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College Ranking System Called “A Joke”

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College rankings are certainly a big deal to at least some young students and their families. When the US News & World Report released its new list of Best Colleges recently, over 40 million people read it online. Did those readers actually find out much about the quality of the schools on the list? The more you learn about how the rankings are created, the more it starts to seem like the answer is: probably not. Maybe that’s why US Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona recently called these college rankings “a joke.”

Law Schools Boycott U.S. News

This week’s announcement by U.S. News & World Report that they would make changes to the way they ranked law schools was forced by a boycott both the magazine by Yale, Harvard, Stanford and a raft of other top law schools in the U.S. A key criticism from administrators of these schools is that U.S. News’ measurement of student debt levels make schools that serve middle or lower class students look bad, and that the earnings statistics celebrate students that go to high paying private sector jobs, while denigrating those who choose to take lower paying public service positions.

For better or for worse, students and their families have long invested massive amounts of money in certain schools based on how they’re ranked. A recent demotion of New York’s Columbia University from number 2 on US News’ list to number 18 could, according to some experts, cost the school tens of millions of dollars. A large school like Columbia with a huge endowment can probably absorb that kind of hit. But hundreds of less prestigious colleges across the U.S. can’t afford that type of loss, and spend a lot of effort every year to keep their rankings as high as possible. How these schools game the ranking system may produce more of a smokescreen than a useful tool if you’re shopping for a quality college or university.

Who’s Giving U.S. News The Info?

U.S. News & World Report’s chief data strategist recently told CNN that his company’s college rankings are based on “hundreds of data points within categories including graduation rate, resources and reputation.” He added that the rankings now incorporate more data on “outcomes indicators.” The problem is that most of these data points are reported by the schools themselves, resulting in a system where it appears the foxes are managing the chicken coop.

Faking Admissions Numbers

Two key ranking factors that have drawn criticism are admission rates and quality of students accepted. A school with a very low admission rate would appear to be highly selective, and in a position to accept only very strong students, right? Well, not necessarily. Not when you consider that schools have regularly tried to manipulate this number by encouraging more and more students to apply, even if they don’t have the qualifications for admission. Recent streamlining of the Common Application Form, which makes it possible to apply to multiple schools at once, has only boosted the number of applications more. But applying to a vast number of schools is pointless for most students. While the very top schools like Stamford and Vanderbilt may accept only 5% of applications, according to The Atlantic, the truth is that most colleges accept a far higher percentage of students. It’s simply not necessary for most students to apply to dozens of colleges.

But it’s good for the college’s rankings. The more applications they get and turn down, the lower their acceptance rate is and the more “selective” they can claim to be.

SAT Scores And Inequality

Another hot button issue is the use of the SAT scores of students a school admits as a measure of the school’s quality. The rankings have continued to based quality ratings on this factor, even as more and more schools have announced that they will not longer look at SAT scores in their admissions process.

But the blame for all the ongoing attention to rankings may lie partly with colleges and universities themselves. For decades, American schools have been notoriously opaque about what exact value they are delivering to their students. Schools that want to be seen as academic centers to the point where they actually shun the idea that they are providing job training have made little effort to outline the benefits their graduates get for their tremendous investment in tuition.

On the other hand, students shopping for a college aren’t exactly blameless either. It’s far easier to surf the U.S. New & World Report website for an hour than it is to do in-depth research on a school. Until prospective students want to take that real work on, college rankings will remain popular.

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Five Things Employers Love and Hate About Online Degrees

By Paul Mannet

do employers accept online degrees or not?

