February 6th, 2008
It’s Time to Break Up with Your Brick & Mortar
Valentine’s Day is coming up next week. But are you *really* happy with your current college relationship?
Doesn’t it mistreat you, forcing you to spend a lot of time driving back and forth to campus?
Doesn’t it demand all of your time and refuse to allow you to hold down a job?
Breaking up can be hard to do, but sometimes it’s for your own good.
This certainly won’t be the first time you’ve heard that online degrees are more convenient and flexible, allowing working adults to get degrees that they wouldn’t have a chance of getting if they had to quit and spend all their time on campus for a few years.
It might be the first time you’ve heard that most major online colleges are regionally accredited, and that checking on a college’s accreditation is a foolproof way to make sure you’re not being scammed by a diploma mill.
Unless you’re a devoted reader of this blog (crickets…), you probably haven’t heard how much energy is saved, and carbon emissions reduced, by earning a degree online. Luckily, we can help you with that one.
On-campus college degree programs are incredibly important for many people, especially traditional college-age students. But if you’re a professional adult, stuck with a time-sucking school… it may be time to write that “Dear Dean” letter and transfer your credits to your computer.
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