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June 11, 2007

New Online Degree Options

Not everyone has the grades, time or money to go to a standard four year university. Sometimes, people with financial or time constraints need to look at other options.

A good friend of my has some college credits he picked up over the years but lately he has been getting nowhere. So recently he has decided to get an online degree while still maintaining his full-time job. He neither has the time nor money to do traditional college rout anymore. Still, his company tells him he needs his bachelor’s degree to advance from his current position.

This weekend, I was at his apartment watching the Tiger/Mets game and we got online and started looking for online degree options. We happened to find a great site that has a searchable database of online degree programs available from several different accredited colleges. I was surprised by the choices there now are for getting a bachelors degree online. About 10 years ago, I looked into online degrees and the choices were extremely limited. Now with widespread Internet access, college is becoming more accessible to a wider range of people.

While a four year degree at a top University may look better on a resume, today’s online programs offer an option to get a bachelors or masters degree to those who 10 years ago would have had no opportunity to advance their education. The more people that can further their education the better for our country so I see this trend as another way that the Internet benefits us all.

Posted by Idea Man at June 11, 2007 01:27 PM