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im looking into online colleges. Is it true that employers think twice about hiring people with online degrees?
Comments(9) | Undedr: Online Degrees
Im really interested in nutrition and hope to become a nutritionist. unfortunatly i’ve recently been informed that some employers dont like the online degrees i was wondering if this is acutally true.
January 17th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
um no, they want educated people, particularly jobs in the medical field that are short on employees, like nurses!
January 17th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
A degree is a degree. As long as you get a “real” degree from the college, and not a certificate or anything, you should be fine
January 17th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Emily,
The issue is school accreditation. Few on-line programs are accredited. Unless your program is accredited by an association that provides accreditation to traditional recognized schools and colleges, your time and money will be wasted!
It is not a matter of liking or not liking on-line degrees. They will be increasing in their number and acceptance. You need proper and full accreditation to be economically competitive vis-a-vis any traditional graduate. To put in the same effort at the same or higher cost and be denied equivalent respect is unthinkable. Be most careful in your school selection!
January 17th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
No not true at all. Only if the school isn’t accredited and/or the program. Some majors like business, computers/technology, legal field have to be accredited by a well known and recognized body. I think that some of the MOST outstanding work come from individuals who completed they’re degrees online. Everyone can’t race from work at 5:30 to be to school by 6:00(this is when most evening classes start) so their other and only option is to get an online education. You just got to do what’s best for you. Just make sure you do your research before selecting a college.Good luck!
January 17th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
As long as the college (online or campus based) is regionally accredited, any degree you earn should be accepted by any potential employers or other academic institutions.
My best recommendation would be to contact a number of colleges to find the best fit for you and your needs (tuition, schedule, career opportunities, etc.). Too often people enroll in the first school they find rather than taking the time to find the best school for them. Taking that time now could save you a lot of time, money and frustration if you choose the wrong school.
This site has some good info on regionally accredited online degrees and some colleges that offer them to help expand your search:
http://www.ecollegefinder.org
I think you can enter your info on there for any colleges you are interested in and they will send you more info for free. Good Luck!
January 17th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
I don’t think so, because I did my MBA at CalUniversity, which offers distance learning programs, admission’s counselors will make your education experience smoother and easier than you ever thought possible. You can take up any of the new courses among several Masters and Doctorate programs available.
I just heard about an online contest – “California InterContinental University 2009 Scholarship Prize Essay Contest”. it’s about an essay writing contest and the winner gets prize money.
January 17th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
You can easily compare info about these schools in this site – careers.scienceontheweb.net
January 17th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Most employer now view online degrees very favourably. Of course it needs to be accredited and preferably be from a university that is also a bricks and mortar establishment. Many of the traditional Universities now offer online degrees.
Forget your ‘Life Experience Degrees and you degrees in 7 days rubbish though. They won’t even get you an interview.
I interview job candidates for a living and can tell you that the current thinking is that most people who go to university will get a degree simply because they are there. Ever seen the bars and clubs on ‘student nights’! On the other hand to get an online degree requires motivation, dedication and a lot of hard (albeit flexible) work. Also many online degree graduates tend to be a little older and more mature. See the advice at http://www.waddayouneed.com/online-university/
There are links to US and UK and other uni’s also. Also check out the info books on the site. It says they cost but if you click on them there are some good free downlands. There is one book about online degrees that will cost you $10 that I highly recommend you get it and read it thoroughly before committing to an online degree.
January 17th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
dear it all thinks depend on your choice you know today’s lifestyle is quite busy for everybody and hence for reasons like promotion, career advancement, and for learning purpose all of us are in search of online education. Many students are choosing online education for pursuing their degrees. Almost 60 percent of the students complete their courses successfully and that is because they are aware of the advantages of online degrees. Any university that is accredited, awards online degrees to students on various fields. Online degrees are offered for almost all the subjects like Political Science, Finance, Business Administration, Law, Engineering, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Graphic Designing, History and Medicine too.
The only difference from an online degree and the traditional degree is the way of teaching. As an online degree student, you will attend classes, will work on projects, will ask questions and discuss with the professors and will also appear for examinations, but only through a virtual environment. Your classroom will have bulletin boards and text chats and at times you may have virtual workgroup for problem solving. Depending on your online degree program, you will have synchronous and asynchronous sessions.
Enrolment for online degrees can be done by filling the online admission forms. You will have the choice to select the cost effective university and the university with more online degree programs.
The main advantage of earning an online degree is the learning environment. Wherever you are, as long as you are connected to the Internet, your online degree follows with you. If you can properly mange your time then your online degree sessions will fit in your busy schedule. Your degree program can also be completed with your pace of study. Online degree offers you the benefit to attend classes from your home or any convenient location of yours. You can also apply to any university of any country that offers online degree programs. With these online degree programs available nobody can use excuses like unable to pursue education. Most of the online degree courses can be completed within the stipulated period or shorter than this when compared with the similar types of degree programs that are campus-based. Only you can delay your course completion, if you did not do time management properly. Even monetarily you can save a lot by opting online degree like the tuition fee will be lesser than campus-based degree and the credit hours will also be comparatively less. Most of your learning materials will be of downloading format and so you can save lot of time and money by studying online degree courses.
There are disadvantages of online education if you don’t fit as a right candidate for the online degree. You have to properly manage your time with family, work and study. Your planning for the sessions are very important and so studying on your pace will increase the duration of online degree completion. Since the learning materials will be in text and downloadable format, you should be comfortable with reading and if your choice is listening, then you have to reconsider the decision of obtaining online degree. Your discussion forums and chats are very important for communication and knowledge of using it is very essential. As the online education’s key channel of communication is Internet, it will be disadvantage to you if you don’t know its usage. You should understand the advantages of online degrees and the important factors that affect your decision in pursuing online degrees.