| Since the time of the Greek philosophers, higher | | | | further from the truth! The fact is that with most online |
| education has only been available to those willing and | | | | colleges, degree programs require the same amount |
| able to spend years at the feet of their instructors. As | | | | of work - at the same level of competence - that |
| a result, thousands of colleges and universities were | | | | equivalent degree programs require at your average |
| built around the world, attracting millions of young | | | | university. There are instructional lectures available via |
| people each year. However, for most adults, the | | | | podcast online as well as discussion groups that you |
| burdens of maintaining employment and a sound family | | | | can participate in at any time of the day. The only real |
| life have prevented them from going back to college | | | | difference between the online and classroom methods |
| once they have bypassed it in lieu of a career. The | | | | is a matter of your physical presence within the |
| option to obtain an online colleges degree; however, | | | | classroom. |
| has changed that dynamic forever. Now, anyone can | | | | Choosing the Right School |
| obtain their degree online while still working at their | | | | Naturally, the most important aspect of an online |
| full-time job and caring for their house and family. | | | | colleges degree program is the quality of the |
| A Growing Trend | | | | coursework. Just as all brick and mortar universities |
| When it comes to online colleges, degree programs | | | | are not equal, so too are online programs different in |
| attract millions of students over the age of 30 each | | | | their level of quality. The key to finding an online |
| and every year. The new trend toward distance | | | | colleges degree that is recognized by other universities |
| learning has not supplanted more traditional forms of | | | | and employers is finding one that is accredited. The |
| learning but has rather served to complement the older | | | | accreditation agencies recognized by the Department |
| avenues of learning. In fact, so popular has this trend | | | | of Education are the same ones that provide the |
| become that even well-recognized institutions like Penn | | | | stamp of authenticity to all of the public and private |
| State have jumped onto the online bandwagon. In | | | | universities across the nation. |
| some schools, such as the University of Phoenix, | | | | Finally, there is a way for even the busiest adults to |
| nearly 70 percent of all students earn an online | | | | advance their education without sacrificing work and |
| colleges degree. Only 30 percent of the school's | | | | family. Many parents find that by attending online |
| students attend classes on campus! | | | | colleges, degree course work can be fit into their |
| Is it Like Correspondence School? | | | | schedule in the morning, lunch time, and late in the |
| One of the most common misconceptions about online | | | | evening. With the flexibility offered by online colleges, |
| colleges degree programs and other coursework is | | | | degree plans can be completed in less time and at |
| that they are similar to the cheaply made - and all but | | | | less cost than traditional campus instruction, making an |
| useless - correspondence school courses that were | | | | online degree something that is within the reach of |
| so popular several decades ago. Nothing could be | | | | almost anybody. |