One of the most important things that you have to look at when you are considering an online college is whether or not that schools is properly accredited, this is the only way that you can be sure that your degree will be accepted.
Unfortunately there are a lot of different agencies claiming to grant accreditation and this can make it a real challenge to figure things out. The key here is that you want to look for a school that is regionally accredited, this is the gold standard.
A lot of people will try to tell you that things like national accreditation are just as good but this is in fact not the case. Inevitably the people who claim this are the ones who have a vested interest in making a nationally accredited school seem better than it is.
The bottom line is that there are literally thousands of online colleges out there that are regionally accredited so there is no reason to consider one that isn't.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Fast Online Degree: Challenge for Credit
A lot of people need to get a college degree and don't have the time to spend 4 years working towards one. The good news is that there are a few ways that you can get a degree in considerably less time. One way to do this is to get credit for the things that you already know.
If you have a fair amount of work experience it may be possible to do this with a portfolio evaluation. In order to do this you are going to have to documentation of the training that you have had. If you aren't able to provide this another option is to challenge for credit.
A lot of schools will allow you to earn credit by challenging a course. Exactly how this is done will depend on the school and in most cases the course professor. Usually it will be done with a test but in some cases it will be through a course project.
If you are interested in getting a degree quickly and you think that you already know most of the material covered in the required courses it is definitely worth looking into finding an online college that will allow you to challenge for credit.
How to Get an Online Degree for you Life Experience
Most adults have learned a lot of things over the years, unfortunately we live in a world where your knowledge counts for very little unless you have some sort of credential to prove it. The good news is that there are a lot of colleges out there that will give you a degree based on what you already know.
There are a couple of ways to do this, the first is to find a school that will allow you to test out, that's a subject for another post, in this one will look at getting a degree by Prior Learning Assessment.
In order to get a degree based on what you already know you are going to have to put together a portfolio that shows what you know and how you learned it. Some of this will come from courses that you may have taken over the years but most of it will be based on your work experience.
Whether or not you can get a degree by prior learning assessment is going to depend in part on how much experience you have and on how well documented it is. You will need to talk to the school that you intend to go through to determine exactly what their policies are and what you will need to provide them to get degree credit.
If you don't have enough experience for a degree it might still make sense to go through the assessment process as in many cases they will grant partial credit reducing the number of courses tha that you have to take.
There are a couple of ways to do this, the first is to find a school that will allow you to test out, that's a subject for another post, in this one will look at getting a degree by Prior Learning Assessment.
In order to get a degree based on what you already know you are going to have to put together a portfolio that shows what you know and how you learned it. Some of this will come from courses that you may have taken over the years but most of it will be based on your work experience.
Whether or not you can get a degree by prior learning assessment is going to depend in part on how much experience you have and on how well documented it is. You will need to talk to the school that you intend to go through to determine exactly what their policies are and what you will need to provide them to get degree credit.
If you don't have enough experience for a degree it might still make sense to go through the assessment process as in many cases they will grant partial credit reducing the number of courses tha that you have to take.
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