Students choose to complete their Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.) degree with the University of North Texas (UNT) for many reasons. Some students choose UNT because the B.A.A.S degree accepts and builds on their unique credits. Many students choose the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences because of its job-relevant coursework in its […]
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Learn how Ian Camacho successfully changed careers with the Google IT Support Professional Certificate
We’d like to introduce you to Ian Camacho. He’s a successful IT professional, and he shares his story below about how he made a career change from entertainment to IT by enrolling in the Google IT Support Professional Certificate. He explains why he was eager to make the change, and offers some excellent advice to […]
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Daria’s career journey: from HVAC systems to UX research
We’d like to introduce you to Daria. She’s an amazing Coursera learner, whose career journey has taken her from designing HVAC systems in Kyiv to UX design in California. She tells her story below in a series of chapters, and along the way, offers some valuable career advice for anyone who’s hoping to make a […]
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In Internet Dead Zones, Rural Schools Struggle With Distanced Learning
An anonymous reader shares a report: The past seven months have been a big strain on families like Mandi Boren’s. The Borens are cattle ranchers on a remote slice of land near Idaho’s Owyhee Mountains. They have four kids — ranging from a first grader to a sophomore in high school. When the lockdown first hit, Boren first thought it might…
Your ‘Doomscrolling’ Breeds Anxiety. Health Experts Offer Ways To Stop the Cycle
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: So many of us do it: You get into bed, turn off the lights, and look at your phone to check Twitter one more time. You see that coronavirus infections are up. Maybe your kids can’t go back to school. The economy is cratering. Still, you incessantly scroll though bottomless doom-and-gloom news for…
Discover how the Google IT Support Professional Certificate helped Jason pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
My name is Jason Niro, and I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I graduated from Bay State College, in Boston, with a bachelor’s degree in entertainment management with a recording arts concentration. After graduation, I moved to Southern California to pursue a career as an Audio Engineer. While I was interning at a few record […]
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Finding An Accessible Path to Impactful Health Work with Michigan’s Online MPH Degree
University of Michigan’s School of Public Health is ranked in the top five public health research institutions in the US and is taught by leaders in the field. In the Population and Health Sciences Master of Public Health program you’ll get hands-on practical experience with community public health issues and gain expertise in the issue […]
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Krebs Publishes ‘Interview With the Guy Who Tried To Frame Me For Heroin Possession’
“In April 2013, I received via U.S. mail more than a gram of pure heroin as part of a scheme to get me arrested for drug possession,” writes security reserch Brian Krebs. “But the plan failed and the Ukrainian mastermind behind it soon after was imprisoned for unrelated cybercrime offenses. “That individual recently gave his first interview since finishing his jail…
Released from Prison, Spammer Who Stole 17.5 Million Passwords Apologizes and Reforms
An anonymous reader quotes ZDNet:
Kyle Milliken, a 29-year-old Arkansas man, was released last week from a federal work camp. He served 17 months for hacking into the servers of several companies and stealing their user databases. Some of the victims included Disqus, from where he stole 17.5 million user records, Kickstarter, from where he took 5.2 million records, and Imgur, with…