Posted by CDP @ 4:56 pm on September 30th 2007

Save Money, Study Online

Some students and professionals do not have the financial resources readily available to attend the college degree or professional certification program of their choice.

This is a great example of how online college degree programs can be the perfect alternative to attending traditional campus-based courses. By allowing students and professionals to pay as they go, they can take classes as their budgets permit.

Online courses also help minimize some of the ancillary costs associated with taking courses at a physical location like transportation or childcare costs. Online courses have been exactly what busy professionals and parents needed to help them continue or enhance their educations and careers without sacrificing more valuable time spent with family or at the office.

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Posted by CDP @ 5:22 pm on September 28th 2007

Avoiding Scams

With increasing efforts by predatory college loans scammers, parents and students need to do their part to remain alert and cautious when seeking financial aid for their students to attend college.

College graduates are setting off into the workforce with huge amounts of debt from student loans, in many cases to the tune of six digits and that’s for the legitimate funding sources. For those families duped by unscrupulous organizations, it can be worse.

The number one method of avoiding college loan scams is to do research into all potential funding sources and to read the fine print before signing or agreeing to commit to anything. Students and parents should also beware offers that require any advanced payment or any guarantees that sound too good to be true.

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Posted by CDP @ 6:09 pm on September 26th 2007

IT Degrees

The University of Phoenix offers an online college degree program for individuals seeking a degree in Information Technology. This dynamic course prepares students for a career in virtually any area of the information technology industry.

Courses students will take will focus on a variety of relevant disciplines focused around network security, Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN) and Wireless Local area Networks.

Students will learn their way around both network hardware and software and how they interact with other network devices and applications. A significant part of any information technology curriculum should include hands-on lab work and scenarios that the students can expect to encounter in their future career environments.

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Posted by CDP @ 4:43 pm on September 25th 2007

Online Resources

There is a great online resource for finding tons of information about a huge variety of college degree and professional training programs being offered online and across the country.

Students and their parents can utilize this portal of information at any time from the convenience of an internet connected computer any where in the world by simply opening their preferred internet browser and navigating their way to www.College-Degree-Programs.com.

This informative web site also had it’s own web log, or blog, dedicated to providing interesting information on a variety of college and university issues and programs. Individuals would be doing themselves a favor by browsing through this valuable information resource.Referenced Source(s):

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Posted by CDP @ 8:05 pm on September 22nd 2007

National SMART Grant

As an additional incentive for college students to attend and complete college degree programs in the areas or math and science, a new program called the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART grant) was created.

With rapidly growing global demand for qualified math and science graduates and professionals, the creation of this program was designed to help the United States stay competitive in the world market by encouraging students to pursue careers in these high-demand fields.

Under the grant, third and fourth year undergraduate students are eligible to receive up to a $4,000 award per year.

Referenced Source(s): http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

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Posted by CDP @ 11:26 am on September 20th 2007

Online MBA

Due to the tremendous success of its online MBA and Online Master of Public Health (MPH) degree programs, Benedictine University launches the Online Master of Education in Reading and Literacy degree.

Benedictine’s online students earn the same highly respected degree as students who attend the Lisle campus.

Here is a current list of Online MBA programs available at Benedictine University:

  • Online MBA in Finance
  • Online MBA in Marketing MBA
  • Online MBA in International Business MBA
  • Online MBA in Health Admin MBA
  • Online Master of Public Health
  • Online Master of Public Health – Health Care Administration
  • Online Master of Public Health – Disaster Management

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Posted by CDP @ 11:21 am on September 19th 2007

Certificate Programs

Since its beginnings in 1967, Valencia Institute has flourished into four full-fledged college campuses, complete with over 50 thousand students a year and a plethora of academic programs from which they can choose. A self-described innovative leader in higher education, Valencia is now the third larges of Florida’s 28 community colleges.

Below is a list of current certificate programs available through Valencia Institute:

  • CompTIA A+
  • CompTIA iNet+
  • CompTIA Linux+
  • CompTIA Network+
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Microsoft Cert. Systems Eng. (MCSE)
  • Microsoft Cert. Systems Admin. 2003 (MCSA)
  • Microsoft Cert. Database Admin (MCDBA)
  • Microsoft Cert. Solution Dev. (MCSD)
  • Microsoft Cert. App. Dev. (MCAD)
  • Microsoft Cert. Desktop Support Tech. (MCDST)
  • Microsoft Cert. Professional (MCP)
  • Microsoft Office Specialists 2003 (MOS)
  • Cisco Cert. Network Assoc. (CCNA)
  • Cisco Cert. Network Pro. (CCNP)
  • Sun Cert. Java Prgrmr (SCJP)
  • Oracle 9i (OCA)
  • CIW Associate (CIWA)
  • Master C I W Designer (MCIWD)
  • Medical Coding
  • Medical Transcription

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Posted by CDP @ 5:15 pm on September 17th 2007

Financial Aid for College

Graduating high school students and current college and university students now have more financial aid opportunities than any other generation in history.

With the prevalence ad usefulness of the internet, students, their parent and their counselors can now utilize this almost infinite resource to find and organize potential funding streams to help finance their respective student’s college enrollment through graduation. There are literally thousands of websites totally devoted to nothing but financial aid for college students.

Unfortunately, there are a number of illegitimate or scam websites online that do not, in fact, have the best interest of the students in mind. Luckily, students can usually avoid these useless websites by only trusting sites offered by verifiable organizations.

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Posted by CDP @ 5:00 pm on September 14th 2007

Accounting Students

Many colleges, universities and other educational organizations offer comprehensive undergraduate college degree programs in business and accounting. Many offer exceptional courses to help familiarize students with the accounting profession. These courses should provide students and professionals with the knowledge, skill and training necessary for them to embark on a successful career in private, public or government organizations. Accounting students learn to improve their skills in critical thinking, advanced analysis, technology and communication in addition to their business skills and basic accounting principles. Students of accounting are required to know a significant amount of information about a wide range of businesses.Referenced Source(s):

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Posted by CDP @ 5:22 pm on September 12th 2007

CLEP Exams

Individuals interested in taking a College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) examination should expect to go over information typically learned by most students during the first 2 years of college enrollment. The CLEP exam is mostly a multiple-choice exam except for the English Composition portion of the exam a few other exam questions that require a written answer. The CLEP takes about an hour and a half to complete. The primary educational subjects covered in the CLEP exam include: Science and Mathematics, Business, Composition and Literature, History and Social Sciences and Foreign Languages. Individuals interested in taking the CLEP examinations should located the nearest college offering the CLEP and schedule to attend an exam session. 

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