@OpenEduTech

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Following open, free, or low cost higher education. People should not have to be debt slaves to be educated.
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Tens of Millions of Older Adults Want to Go to #college but will they?

This is why independent adult learners should look into alternative credits (CLEP or ACE), #online programs, and even foreign schools.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/06/11/tens-millions-older-adults-want-go-college

Columbia University's Columbia Plus: free courses now available — AI for Business; Machine Learning for Environmental Engineering; The Art of Opinion Writing (code: WRITEFREE); Intro to Financial Engineering & Risk Management; Protecting Children in Humanitarian Settings; The Civil War & Reconstruction (1850–1861); Wage Work for Women Citizens (1870–1920). https://plus.columbia.edu/course-catalog #ColumbiaPlus #FreeCourse #OnlineLearning
Columbia University's Columbia Plus: free courses now available — AI for Business; Machine Learning for Environmental Engineering; The Art of Opinion Writing (code: WRITEFREE); Intro to Financial Engineering & Risk Management; Protecting Children in Humanitarian Settings; The Civil War & Reconstruction (1850–1861); Wage Work for Women Citizens (1870–1920). https://plus.columbia.edu/course-catalog #ColumbiaPlus #FreeCourse #OnlineLearning

Saylor University just earned IACET accreditation. Now its 170+ free, self‑paced courses can award IACET‑accredited CEUs, letting learners earn recognized professional credentials at no cost. #SaylorU #IACET #CEUs #ContinuingEd #EdTech

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/healthcare/articles/saylor-university-achieves-prestigious-iacet-144500736.html?guccounter=1

University of London is launching an online PhD in Social Sciences: research-led specialisms (e.g., education, public policy, sociology), expert supervision, UK PhD pathway (MPhil → PhD), two intakes/year, full- or part-time. Applications open Nov 2026 for April 2027 start. Fees TBA.
see: https://www.london.ac.uk/study/courses/research-degree/phd-social-sciences

Indiana's Board for Proprietary Education approved American College of Education’s (#ACE) applications to offer three new fully online #doctoral / EdS programs, pending institutional accreditor approval:

Doctor of #Business Administration,
Doctor of Education in #STEM Education (EdD),
Education Specialist in STEM #Education (EdS)

Expected total costs:
- EdD $24,810
- EdS $12,660
- DBA roughly $20,795 (55 credits).

links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7SNCO8s2Qw&t=4352s

(watch at 1:12:32)

https://ace.edu/

June 2026 Board for Proprietary Education Meeting

YouTube

Amberton University has launched its first #doctoral program: a 100% #online Doctor of #Education (Ed.D.) in Counseling, starting Fall 2026. The 60-credit program includes an oral comprehensive exam and an applied project, with tuition at $625 per credit.

link: https://amberton.edu/doctoral-degrees/

Elmwood Institute has been renamed Frontier Institute of Technology and goes by Frontier rather than 'FIT'.

Frontier maintains Elmwood’s programs:

Master of Leadership and #Management (MLM): still low-cost but — tuition $1,800 plus a $50/term tech fee and a $150 graduation fee.
BS in #DataScience and BS in #SoftwareEngineering: about $100 per credit.

Frontier retains Elmwood’s national accreditation from DEAC.

see: https://frontiertech.edu/

FIT