Engineering Degree Online | 3 diploma success stories

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

Remember the other day how I told you about Liberty High School, and how they offer high school diploma’s through online clasees?

Well, here is a story about 3 women who got their diploma that way and what it has meant for them.

They’re all from New York City - Lillian Betancourt, 37, Latoya Abrams, 21, and Shereen France, 41.

And they all had dropped out of high school. And whenever they tried to learn a trade or get a certificate to enter a profession with decent pay, they find out a harsh truth - all professional or post-secondary schools require a high school diploma.

So after years of trying to pay bills on time and just getting by, these women decided to turn their lives around and get high school diplomas.

They found out about Liberty High School from Careertel, which represents the Liberty High School Diploma Program, which allowed them to earn their high school diplomas while they continue to work.

Now, with their high school diplomas in hand, the future looks bright for all three women.

In fact, they are all now seeking higher education. Betancourt is studying criminal law in New York, Abrams will attend Georgia College & State University, and France will be attending nursing school in New York.

I think it’s a great story - You Go Girls!!  :-)

For more information about Liberty High School, call (800) 820-4202.

Ben

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engineering degree online : “Vocational Training” makes a comeback

Posted by bposton on October 22nd, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

Here’s an interesting news story:

It appears that career technical training - it used to be called “vocational training” - is experiencing a comeback in the U.S.

How do I know? Well, I’ve got the stats to prove it…straight from the good ‘ol Department of Education.

They report that enrollment in technical education soared by 57 percent - from 9.6 million students in 1999 to 15.1 million in 2004.

Why is this happening?

Here’s what Darrel Luzzo, president of the National Career Development Association had to say:

“American career technical education is being redefined because the needs of the evolving US and world economies are changing,” says Darrell Luzzo, incoming president of the National Career Development Association. “Educators at all levels are recognizing that the world’s employers increasingly need skill sets that the conventional four-year college degree doesn’t give.”

And by “skill sets” , they’re not talking about wood shop, metal shop, machining - the old vocational stuff.

“We are redefining almost everything that has to do with the intersection of new technology and the global economy,” says Mark Whitlock, CEO of Central Educational Center in Newnan, Ga., a charter school. “The economy is changing and therefore education has to continue to change.”

The types of things that are being studied today include much more hi-tech areas like:
crime forensics
composite-plastic fuselage design
robotics
nanotechnology
radiological diagnostics
3-D animation
and a pretty fast growing field called “industrial maintenance technology” (keeping all those high-tech machines in today’s companies up and running).

Here’s a cute quote that sums it up for me…

“When a light-sensor toilet doesn’t function anymore, who ya gonna call? Not a regular plumber, you need someone who knows how to program computers.” That comes from Bill Murphy, a recruiter for the McMurry Regional Training Center in Casper, Wyo.

 Ben

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