Research studies have shown again and again that online degrees have gradually become more respected by employers. But the truth is that most hiring managers have a mix of positive and negative feelings about them. It helps to understand what kind questions you’re likely to get and which aspects of your degree you may have to defend. Here are five things employers love about online degrees, and five things they may not take seriously about them. Click To List Of Schools Specialized in Online Degrees

Why Employers accept online degrees:

  1. Teamwork: Online degrees often involved a lot of teamwork done through web-based workflow applications. This closely mirrors the way projects are generally done in the business world. Being comfortable with project management and communication with team members in a digital environment is a key skill that can make you stand out, partly because some graduates of traditional classroom-based schools don’t have it.
  2. Discipline/ Work Ethic: Completing a full degree program online takes a strong work ethic and a focus on achieving a goal. To be able to finish all your classes and projects from home, balancing your schoolwork with life commitments, it’s absolutely necessary to have self-discipline, something that’s highly valued in the corporate world.
    According to National Center for Education Statistics, only about sixty percent of American college students who start a bachelor’s degree finish it – and that’s within six years, at residential or online schools. If you were able to complete a degree online, it shows you have a good deal of self-discipline.
  3. Technology Skills: You may not even realize the level of tech skills you’ve acquired during your online degree program. Working with online forums, communicating with professors and submitting coursework online, watching and possibly posting video and generally dealing with tech glitches are all abilities that are expected in almost any business today. Having an online degree should brand you as being tech-savvy.
  4. Ability To Manage Work vs. Life: Studying online can be tough when there’s no classroom bell to define the hours you will be in class and you’re in your home where friends and family can interrupt you on a regular basis. Your online degree should provide some solid proof that you can manage your work hours versus your life commitments effectively.
  5. A Job-Focused Degree: Employers see lots of candidates with degrees in English, Sociology and other specialties that are, well, a bit “soft.” If you’re like most online degree holders, you probably studied something that directly relates to a career goal. The odds are that you paid for much of your degree program yourself. That kind of focus can set you apart from many college grads who got a degree because they didn’t really know what else to do after finishing high school.

Why Some Employers Think Online Degrees Look Bad:

  1. Is an online degree too easy? This is a question an employer may not ask directly, even though he or she may have it in the back of their mind. But you should be well qualified to deal with this issue. After all, you learned in classrooms during high school and may have taken some classroom-based college courses before starting your online program. You can compare your own experiences of online and traditional learning and let the employer know that you feel your online degree program was rigorous and taught you what you need to succeed in the job world.
  2. University of what? Never heard of that school. Your chances of employment will almost certainly be affected by whether or not a hiring manager has heard of the school you got your degree from. Old line universities usually have the most name recognition. But nowadays, large online schools like Ashford, SNHU and others have become more well known, partly due to their large advertising campaigns. Additionally, there are now online degree programs offered at very well-known old schools lie Georgetown University and Arizona State.
  3. Shaky accreditation. Accreditation matters with employers – big time. In fact, accreditation may be the #1 key to employer acceptance of your online degree. It’s importance was underlined by a comment from Beth Sears, a staffing professional at Robert Half, one of the biggest and best known recruiting firms in the world, who told Business Finance in 2018 that “In our experience, degrees that are earned online can work in the job seeker’s favor. As long as the programs are accredited, earning a degree online can speak to the work ethic and dedication of the individual.”
  4. “Life experience” degrees. Many high quality schools today give credit for the knowledge you have gained in another school or in the workplace. But don’t even go near a school that will sell you a degree with no real academic study. It’s probably a diploma mill that’s a complete waste of money.
  5. For-profit schools. Undoubtedly, some employers still look at for-profit schools as less credible than state or private colleges. But that attitude is far from universal. In fact, many companies now have partnerships with for-profit schools to do training for their own employees. The best way to deal with this issue is to be ready to talk to the employer about the quality of your degree program and discuss, in very specific terms, the skills it taught you.

Jobs Where Online Degrees Are Most Valued

Some career categories seem clearly more friendly to online degree holders. Nursing, for example, is an are where there is a tremendous shortage of qualified bachelor degree holders. As a result, even the more prestigious hospitals seem open to hiring nurses with non-traditional degrees. Technology departments have long been willing to hire candidates who learn coding or some other aspect of IT through a coding academy, online school or even through a few courses that may not add up to a degree. Accountants and other financial professionals are often hired with either an online diploma or specialty certificate. Teaching has also become a popular area for online study. Although teachers need to do actual classroom work in order to be certified to teach in most areas, they’re frequently hired with an online bachelors or masters degree

Are Online Master’s Degrees Worth It?

