board assessments. Those assessments include SAT®, PSAT™10, PSAT/NMSQT®, SAT Subject Tests™, and AP® Exams. School testing accommodation coordinators must now answer only two questions in the affirmative for students […]

IT Sligo is yet another example of ProctorU helps both institutions and test-takers save money. Located in Ireland, IT Sligo’s international enrollment has grown, which means they must deal with test-takers who cannot be in the country to take their examinations. Requiring that test-takers travel back to Ireland simply to take an exam isn’t efficient. […]

Online Educa Berlin will be held between November 30 and December 2, 2016 in Berlin. ProctorU is proud to announce its attendance between Nov. 30 and Dec. 2 at Online Educa Berlin (OEB) 2016, the global, cross-sector conference on technology-supported learning and training. ProctorU co-founder and chief strategy officer Jarrod Morgan will speak as part […]

A prevalent problem with the current generation is being over-educated but underemployed. More high school graduates are going to college than ever before, resulting in a large number of college graduates competing for a limited number of jobs. The outcome is many individuals with associate or bachelor’s degrees having to accept jobs that require no […]

In just under two months, President-elect Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States and his mission to make America great again will officially begin. It’s not entirely clear what this holds for the future for education as Trump has mainly focused on the subject of expanding school choice. With little concrete […]

ProctorU is a simple 24/7 online test proctoring service that offers convenience and ease to test-takers around the world. The point of being able to be proctored online is so students may test from home, work, or school. This provides options to many students who do not live near a campus, who work full time […]