Online Degree

A high school diploma is one of life’s most important documents. Lack that all important diploma and there’s no end to the doors that will be closed. Studying for the General Educational Development (GED) exam used to be the primary route for folks who sought an equivalency certificate. Enter the Internet age and say hello [...]

Distance learning comes in many shapes and forms … from bargain priced online traffic schools (need to fix that traffic ticket?) through online degree programs (the ticket to a better job?). To be honest, I’ve always considered distance learning to be squarely within the realm of adult education. I guess my eyes weren’t open quite [...]

Distance education is all the rage. But the questions remain… is an online degree the e-ticket to a better job? Is distance education worth the trip? Or is it all an expensive ordeal? The Gnome-o-sphere needs to know! If you’ve completed an online degree program - whether it’s for an associates, bachelors, masters, or doctorate [...]

There’s a right way and a wrong way to enter the world of higher education online. The wrong way, as over 100 Harvard Business School (HBS) applicants found out, is to hack into the admissions status system.

Online degrees sound great … you can get your diploma in your spare time, all without leaving your seat. But the big question looms: is that online degree worth the paper on which it’s printed? Is the educational institution offering that online degree accredited by the proper agencies? The United States Department of Education has [...]

I didn’t get my associates degree online. Oh no. I got it the old-fashioned way, with my butt in an uncomfortable seat. I confess. I earned my two-year degree over too too many years–by attending a county college. There was little talk of online associate degrees, or any online degrees for that matter, back in [...]