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 : The newest online schools

Posted by bposton on October 31st, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

First of all - Happy Halloween!! I hope you’ll be a good little ghost tonight and get lots of candy :-)  

I’m going to take a little time today to share with you some of my research from the October US News and World Report University and College rankings. That way, you’ll get an idea of how they measured the online schools that the focused on in this issue.

In this post, I’m listing the top 20 newest schools. Each school is listed below based on year they began offering online classes. Some of these are pretty well know, such as SMU and South Carolina. Other’s…well at least I have never heard of some of them.

So here they are - drumroll please :-) …

Briar Cliff University (IA) 2006

Edison State Community College (OH) 2006

Pima County Community College District (AZ) 2006

Southern Methodist University (TX) 2006

St. Louis Community College (MO) 2006

Toccoa Falls College (GA) 2006

University of Mississippi (MS) 2006

Chatham College (PA) 2005

Cleary University (MI) 2005

Culver-Stockton College (MO) 2005

Edgecombe Community College (NC) 2005

Mohawk Valley Community College (NY) 2005

Northern Illinois University (IL) 2005

Research College of Nursing (MO) 2005

Rutgers–New Brunswick (NJ) 2005

SUNY–Plattsburgh (NY) 2005

Southern Oregon University (OR) 2005

Spartanburg Technical College (SC) 2005

St. Clair County Community College (MI) 2005

St. Edward’s University (TX) 2005

St. Vincent’s College (CT) 2005

Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management (AZ) 2005

Triton College (IL) 2005

University of Mary (ND) 2005

University of South Carolina–Columbia (SC) 2005

University of Texas Health Science Center–San Antonio (TX) 2005

York Technical College (SC) 2005

Ben

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What do you want to do with your education?

Posted by bposton on October 16th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

Do you want to increase your pay? Or do you find yourself at a “career crossroads”?

Or are you as far as you can go in your career with your current skills?

Not too long ago, you had to quit your job and go back to school to get ahead, but not anymore. 

Today it’s possible to get a Bachelor’s, Master’s or even Ph.D. degrees without ever setting foot in a classroom.

Theres an organization I found out about called Sloan Consortium. It was created to help colleges and other “learning organizations” start and improve their online degree programs.

Anyway, according to the Sloan Consortium, almost two-thirds of all the schools that offer classroom education now also offer courses online as well.

And get this, last year nearly two million students were enrolled in an online course of some kind.

So you’re not alone - there’s been a lot of progress in online education and the standard or traditional colleges have found out that there’s a market out there, so now (finally) they’re starting to offer what we need.

Ben
 

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