How to Get a College Degree Via the Internet: The Complete Guide to Getting Your Undergraduate or Graduate Degree from the Comfort of Your Home

Moving ahead in a career means updating your skills and education, but fitting traditional classroom study around hectic family and work schedules can be exhausting—plus the extra costs of commuting and child care really add up.


The solution is online instruction, one of the hottest trends in higher education. From the comfort of your own home, you can receive lectures, participate in class discussions, and turn in assignments—all through the Internet.


How to Get a College Degree Via the Internet clearly explains how online education works, what equipment is needed, how to choose and apply to a school, and other vital information. With detailed descriptions of more than 70 schools in the U.S. and abroad that offer online courses from the associate to doctoral levels, this helpful guide features such respected institutions as:

• Harvard University
• UCLA
• Michigan State University
• Purdue
• Duke University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• and many others!


Over 100,000 people—single parents, full-time professionals, physically challenged individuals, international students, and others—are already enrolled in online education programs, and the number is about to explode into the millions. This book will show you how to take advantage of this amazing opportunity to advance your education!

More and more often, people are using the Net to attend college classes and obtain undergraduate and graduate degrees. Atieh's guide covers the "distance learning" trend in higher education in a practical way, focusing on finding the right online program and getting through the admissions process. If you can't attend a traditional classroom program or want to attend a program that's thousands of miles away without leaving home, this book can help you decide if getting your degree online is right for you.
The book is divided into two parts. In part 1, Atieh explains what distance learning is and what equipment and skills it requires. Then he describes how to choose a school, how to apply, how to finance your degree, and even how to find a job after graduation using online resources. Atieh makes it clear that while online education is more convenient for many people, it's not less expensive than regular classes or easier than attending college in person. Throughout this section, he sprinkles short case histories of people who are considering online education.
Part 2 banishes all ideas of correspondence school from your mind. The book lists more than 70 university programs at schools such as Harvard, the University of California at Los Angeles, Duke, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which immediately makes you feel better about the prospect of attending college online. Listings include details such as accreditation status, the number of students enrolled in online classes, costs, Web site locations, e-mail address, residency requirements, and much more. --Elizabeth Lewis

I tried to frame their whole bodies but I was too slow and clumsy so this is what I got (after a bit of cropping). I think it's a happy accident. This brings to mind three things: 1. "One day...little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today." (M.L. King, and don't think I'm not aware of the banality of quoting something so significant in this context; I'm just reporting my thoughts here.) 2. "Hand in hand. No don't ask me to apologize, I won't ask you to forgive me. If I'm gonna go down, you're gonna come with me." (Elvis Costello) 3. This article by Stephanie Rosenbloom called "A Show of Hands" from the NYT of 10/5/06, which you can no longer read online without subscribing: ON a brisk autumn afternoon, in the shadow of the marble arch in Washington Square Park, a couple visiting from Ohio walked along holding hands like two teenagers going steady, decades after ''going steady'' went out of vogue. When a stranger asked why they had chosen to join hands during their stroll, the man, Dave Findlay, looked at his wife of seven years and answered in a word: ''Connection.'' Or as the Beatles sang back in 1963: ''When I'll feel that something, I want to hold your hand.'' Those simple lyrics turned an expression of teenage longing and first romantic steps into a No. 1 hit. Yet today, when Justin Timberlake is at the top of the charts with ''SexyBack'' and the digital airwaves are filled with steamy lyrical declarations (''I'm into havin' sex, I ain't into makin' love'' sang 50 Cent in ''In da Club''), couples like Dave and Carey Findlay still intertwine fingers, kiss palms and link pinkies as they meander through parks, cross streets and snake through crowds. ''Hand-holding is the one aspect that's not been affected by the sexual revolution,'' said Dalton Conley, a professor and chairman of the department of sociology at New York University. ''It's less about sex than about a public demonstration about coupledom.'' Nowadays hand-holding has attracted the interest of scientists who are studying its effects on the body and mind. And sexual health educators say it is a much-discussed topic among gay students who now publicly hold hands more than ever before but still must consider whether they want to declare their sexuality. ''I think it remains more important in an era of perhaps more liberal sexual norms,'' Dr. Conley said. ''It remains this thing to be doled out.'' To hold someone's hand is to offer them affection, protection or comfort. It is a way to communicate that you are off the market. Practically speaking, it is an efficient way to squeeze through a crowd without losing your partner. People do it during vigils, marches, weddings and funerals. Usually it connotes something innocuous and sweet about a couple and their relationship. In rare instances, it takes on added potency, such as when President George W. Bush held the hand of Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in Crawford, Tex., last year -- an act of respect and affection in Arab countries -- reminding some people of the film ''Fahrenheit 9/11,'' which depicted the Bush family's close business ties to Saudi leaders and which ignited conspiracy theories. But, over all, few things are more innocent than a child grabbing the hand of a parent, for protection, direction and, as Mr. Findlay put it, connection. And with many children these days closer and more outwardly affectionate to their parents, chances are you have spotted a mother and her teenage daughter and perhaps even a father and his adolescent son ambling through a mall, scurrying through a crosswalk or strolling along, hand in hand. Adult children and their elderly parents also hold hands, for balance, support and as a sign of love. As for romantic couples, the opinions about hand-holding are as varied as fingerprints. But most people agree that it has merely changed, not lost favor. ''I think that for sure college students hold hands just like the old days,'' said Sandra L. Caron, a professor of family relations and human sexuality at the University of Maine in Orono. If they do, it is likely only after they are deep into a relationship -- not in those early days of budding romance, when a touch of hands was the first act of intimacy between a couple. That was the hand-holding that the Beatles wrote about. (Followed swiftly by the sexual revolution, whose equivalent anthem might be The Rolling Stones' ''Let's Spend the Night Together.'') Among more than a half-dozen students at the University of Maine, there seemed to be two universal truths: that hand-holding is the least nauseating public display of affection and that holding hands has become more significant than other seemingly deeper expressions of love and romance. ''It is a lot more intimate to hold hands nowadays than to kiss,'' said Joel Kershner, 23. Because of that, he said, rea

I can't believe the bags under my eyes. They seem to be getting worse. I know it's because I'm beyond sleep deprieved. But it's so hard to be a fulltime mom, a business owner, and working on my college degree online. Alas thats the reason I never take pictures of myself. Because I really dislike the way I look...

Discover tremendous and useful information inside of this book. Information such as:- 5 ways technology is being used to conduct college classes online. - Online learning programs to stay away from.- The only difference between online and offline degrees.- Is earning an online degree easier than offline? - 4 reasons why an E Degree may be your best choice.- 4 ways getting your education online will save you money.- Sure signs that the online school you are considering is NOT accredited. - 7 questions to ask a school before you sign up or send ANY money.- 6 major accreditation agencies in the country where you can check to see if the school you have your eye on is legit.- 3 ways E classes can be interactive. - 7 questions to ask yourself when deciding which school is right for you.