Are You Thinking About Going Back to Earn or to Complete a College Degree?

When you decide to go back to school after a few years away from a school enviroment, your mind may boggle at the number of alternatives that are available these days. Three of the mainstream alternatives for adult learners are:

Distance Education- learning in an online or mail order class enviroment where the student may be a distance from their classes. There are literally hundreds of online Colleges and Universities on the internet. When selecting a school or program it is extremely important to do your homework and ensure that the educational venue that you have selected is accredited to offer a legitimate degree upon the completion of your course of study. The easiest way to determine this is to ask the enrollment councelor if federal student grants and loans are offered by their financial aid department. If they do not then they are not accredited and the degree that you recieve upon completing the program may very well not be worth the paper that it is printed on. Many people refer to these un-accredated institutions as "diploma mills". You will want to avoid these programs. These types of programs are ideal for self motivated individuals with an ambition to have their degree, which is essential for the student who is successful in self motivational skills and learns well outside of a lecture style format.

SM Early

Credit: This pic was taken by my fiancee Nov. 23,2004

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