A recent article in Inside Higher Ed noted that enrollment in online master’s degrees is growing strongly, with over 31% of all post grad program students now taking 100% online degree programs. A chart in the article illustrates the grown in pure online grad degrees:
Employers respect online masters degrees

A “Job Outlook” study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers in 2017 showed that many of the key skills employers want to see on a resume could result from either online vs traditional education.

  1. 59.8% of employers wanted applicants with “Technical Skills”
  2. 67.5% wanted to hire those with “Analytical/Quantitative Skills”
  3. 82.9% wanted to see “Problem-Solving Skills”
  4. 80.3% wanted applicants with “Written Communication Skills”

That Tech Advantage In Your Online Degree

Companies are constantly complaining about the lack of job applicants who have strong technology skills. It’s worth keeping in mind that you’re probably ahead of the curve in that department if you went to college over the internet. The connection between online learning a crucial digital skills was highlighted as a Barcelona, Spain conference hosted by Devex in January, 2020, where University of Southern California Professor Dora Vertenten said online degrees are perhaps even better than a regular degree because students get a strong technology experience in addition to learning the subject they are mastering in: “You’re learning the curriculum of the program but also learning how to use the platforms by submitting homework assignments and giving feedback online.” She went on to say online learning is a great teacher of digital teamwork, which is key in almost all businesses today, and that online courses tend to introduce students into a very diverse group of other students, adding:

That ability to develop a cultural competency — the sense of working in diverse environments with diverse people — is a really critical benefit that the online program offers that most campus-based undergraduate and graduate educations can’t offer.”

The Society for Human Resource Management (SRHM) found in a survey as far back as 2009 that employers were showing that online degree holders were gradually being more respected:
– Human Resource executives say they’re warming to online degrees. Over 50% of the 573 HR professionals surveyed told SRHM that they felt courses taken online were about equal in quality to courses in traditional classroom schools.
– 76% of those surveyed said “online degrees are viewed more favorably” than they were five years earlier.

The sheer numbers of students taking courses or full degree programs online has continued to swell. Numbers from the Center for Education Statistics show that in 2017, the most recent year measured:

  • There were a whopping 6,651,536 students enrolled in college distance education courses.
  • From this number, more than 2.7 million were taking all of their courses online.
  • For-profit schools played a relatively small role in the overall picture. 4.6 million of all online learners were studying at state or other public universities, 1.1 million were at private schools, while less than 800,000 students were studying at for-profit universities.

Click To List Of Schools Specialized in Online Degrees

How To Do A Fast Check On Any School’s Accreditation

Here’s how to quickly check the accreditation status of a school, before you sign up for a program. You can get a quick overview of an American school’s accreditation status by going to the U.S. Department of Education’s “Database for Accredited Postsecondary Institutions & Programs” page. You can search this database by entering the name of a school you’re interested in, by searching for all schools in a state or by finding schools that have been approved by a specific accreditation agency.

Be aware that some schools may be accredited for specific programs only.

The key accreditation agencies you need to know about are:

  • The New England Commission of Higher Education
  • The Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  • The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
  • The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
  • The Higher Learning Commission
  • WASC Senior College and University Commission
  • Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Accreditation isn’t always easy to understand for you, the student. You need to remember that regional accreditation is generally the top standard, not national accreditation. That may sound backwards, but it’s how the very old-world system of accrediting American colleges and universities still works. There are, however, just a few exceptions. If you take a very career-specific degree in an area like nursing, your school is going to need accreditation from a professional group in that specialty (although some nursing schools are nationally accredited, most get their credentialing from one of two national groups – the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Online nursing master’s degrees and BSNs tend to be well accepted by healthcare employers. But these types of companies – hospitals, clinics and other types of care centers – are very knowledgeable about accreditation. If you don’t have a degree from a school that’s properly accredited, it’s unlikely that you’ll get hired. (More accreditation resources here)

Do Employers Verify Education?

