Engineering Degree Online | Lucky Aviator gets free MBA

Posted by bposton on November 7th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

Here’s a story I was reading the online dorm room  the other night that I thought was pretty interesting
and you know how I love to share…:-)

Stephanie Smith, 28, of Albany, OR recently won a free MBA from in a raffle held by Daniel Webster College for a
free online MBA for Aviation Professionals.

She starts her MBA for Aviation Professionals on January 22, 2007, joining others who have decided to pursue
their master’s degree online – with an aviation focus.

And she, ;ike them, will find that they’ll be able to get that MBA without many of the challenges students encounter while
attending a traditional MBA campus program. 

Stephanie has a degree in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University and sees Daniel Webster’s graduate degree as an opportunity to expand her opportunities where she works.

Here’s what she said about earning an MBA:
“While I have a technical background with the mechanical engineering degree and work experience through Garmin,
I feel the MBA for Aviation Professionals will provide a more solid business background. For me, this program will
allow me to learn important and necessary skills, essential for working within our organization and with others,
and allowing me to look beyond the technical aspects of my work.”

She had been looking to get an MBA for a while, but found that most MBA programs would interfere too
much with her work schedule and family life.

Trying to figure out which MBA program would be best was “overwhelming” she said

At work Smith does mechanical design work and analysis for aircraft installation of avionics.

Both she and her husband Dennis are pilots and currently own a Piper Tomahawk, which they fly as often as they can.
Smith is currently training for her IFR rating.

So congratulations, Stef…

And in case you’re a budding aviation professional, you might want to know that Daniel Webster, one of the oldest
names in professional aviation education, and they’ve combined its industry experience with the
latest technology, making earning your next degree both convenient and “virtual.” 

Their online MBA Program, designed for Aviation Professionals, is offered entirely online. it’s a three-semester,
13-course curriculum where students participate in online presentations and chats with industry
professionals and utilize cutting-edge technology from Macromedia Breeze and Blackboard. Students learn from the best
flight management and business professionals in the field and study alongside professionals like themselves, without an
on-campus requirement.

Ben

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Engineering degree online : No Child Left Behind…in College?? - Part 2

Posted by bposton on October 21st, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

Here’s part 2 of the quote from Eugene Hickok about how the government is trying to making colleges more accountable in how they educate their students.
“The Intercollegiate Studies Institute recently released a report from the National Civics Literacy Board, on which I serve, showing what sort of information the public needs and why it is so important that it be available. The study tracked student knowledge of American history and civics at select colleges and universities, with the goal of determining how much students learn in these subjects over four years of college. They measured the change in knowledge by evaluating freshmen and seniors.

And the results were appalling: college seniors failed the civic literacy assessment with an
average score of 53.2 percent.

This sort of information is important for tuition payers, policy makers and institutional leaders to have when trying to determine the difference a college education can make. Institutions of higher education need to report an academic bottom line.

While they’re at it, colleges and universities must make it a priority that their students graduate. While most tuition payers assume a baccalaureate degree takes four years to complete, the truth is it takes typically more than six years. In 2003, only 34 percent of graduating students had completed their degree in four years or less.

There are reasons for this, some of them understandable. But in far too many institutions, the emphasis is on enrolling students, not on graduating them. And far too often, that includes enrolling students who are not adequately prepared for higher education, and who therefore drop out after one or two semesters of struggling, or else spend most of their time in remedial or developmental courses that are not really college-level. Behind the impressive numbers of low-income and minority students enrolled in higher education are grim statistics regarding completion for a degree.”

Eugene Hickok, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, was a deputy secretary of education during President Bush’s first term.

The final part 3 of this quote is coming later today…

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