Bears' Guide to College Degrees by Mail and Internet

Mariah P. Bear, John Bear

Ten Speed Press, 2005 - College Guides - 151 pages

As more and more schools bring the classroom to the student through the mail, on video, and via the Internet, the need for an accurate, up-to-date and technically savvy resource is more crucial than ever. In this comprehensive and respected guide, you'll find the 100 best programmes to serve the needs of virtually every student, from the middle-manager trying to advance a stalled career to empty-nesters returning to the work force.

Contents

• Four Essential Assumptions 2 23: 2
• College Degrees by Distance Learning: 3
• Important Issues: 4
• College Degrees: 5
• Checking Out Schools: 8
• Applying to Schools: 10
• Accreditation: 14
• Ways to Earn Credit: 23
• Correspondence Courses: 24
• Equivalency Examinations: 28
• Credit for LifeExperience Learning: 36
• Foreign Academic Experience: 42
• The Credit Bank Service: 46
• One Hundred Accredited Schools That Offer Degrees Entirely or Almost Entirely by Distance Learning 1 Antioch University: 49
• Aspen University: 50
• Auburn University: 51
• Bellevue University: 52
• Caldwell College: 53
• California State UniversityDominguez Hills: 54
• Capital University: 55
• Charles Sturt University: 56
• Charter Oak State College: 57
• Clarkson College: 58
• Columbia Union College: 59
• Deakin University: 60
• Drexel University: 61
• Eastern Oregon University: 62
• Empire State College: 63

About the author

MARIAH BEAR lives in Oakland, California. She is the publisher of How Now Pocket Pals in San Rafael. JOHN BEAR, Ph.D., lives in El Cerrito, California, where he is a distance-education consultant, serves as an expert witness for the FBI, and appears on national media such as NPR.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Bears' Guide to College Degrees by Mail and Internet; Bear's Guide to College Degrees by Mail & Internet; Bear's guide; College Degrees by Mail and Internet
• Authors: Mariah P. Bear, John Bear
• Edition: 10
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press, 2005
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 10, 2010
• ISBN: 1580086543, 9781580086547
• Length: 151 pages