You are generally under no obligation to tell an employer on a job application or a cover letter that you got your degree online. But if it comes up, it’s important to realize that you can make a big difference in an employer’s perception of your degree if you learn to talk about your school, your motivation and your career goals in a way that makes you look like a smart candidate.

First and foremost, an employer will confirm that your degree has a basic value based on whether or not your school has good quality accreditation and on the general reputation and name recognition of your school. But employers today are doing deeper and deeper background checks on people before they are willing to hire them. It’s possible that a hiring manager may simply contact your school to get a copy of your diploma or transcript. But some employers actually use third party services to do educational background checks on job candidates. Either way, it’s likely that your potential employer will see your grades, which courses you took and how long it took you to complete your degree. That’s why nowadays more than ever, it’s a very bad idea to misrepresent anything about your education on a job application or in an interview. You’re very likely to get caught.

Develop a “pitch” to tell them why you believed that an online degree was an excellent choice and the unique skills it’s given you.

Are Online MBA Programs Credible?

If you have been working since you finished your bachelor’s degree, you may not really have a choice on whether to take your MBA online or in a classroom. The online approach is the only real option for many working adults who can’t afford to stop working to live and study at a business school for two years,

It’s probably not realistic to think you’ll end up working for Goldman Sachs with an online degree. The big Wall Street firms tend to still bring on grads from Harvard, Wharton and other famous schools, most of which still don’t offer fully online MBAs. But there are many, many employers out there who either have a positive attitude toward an online business degree or simply don’t care which format you did your learning in.

Whether or not your online MBA will be taken seriously is likely to hinge on two key factors: 1) the reputation and accreditation of the school you attended and 2) your ability to talk about the high quality of your courses, professors and overall learning experience. It’s best to go into a job interview expecting to encounter at least some skepticism about your online graduate degree. That way you’ll be ready to talk about it without getting flustered during your interview.

A good tip: Choosing an online MBA program at a school that also offers traditional campus-based grad degrees can be a good choice, since the school’s traditional degree programs may enjoy a positive reputation with hiring companies.

What Is A Kaplan Degree’s Credibility?

It’s no longer possible to get a degree from Kaplan because the school was purchased in 2018 by Purdue University, a respected public research university that’s been in Indiana since 1874. All of the Kaplan programs were taken over by a new entity called Purdue University Global. Kaplan had seen a number of bad publicity incidents based on student complaints, giving the school a negative or perhaps even worthless image in the eyes of some. Purdue Global continues to deliver adult career-focused programs, and almost certainly benefits from the reputation of this very old school. Other large for-profit schools like Capella and University of Phoenix have evolved significantly in the past 10 years, in some cases working directly with large companies to train graduates to fill specific positions. They have continued to flourish largely because of their strong focus on career-oriented degrees.

Figuring The True Cost Of Your Degree

A great way to determine what the cost of your degree is going to be is to use FinAid’s tool to determine what your actual net fees will be after all discounts and grant awards. It’s a bit complex to use, but it gives you a chance to do a very careful comparison of how various schools will stack up against each other on price. See FinAid’s Calculator Here
Another tool that allows you to compare more in-depth quality information as well as cost of one college versus others is available here from The College Board

Further Reading
All You Need To Know About Accreditation.
What Employers Really Think About Your Online Degree
Liberty Street study of bachelor degrees value

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The Price of Online University Courses Can Surprise

By Paul Mannet

real price of online college courses

Click To See a List Of Most Moderately-Priced Online Colleges and Universities

How Are Online Colleges Priced?

