Advantages and Disadvantages of Having a University Degree From an Online School

Education has become multifaceted in many ways. There are almost no barriers to receiving education at any level. A university degree is the desire of most people as it offers better employment opportunities in most cases and also helps to increase the marketability of one’s skills. Given that there are certain talents one can have, … Read more

Tips, Strategies and Educational Resources for Parents During Social Distancing

In 2019, about 56.6 million students were enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in the United States. In light of the current global COVID-19 pandemic, school districts across the country have made the difficult decision to close schools and transition to online instruction due to public health and safety concerns. Parents and carers were tasked … Read more

African Engineers: Dr E Bamfo Kwakye

Many people were surprised when Bamfo Kwakye was appointed Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana in 1975. Prior to his promotion to the university’s top post, Bamfo Kwakye was Head of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, but his academic status … Read more

The Number One Way To Learn

In general, people are thought to learn in three ways: through observation, through reading, or through experience. Depending on what you’re trying to learn, any of the three methods could be number one. One method, however, has consistently proven to be undoubtedly the best—experience. Each week we post a thought of the week on our … Read more

How do I create a standalone connection pool in Java?

Below is the method I generally prefer to create the connection pool for each database. I am using the BasicDataSource class developed by the Apache Software Foundation and available for free. To work with it you may need to add these JAR files to your classpath: 1. commons-dbcp.jar 2. commons-pooljar 3. commons-collections.jar 4. mysql-connector-java-5.1.5-bin.jar (for … Read more