Engineering Degree Online | Stanford’s Online Masters Program

Posted by bposton on November 24th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

I just read about Stanford’s online master’s degree program.

The program is call the Honors Cooperative Program. It’s a degree that you can earn over 5 years by completing 15 courses - and it’s offered as both an on campus or online program. It’s open to 250 students, most of which live in the Bay Area, but quite a few of them live all over the U.S. and overseas.

Students hail from as far away as China and India. All foriegn students are required to hold a valid student or visitor U.S. visa, and they must be proficient in English.

The online students that are admitted to Stanford are held to the same academic standards as on-campus students. This degree which is offered through Stanford Online, established in 1996, is identical to those of other students.

Ben

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engineering degree online : Kudos for Capella U

Posted by bposton on October 30th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

I saw a press release the other day about Capella University, which is strictly an online University.

It stated that the Center for Transforming Student Services had awarded their career services programs as a “best practice” in providing student services online. They focused on the services related to resume development and CV training as “providing models for other institutions to emulate”. 

Julie Ofstedal, part of Capella’s staff that works in this area had this say about the student services they provide.

“Upon making these tools available to our students, we saw an immediate improvement in the quality of resume and CV drafts being submitted for review. They have been tremendously helpful in providing guidance to a large number of students simultaneously,”

In case you were wondering, the Center for Transforming Student Services is a virtual resource for higher education institutions interested in assessing the quality of their student services offered via the Web.

So Kudos to Capella, which is accredited online university and a leader in online education with over 16,000 online students from companies such as Boeing, Johnson & Johnson, Farmers Insurance, and Xerox.

By the way, if you work for any of these companies, you should know that they offer tuition discounts and reimbursement for their employees attending Capella.

Ben

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Hi and welcome to my blog!

Posted by bposton on October 13th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

My name is Ben and I’d like to introduce you this blog and tell you why I’ve started it.

Like a lot of other adults, I’m always trying to improve myself and hopefully also improve my career opportunities. One way to do that is to enchance my education.

One of the first things that get in my way is - who has time to go back to school these days? Not to mention the fact that it kinda gets in the way of my full time job. :-)

So I’ve started this blog as a guide to those who, like myself, are looking at way to improve their skills and their career path through an online education. That could mean a college degree or certificate, graduate or undergraduate, whatever. Only difference is it’s through “distance learning” via the internet.

So stay tuned as I explore the world of what at least used to be called “non-traditional” education. I’m sure we’ll both learn a lot in the process.

Here’s to lifelong learning!

Ben

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