Students often bring unrealistic expectations about what they’ll need to pay for online college courses.. After hearing about MOOCs, some expect all online learning to be free. Others, having read about problems with for-profit schools, expect online degrees to be hugely expensive. Neither of those are necessarily true. There’s no doubt you can pay a high rate for credits at a for profit, state or private school. But if “shop” carefully among schools, the tuition for an of online degree can be kept under control. 

Steer Clear Of A Diploma Mill

You should be aware that trying to take shortcuts on price can be dangerous. Getting a fake degree from a “diploma mill” or a non-accredited online school, for example, is a great way to throw away money, regardless of how low the fee is. When it comes to quality schools, the truth is that many individual distance learning courses carry fees about the same as traditional on-campus classes.

The “per credit” tuition you will pay for an online degree will, in many cases, be no different from what you would pay as a student in a traditional “brick and mortar” college. But you’ll save a bundle simply by living at home while you study. Campus-based students must spend tens of thousands of dollars on room and board over the course of their education, and non-classroom living expenses can truly skyrocket if you attend school in a major city.

Are Online State Colleges & Universities Cheaper?

If you want to study at a state, you can also get a special benefit from the “distance” in distance education. That’s because state schools have traditionally charged a big premium (sometimes almost double the basic in-state tuition) for on-campus students who are not residents of their particular state. Most state universities kept their higher charges for out-of-state online students in the early days of distance learning. At this point some, but not all of them, have now removed that premium.

Tuition Complications

Online schools also offer “per semester” tuition, which can help you save if you can study at an intensive rate. Rather than paying a “per credit” charge for each course at Western Governor’s University, for example, you pay a flat fee for each semester. If you can take more than a standard course load, you can cut down on the number of semesters you study and save a good deal. On the other end of the spectrum, if you get too busy with job and family responsibilities while you’re working on a degree and need to stop for awhile, online schools are generally open to allowing you to take a break without any financial penalty. Because they have so many adult students, online degree programs are generally built to serve people with more outside responsibilities than younger, on-campus students.

Online Versus Traditional Schools

Most online three credit-hour courses charge tuition anywhere from $700 to $900 – a charge that’s roughly comparable to the fees at mid-range traditional schools. That means that a full online degree, including textbooks and other supplies needed, will probably require an investment of about $7,500 per semester, or about $30,000 total. Certificate programs, even at a fairly high professional level, can set you back less because they involve fewer courses. For example, a certificate degree in supervisory skills at Cornell eLearning, a top school, currently priced at about $5,000., requires 11 courses.

There are several ways to defray this expenses. If you’re employed, particularly by a mid to large-sized company, you may be able to get a the company to fund some or even all of the fees for your online college courses. The federal government, which has traditionally given grants only to on-campus students, has shown more flexibility in recent years about giving financial aid to online students.

Find out as early as possible in your school search what you’ll be charged for each credit hours. Also, be aware that many schools – both online and campus based – charge late application fees, late payment fees and other charges to people who apply just before school starts. You want to avoid those by getting all documents in on time. You can also help keep your degree affordable by watching out for “hidden charges” like graduation fees and other charges that don’t seem to make sense before signing on to your degree program.

Here are some of the most reasonably priced bachelors and associates degree programs, which you can get free information on by filling out some information about your interests. Estimated fees here are for the school year 2016 – 2017, and don’t include books and other feess unless otherwise noted.

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Good, Reasonably Priced Online Bachelors and Associates Degrees

By Paul Mannet

Click To List Of Reasonably Priced Bachelor and Associate Degree Schools

What Is The Most Inexpensive Online College?

Many online degree programs will automatically save you a good chunk of money compared to a traditional school, simply because with online learning, you won’t pay to live on the college campus. At New York State University schools, for example, room and board fees for a student costs about $12,000 — far more than the actual tuition for any bachelors or associates degree program.

saving on a bachelor's degree online

But while an online degree program can help you avoid tens of thousands in room and board, online schools aren’t universally cheap. You need to put some work into shopping and comparing fees from one school to the next. And while you probably don’t want to choose a school based only on its cost, one of your best ways to avoid getting saddled with too much student debt is to make sure you get the cheapest online tuition.

