It was the fastest “college” class I ever took.
I opened my MacBook in the morning, logged onto an online platform called Sophia Learning and started a business course on managing conflict.
A little over an hour later, I was done. I had clicked through an electronic textbook, answered a flurry of multiple-choice questions, and the course was over. I just earned one credit, good toward a bachelor’s degree at more than 50 accredited colleges, including the University of Maine at Presque Isle, the University of Massachusetts Global and the University of Maryland Global Campus.
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