Ariel Waldman, Academic Earth Interview Series

Learn how to keep that GPA high without letting school run your life with these study hacks

Although not deadly, studies show that when students sent and read text messages during their classes, it can have serious consequences on the grades they receive—and even their general ability to learn course material.

As part of a four-part series, The New York Times reports on the alarming student debt crisis that impacts at least 6 million college students and graduates.

Vittra, the Swedish Free School Organization, has opened a radical new school -- one without classrooms.

Students taking online courses from prestigious US universities will be able to take final exams in a global network of invigilated test centers.

Is better learning really available through short, rapid dispatches no longer than a text message? In short, yes. Twitter is finding increasing repute as an education tool, and with so many of the world’s top minds coming together each day on its site, why not?

I am on the Funbrain web site hovered pensively over my space bar. Two cartoon figures in the game are hitting a tennis ball back and forth as a math problem flashes up on screen...

Sal Khan writes an insightful Op-Ed for CNN discussing his views on the future of credentials in regards to education. He asks the reader to consider what would happen if there was rigorous, standardized, international accreditation for specific domains of knowledge-- anything from history to software engineering -- to prove you knew the material just as well as someone with a diploma from a name brand school.

Anu Partanen writes for The Atlantic on how this tiny Scandanavian country became an education Superpower due its emphasis on equality over excellence in its education system.

College has gotten increasingly expensive for students leaving many parents and students to wonder where their tuition dollars are going. Academic Earth took a look at a recent report that breaks down how your tuition dollars are spent across public, private, research, and community colleges. What was found is that much of the increase in cost has been to offset declining tax revenues and the underperforming endowment portfolio. In the end, it is important for universities to maintain transparency as to how tuition dollars are spent to keep the public (and students) informed on how resources are being allocated.

The engineers at Google have done it again. Their popular Google Maps web application now includes panoramic views of the ocean. There are six coral reefs included in the initial ocean maps -- including Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii's Hanauma Bay and Apo Islands in the Philippines.

WebMD has released a very interesting piece on how stay healthy now that you're headed to college.

Kuno, an Android based tablet manufactured by family-owned Indianapolis, Indiana firm CurriculumLoft, has succeeded against the mighty Apple with its $375 tablet in K-12 schools. The name "Kuno" combines K (for K-12) and the Spanish number for one, ‘Uno’, to signify one-to-one student:tablet deployments, and its makers credit their recent success as a result of luck and determination.

Vittra, the Swedish Free School Organization, has opened a radical new school -- one without classrooms.

Although not deadly, studies show that when students sent and read text messages during their classes, it can have serious consequences on the grades they receive—and even their general ability to learn course material.

Sal Khan writes an insightful Op-Ed for CNN discussing his views on the future of credentials in regards to education. He asks the reader to consider what would happen if there was rigorous, standardized, international accreditation for specific domains of knowledge-- anything from history to software engineering -- to prove you knew the material just as well as someone with a diploma from a name brand school.

College is expensive, here are several ways you can get a college degree for much less

Anu Partanen writes for The Atlantic on how this tiny Scandanavian country became an education Superpower due its emphasis on equality over excellence in its education system.

In this podcast Eric shares how he successfully uses social media in order to connect with his community of students, teachers, and parents. He also shares how teachers use twitter and mobile phones as learning tools inside the classroom.

Scott Young is a writer for his eponymous blog and recently completed MIT's 4-year Computer Science degree curriculum in just 1 year. Scott shares with us how he was able to accomplish this amazing feat while keeping himself motivated and being able to tackle that amount of material in such a short amount of time.

Students taking online courses from prestigious US universities will be able to take final exams in a global network of invigilated test centers.

Degreed is a free service that scores and validates your lifelong education from both accredited (i.e. Harvard) and non-accredited (i.e. iTunesU, Lynda.com, Khan Academy, etc.) sources. Founder David Blake speaks with Hofstra University on his vision on what education validation will mean in the 21st-Century.

Learn how to keep that GPA high without letting school run your life with these study hacks

When Stephen Trachtenberg stepped down as president of George Washington University (GWU) in 2007 it marked the end of his remarkable tenure where he grew the endowment from $250mm to over $1bn. The former president also built many state-of-the-art facilities which in turn helped the university to become more selective with its freshman class each year; however, this rapid expansion was funded by the students and Trachtenberg made GWU the most expensive college in the country with tuition exceeding $50,000 when he left.

SpanishMOOC.com founder, Scott Rapp, joins us to share his new introductory Spanish course. Scott also shares his wisdom on the advantages of MOOCs over other means of learning a language, and how MOOCs help students to stay motivated.

Is better learning really available through short, rapid dispatches no longer than a text message? In short, yes. Twitter is finding increasing repute as an education tool, and with so many of the world’s top minds coming together each day on its site, why not?

Since private schools are usually more expensive, the following infographic will shed some insight into the return on investment (ROI) of attending a private versus a public 4-year institution and how that impacts your earnings over a 30-year career.