About Archives | Page 24 of 30

Where we’re from

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Sean Connor

Sometimes our work can feel close by, bounded by the river to the south, the High Street to the north, the snarls of downtown to the east, and the wilds of Virginia to the west — or even by the borders of a computer screen. The team behind the blog, social media, and the contact […]

ICYMI: K-12 and all that.

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Sean Connor

In keeping the buzz going, and in-case-you-missed-it, we’ve got some good things going on in K-12! Open Matters, the blog from MIT Open Courseware, picked up and re-shared a message that went out earlier today over our mailing list. We’re posting the message (penned by Rachel) down below, but first we’re going to give a shout-out […]

The new look!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Sean Connor

Today we unveil a (slightly) new homepage. In brief, we’ve split up our courses into: “Saylor University” – our core courses “Saylor K-12”– our newly-unveiled, long-talked-about pre-college courses “Saylor Professional Development” – our PD Area of Study split up into its three constituent parts These changes also will be reflected in the forums, currently taking […]

Release: A change in leadership, a new addition, and commitment to innovate

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Sean Connor

Yesterday afternoon, we officially announced the change in status for former Foundation Director Alana Harrington, who will now lead our Advisory Board. We also welcomed about Lou Pugliese as Saylor Fellow and Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Lou has serious technology chops (see the release for details), and is going to help us not only stay on course but […]

250+ Options Toward Affordable Pathways to College Credit

Posted on April 30, 2013 (April 8, 2019) by Devon Ritter

When I initially drafted this piece about affordable options for college credit, I was going to frame it with background information and shocking details about the rising cost of education, how that cost is outpacing other economic indicators, and how student loan debt has reached $1,000,000,000,000. But you already knew that. So I’ll jump right […]