Your local community college is usually the best place to start looking for an affordable online degree. Community colleges often have the best bargains on tuition. But there are often limitations. Many of them give the lowest tuition rates only to local students. Also, many of them offer associates degrees or bachelors degrees only in limited subject areas, and the most career-oriented programs like nursing, teaching and criminal justice tend to fill up fast.

Fastest Affordable Degrees

Flex and accelerated schedules can be a great saver of time and money. Bachelors and associates degrees from online schools can now often be done on a accelerated basis. You generally have to work extra hard to get through an accelerated program quickly, which can be tough if you have a full-time job or family. But it can be truly wonderful to shave time off your degree program by talking a heavier class load.

Flex scheduling, on the other hand, can allow you to stretch your studies out for more than the usual two years (for associates) or four years (for bachelors). While this won’t shorten your time in college per se, it can help you be a more successful student by mapping your school schedule closely to your work and family obligations, and to allow you for some breaks that can help you avoid burning out. Colleges that specialize in online learning tend to very flexible about a student’s study schedule, because they deal with so many students who are working adults. The leading online schools are also usually willing to allow you to transfer credits toward their programs that you may have earned previously at another school.

What’s The Easiest Online Degree?

Online schools are generally a bit easier to get into than traditional colleges. But from that point on, the ease of getting a degree depends on the choice of your major and how quickly the school will help you complete your degree. Both humanities and STEM majors can be required to do significant projects outside of class like research papers, a thesis or clinical work (in the case of nursing programs). If you want to make your study as easy as possible, make sure to ask your school if you can use any credits you may have earned previously towards your degree, and spend some time looking at the curriculum for your chosen major. Studying psychology, for example, will not involve exactly the same courses and outside study projects at two different schools. Online schools often have very specific requirements about student participation on forums, online classes or other digital venues, To make your degree as easy as possible, take a deep look into what you will be required to do as a student.

How Are Online Colleges Priced?

Students often bring unrealistic expectations about what they’ll need to pay for online college courses. After hearing about MOOCs, some expect all online learning to be free. Others, having read about problems with for-profit schools, expect online degrees to be hugely expensive. Neither of those are necessarily true. There’s no doubt you can pay too much at any type of school if you don’t do some smart comparison shopping before you apply.
The “per credit” tuition you will pay for an online degree will, in many cases, be no different from what you would pay as a student in a traditional “brick and mortar” college. But you’ll save a bundle simply by living at home while you study. Campus-based students must spend tens of thousands of dollars on room and board over the course of their education, and non-classroom living expenses can truly skyrocket if you attend school in a major city.

Are Online State Colleges & Universities Cheaper?

If you want to study at a state school, you might also get a special benefit from the “distance” in distance education. State university systems once charged a big premium to out-of-state students, even for online learning. But that’s changing. If you’re interested in an online degree from a state school other than the one in your own state, do some research to figure out if you can attend without paying the traditional “non resident” tuition premium.
Some online schools now offer “per semester” tuition, which can help you save if you can study at an intensive rate. Rather than paying a “per credit” charge for each course at Western Governor’s University, for example, you pay a flat fee for each semester. If you can take more than the standard course load, you’ll cut down on the number of semesters and save a good deal. Alternatively, if you get too busy with job and family responsibilities and need to take a break from school for awhile, online schools are generally open to allowing you to so without any financial penalty. Because they have so many adult students, online degree programs are generally built to serve people with more outside responsibilities than younger, on-campus students.
Find out as early as possible in your school search what you’ll be charged for each credit hours. Also, be aware that many schools – both online and campus based – charge late application fees, late payment fees and other charges to people who apply just before school starts. You want to avoid those by getting all documents in on time. You can also help keep your degree affordable by watching out for “hidden charges” like graduation fees and other charges that don’t seem to make sense before signing on to your degree program.

How Much Does It Cost To Get A Bachelor’s Degree Online?

