online degree programs psychology | Financial aid for online training

Posted by bposton on September 5th, 2007 — Posted in online degree programs psychology

Did you know that you can now get financial aid for online degree programs is available through the Federal grants system?

It’s TRUE!!

Here’s the deal.

Until last year, students who were enrolled in online degree programs had to spend half of their program in campus-based classed in order to qualify for federal student grants. But that “50-percent rule,” was repealled (YEAH!! :-) )

So now all students enrolled in eligible online degree programs at accredited institutions in the U.S can get federal student aid in the form of federal loans, grants and work-study .

This is the real deal, folks.

Federal Student Aid, which is an office of the U.S. Department of Education, processes 14 million financial aid applications and distributes more than $80 billion to students through schools annually.

So start filling out those financial aid forms, and get the money you need for college, even if the classroom is at home!

 

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Associate online degree programs | Indiana reports a rise in online enrollment

Posted by bposton on November 29th, 2006 — Posted in associate online degree programs

Indiana is reporting a rise in online enrollments at the colleges and universities in the state.

First we’ll take Perdue.

Dennis McElhoe, Purdue’s director of continuing education and conferencing, said Purdue began offering online courses in the 1999-00 academic school year with two enrolled students. Now, more than 4,700 students are enrolled in the courses.

Next, there’s Indiana U.

Indiana University had 40 graduate-level online courses in the school of education during the 2005-06 academic school year, the coordinator of student and course support reported. The number of students enrolled were not counted.

The university had 83 undergradate online courses and 44 high school online courses as well.

Last year, 1,917 Indiana undergraduates were enrolled in the courses, compared to 1,734 the previous academic school year.

So, even more evidence that online education is surging.

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Engineering Degree Online|What is a Portfolio Assessment???

Posted by bposton on November 4th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

Since I talked about getting credit a some legit colleges for a portfolio assessment, one of my online dorm room buddies asked, what the heck is a portfolio assessment?

Simply put, a portfolio assessments give you the chance to prove that you already possess certain knowledge that you would be gaining via a college course.

Ah, I know what you’re thinking - my job can be proof of that, right?

No way, hosea…

Having a job does not prove anything. In fact, if a school says that they will give you academic credit because you’ve been performing a certain job for a certain number of years run away fast because they’re almost certainly a diploma mill.

Portfolios don’t show time, but rather ability. But you can prove you’ve learned a body of knowledge. For example, do you play the piano? If you can prove that you play the piano to a standard achieved after taking a piano class or course at the university level (of which there are plenty), that skill could net you an easy three credits.

Dr. Steve Levicoff, who is a distance learning guru, earned his bachelor’s degree at Thomas Edison State College. He earned 98 college credits using portfolio assessment.

Think about that, now. 98 out of 120 credits. Hopefully that gives you some indication of the possibilities.

Levicoff was able to prove his knowledge in such diverse areas as “Folk Music in the United States,” “Advanced Radio Production,” and “Society & Sexual Variations.”

(wonder how he proved that one…)

Even though you can’t use your job, you can use professional certificates and licenses as well as speaking a foreign language (other than English), or writing a book or series of articles.

Hope that helps…so go ahead and give yourself some credit :-)

Ben

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