Professors
ProfessorDirect combines all of the power of our popular online college courses and tutoring with special additional instructional content and support provided by professors. By making a direct connection between students and faculty everyone wins.
ProfessorDirect puts you in control of the price, professor, start date and duration of each course. It provides professors a platform to connect with students, share their passion and to earn.
What’s Different About ProfessorDirect Courses?
Students will benefit from increased engagement, direct communication with experts and additional resources, tips, instruction and more thorough video, downloads, presentations and synchronous class sessions. Some students thrive in self-paced courses, but some students want more.
Professor-led courses can be delivered in 8 week, 15 week and self-paced formats. Students who enroll in ProfessorDirect courses continue to enjoy the flexibility to study when and where they want, with access to all course materials, tests, and labs at their convenience, 24/7. No matter the course or format, assessments remain the same.
- Lengthy application and delay to start
- Pricey textbooks required per course
- Conform to their schedule
- No flexibility in exam schedule
- Finish in 9 to 12 weeks
- Complicated transcript process
- One-year tuition and fees ($30,094*)
- Sign up and get started in minutes
- eTextbooks included for FREE
- Work at your own pace
- Take your exam when you’re ready
- Finish in less than 30 days (4-6 weeks)
- No-fee transcripts and easy credit transfer
- One-year tuition and fees ($1299*)
Katharine (Kathy) Hansen, Ph.D., creative director and associate publisher of Quintessential Careers, is an educator, author, and blogger who provides content for Quintessential Careers, edits its newsletter QuintZine, and blogs about storytelling at A Storied Career.
Kathy, who earned her PhD from Union Institute & University authored Tell Me About Yourself, Dynamic Cover Letters for New Graduates, A Foot in the Door, Top Notch Executive Interviews, Top Notch Executive Resumes; and with Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D., Dynamic Cover Letters, Write Your Way to a Higher GPA, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Study Skills.
Since 1994, Tiffany Wilmot has served as president of Wilmot Inc., a sustainability and green building consulting firm providing clients with innovative, high performance approaches to improve health, protect the environment and save money. Under her leadership, Wilmot has managed a wide variety of large-scale public and private-sector projects for clients such as GM, the US Army, Metro Nashville, Vice President Al Gore, and the Coors Co.
Dr. Kristin Joos is the Director of the Young Entrepreneurs for Leadership & Sustainability High School Summer Program at the University of Florida, the only summer program in existence where college bound high school students learn and practice the skills of successful business and community leaders, while being inspired to solve social, environmental, and economic problems.
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*Tuition data from “Trends in College Pricing: 2013” The College Board.
(At 4-year public and private institutions, tuition and fees ranges from $8,000-$30,000 per year)