Paying for a college degree can be daunting, but be aware that according to The College Board, people with a bachelor degree earn, on average, about 66% more over their lifetimes than those with only a high school degree. Here’s a listing of some of the more reasonably priced bachelors and associates degree programs, which you can get free information on to start doing your research on.

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Key Advantages And Disadvantages Of Online Courses

By Paul Mannet

Your learning needs and your discipline will determine why you might be better off aiming for a campus-based school, or why, perhaps, online college is better for you. Key issues to weigh are:

ADVANTAGES:

  • Studying without having to take time away from work is a key e-learning benefit. Some studies say that more than 75% of online students are employed full-time. If you want to remain in your job, and perhaps even have a family to take care of, elearning on your own schedule is definitely a key advantage. Many digital schools offer self-paced college programs that will permit you increase or cut down on your class load to account for your life responsibilities, or even to take a break for a semester if necessary.
  • Cost: You can certainly save money with online learning, even though the per-credit course fees may be the same as what you’d pay in a traditional school. But you still save a bundle by not having to travel to school or live in a college dormitory. ( more on the price of online courses)
  • Dip your toe: If you’re currently a secretary and you think you’d like to get  into finance, taking a few online finance courses is a great way to start moving in that direction without quitting your current job. When you finally get an interview for your first finance job, you’ll have a some grounding in the specialty you can talk about.

DISADVANTAGES:

  • How much discipline do you have? If you’re taking an online degree program, you need to be the sort of person who can stay inside and work on your computer when it’s a beautiful, sunny day outside. Not having enough dedication to the course work is one of the most difficult problems for students in online education.
  • Less networking: Being at a college or graduate school and meeting people who will become successful in your chosen profession can give you connections that make a difference later on. Online programs have recognized this to a large extent, and many have taken steps to make it easier for students to meet each other and work together, albeit online. It must be working to a degree, because many online students say that connecting to other students around the world is a huge e-learning benefit.

Are Online Degrees Just As Good?

The basic truth is that each school is unique in it’s own way. in fact, there are cases where a college will have a high ranking for campus-based degrees, but the same school will have a less well-ranked online degree division. If you’re concerned about learning effectively, you can feel fairly confident that classes delivered over the internet improved tremendously in the past decade as the technology used to deliver them has evolved. Nowadays, online students have lots of direct contact with each other and with the professor. An instructor can now ask everyone in a class to solve a complex problem, create a requirement that every student solve the problem by a particular time, and then give each student and individual assessment of the solution they have submitted. Other tech advancements have made it extremely difficult to cheat on the tests for an online course. As you look at the pros and cons of online college, though, the most important thing to remember is that whether it’s any good or not ultimately depends on how dedicated you are as a student – exactly in the same way it is in a classroom course of study.

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Sponsored Schools Ashford University San Diego, CA-based school, Ashford University offers a vast array of online degrees across the range from associate to bachelor and masters. Degrees available in: - Business Management - BA & MBA in different specialties - Early Childhood Education - Marketing - Health Care Studies - Homeland Security - Psychology - Sports Management Get information on Ashford's online programs (Ashford University is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, 510.748.9001, www.wascsenior.org.) Certain degree programs may not be available in all states. Purdue University Global A very large and well-known school with over 40,000 students on 11 campuses and in a large online degree program, and regional accreditation. Offers a very wide range of degrees in: - Criminal Justice - Education - Health Care - Nursing - Computer Technology - Information Systems - Legal Studies Learn more about Purdue Global's degree programs transfer to Trident at American Intercontinental University Trident at American Intercontinental University is a private for-profit online university based in Cypress, California. It is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission - North Central Association of colleges. Trident focuses on bachelor's degrees online: - BSBA Business Administration - BSCS Computer Sciences - BSHA Health Administration or Health Sciences - BSHLS Homeland Security - BSHRM Human Resources Management - BSITM Information Technology - BSL Leadership Get information on Trident at AIU

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