Life Balance
November 20, 2009, 11:00PM EST
Finding a Part-Time College: The Benefits of Choosing an Online School
While just about any traditional university will allow students to take only a part-time course load, a traditional school will not always have class schedules that will work for students who need to take care of other responsibilities in addition to their schoolwork. If you need to work during the day and take care of your kids in the evening, you’re going to have a hard time finding a part-time college that offers classes during the night hours when you’re available. For this any many other reasons, many people who want to attend a part-time college have chosen an online school as a great option. There are many benefits of online colleges:
Flexibility
In an online college class, you are not required to be in the virtual college classroom at any specific time of the day. Instead, you simply involve yourself in the class discussion and do your schoolwork at any time that’s convenient to you, even if that means you’re typing away at the computer at three in the morning after you’ve gotten the kids off to bed. You can take as many or as few classes as you can handle. While there are still deadlines in an online class, the times you choose to devote to your work is entirely up to you.
Work Experience
Most college students find that it’s nearly impossible to go to school and work a full-time job. However, the flexibility of an online school can allow a student to work full-time and go to school part-time without all of the time restraints of having to be on a campus four times a week for three hours a day. This can lead to valuable work experience in your field that will set you ahead of traditional college students after you graduate. Because you’re able to go out and get a full-time job, you can pursue a career in your field even before you have your degree, and you won’t have to worry about your work and school schedules conflicting. This will make your degree much more marketable than it would be for someone with just a degree and no real world experience.
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Finding an Accredited Online College
When you’re shopping for an online school, there are a few things you’ll want to keep in mind in order to find the best online college for you. Here are some tips on how to find the best online college:
Look for Schools with Accreditation
In the U.S., there are six main college accrediting agencies: Middle States, [...]
Online College Applications: What to Expect
Filling out an online college application is not so much different than filling out an application for a traditional college. You’ll need to include basic information such as your name, phone number, address, social security number, etc. You’ll also need to include the names and addresses of any other postsecondary schools you’re earned credits in [...]
Life Balance: Drug Companies Marketing to Med Students
Pharmaceutical companies spend almost 20 billion dollars a year marketing their products to doctors – and even future doctors. But are these marketing ploys going too far? The Baltimore Sun reports:
Medical student Clarence Lam marveled at the feast that a drug company sponsored this spring at the Inner Harbor’s upscale Capital Grille.
The night’s appetizer was [...]
Life Balance: Texas Encourages Students to go to College
In Texas, Austin Community College is allowing high school students to take college courses whiles still in high school. They hope this encourages students to go to college and earn a degree.
News 8 Austin has this story:
Manuel Munoz is a junior in high school, but he’s already taking college courses at Austin Community College.
“I’m [...]
Life Balance: Diversity in Med School
Many career fields are seeing an increase in the numbers of foreign students. This is especially prevalent in medical school. The Washington Post recently posted an article on diversity at med schools.
The six members of Medical Team 4 have a lot in common. Each wears a white coat, has a stethoscope for a necklace and [...]
Life Balance: Student Loan Regulation
Many students these days rely on student loans to go to college. With tuition increases nationwide, parents are finding it more and more difficult to fund their child’s college education without assistance. But whom do you trust to make sure the loan is in your best interest? The Bush administration wants to regulate the relationship [...]
Life Balance: Employees Need Time Off
Did you know that many employees with paid vacation time never use it? It is important for everyone to take a little time off to refresh and relax. So why do more and more workers not take vacation? Yahoo! HotJobs has more:
Why Create More Work?
There are several reasons why workers don’t use all their vacation [...]
Life Balance: Salary Differences For Men Today
Do you think Salaries have gotten better or worse over the years? Some career experts think that men today don’t have it as well as their fathers once did.
American men in their 30s today are worse off than their fathers’ generation, a reversal from just a decade ago, when sons generally were better off than [...]
Life Balance: Looking for for Love – At Work?
Did you know that some companies have strict policies regarding work place romance? If you or someone you know have been involved in an office romance, you probably know about the potential embarassment, or discomfort of seeing that co worker after the romance has ended. The folks over at Spherion, a recruiting and staffing firm based [...]


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