January 14, 2008 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
Filed under business, career opportunities, sahm, wahm
Now that I’ve teased you with thinking about either starting or going back to college to finish up your degree, let me tell you a little bit about how and why I did it this way.
I switched jobs from the private sector to the public sector, and worked for a brilliant, personable female attorney about my age who soon became my mentor. I realized that unless I finished up, my career would be dead-ended. Another reason I wanted to go back to college was to set an example for my two young daughters. I wanted them to see how important it was to pursue higher education in order to succeed.
After obtaining my Associates Degree at Charter Oak State College, I discovered Regents College, in Albany New York. Regents has now become Excelsior College. I can’t say enough about the programs that Excelsior offers, including majors in Business, Nursing and more, all obtainable online. I was also able to take correspondence courses from University of Wisconsin, and CLEP & DSST testing, all of which transferred to Excelsior. My degree was granted through the University of the State of New York.
I’ll talk more about accredited correspondence courses as well as CLEP & DANTES testing in my next posts.
Visit ClassesAndCareers.com to learn more about online education, distance learning, and on-campus continuing education.
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Anonymous on Tue, 15th Jan 2008 12:26 am
Hi there
This is valuable information! It’s really hard to tell what’s REAL out there and what is so much marketing hype…
And welcome to the Grandparent Bloggers group on Blog Catalog… I’ve been so busy lately (isn’t that the way with us Grannies?) but eventually I’ll get us networking more regularly!
Keep the wisdom coming!
~Cynthia
Shelly on Sun, 20th Jan 2008 5:44 pm
Excellent blog post! I am thinking about adding another educational degree, it didn’t occur to me that I could do it at home and online!
Shelly
waldennancy on Mon, 25th May 2009 5:40 am
Thanks for sharing. And I agree with you, it’s so important that we set an example to our kids and let them know that all things are possible if you put your mind to it. Online education is a great option for stay at home moms or for that matter anyone who has other responsibilities such as a job or care-taking. I recently graduated with an online MBA from Stevens-Henager College and was well satisfied with the way the online MBA program was structured. The fact that all my course material was available to me 24×7 online was a boon and my tutors encouraged one-on-one interaction as well, so I never felt I was missing out on a traditional classroom setting. I would recommend an online degree without thinking twice.