By Jorge Campos |Staff Writer| Cal State Universities (CSU) are saving money by offering online courses, yet some students say online courses don’t go as in depth as a regular classroom. The result is, universities have figured out a way to save money, but according to students, at the cost of quality education. The CSU system has saved approximately $4 million through the bulk purchase of online advising, class materials, and $1.6 million for plagiarism detection programs, according to the Los Angeles Times. “Although it is still an early stage to start measuring cost, it is important to begin evaluating ways to drive down cost without affecting academic quality,” officials said … [Read more...] about CSUs offer more online classes to save money
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U.S. forces engage ISIS on the ground
By Jorge Campos |Staff Writer| An American force has fought its first actual encounter against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) when an attack was made by tribal forces in an attempt to remove U.S. forces from their base, according to SHAFAQ News, which provides daily news in Iraq. U.S. troops have entered with its Iraqi partner, according to Colonel Salam Nazim, against ISIS and clashed with them for more than two hours, according to SHAFAQ News. Obama requested congressional authorization for limited use of American armed forces to defeat an Islamic terrorist army. He declared that the congressional passage of the measure makes the U.S. the strongest in the fight and, … [Read more...] about U.S. forces engage ISIS on the ground