Taking a gap year before starting at harvard. Whether its work or college or both, either on campus or online, there are plenty of options and more students are taking a different path and thats our cover story this week. 18yearold Jonathan Paul took a swing at another route to a College Degree after dropping out nine years ago. I kind of was in limbo for a while and looking for a way to complete my degree. Reporter but he didnt go back to a physical campus to get it. He recently earned a bachelors degree from Penn State University in finance after completing all of his work online. I approached it from more of a learning point of view instead of the end result of just, you know, getting a grade. Reporter nearly 3 million College Students are taking courses exclusively online bypassing the traditional campus experience. While they may not have the same opportunities to socialize and network as students on campus, they are gaining valuable skills. Our students tell us that they come awa
Starting at harvard. Whether its work or college or both, either on campus or online, there are plenty of options and more students are taking a different path and thats our cover story this week. 18yearold Jonathan Paul took a swing at another route to a College Degree after dropping out nine years ago. I kind of was in limbo for a while and looking for a way to complete my degree. Reporter but he didnt go back to a physical campus to get it. He recently earned a bachelors degree from Penn State University in finance after completing all of his work online. I approached it from more of a learning point of view instead of the end result of just, you know, getting a grade. Reporter nearly 3 million College Students are taking courses exclusively online bypassing the traditional campus experience. While they may not have the same opportunities to socialize and network as students on campus, they are gaining valuable skills. R come away learning more than perhaps they learned in a residen
Some flooding on some streets. The rest of the town is fine. Reporter for towns along the hackensack river, minor flooding is par for the course. W used to it. The town is below sea level. When you have these tides, this is what happens. Business as usual for little ferry. The same story in secaucus. Flooded streets and roads and the sidewalks just disappeared. It happens regularly in certain areas. Nothing like hurricane sandy. Its the level of the water thats here. Reporter whats to blame . The low pressure winter storm in the atlantic, combined with unusual high tides due to the new moon, are the culprit. There is a coastal Flood Warning for much of new jersey. For towns like this, its pretty much par for the course. Steve doesnt make it more fun to deal with. Thanks. Seven people remain in critical bus crash in connecticut. 36 people were hurt when the charter bus bound for mohegan sun hit a guardrail and flipped on its side. It started off in flushing, queens. He was merged into t
On what were seeing on major heat waves. Well be exploring the markets all afternoon for the next two hours and beyond. Lets get more now on todays slide from bob pisani on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Bob . Hello, tyler, and what were seeing is a little bit of a reversal of some trading trends, specifically around the dollar and also to a trading around the dollar. Modest rally. Look at the dollar index moving down all throughout the quarter here. The lows recently. Thats reversed a little bit today and some people are debating. The dollar may have bottomed and that may have factored. Energy financial materials were weak today. You know what the market leaders are. Energy financials and materials this quarter and a very specific reap. Those are cyclical stocks. Very specific reasons why cyclicals have done well this quarter. Let me show you the q2 trade, the trade everybody is doing. You have the weaker dollar and combine it with a stable china and you combine that with o
The Un Security Council is expected emergency meeting to address north koreas claims of successfully testing a hydrogen bomb. Initial indications of the test came when seismic activity was detected near the area. The Us Geological survey pinpointed a 5. 1 earthquake. Us leaders are working to confirm the test. The white house says it condemnx any violations to the Un Security Council resolutions. North korea has been making noises for some time about wanting to build a warhead that could be mounted on a missile capable of reaching the us mainland. Meanwhile, south koreas president says nothing is off the table when it comes to senator cory gardnerwhos the chairman of the subcommittee on east asia. Released a following north koreas announcement. I am monitoring the news developing out of the korean peninsula, and hope to have a clearer what exactly has he goes on to say. The testing of a however, would serve as a reminder of the danger posed to the world by this often who leads a govern