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• Interdisciplinary Degrees versus Vocationally Specific Degrees: What should your graduate major be?

  I sometimes get asked “what should I major in” to which my reply is universally “well, what do you want to do?” Usually a conversation follows where they are looking for a degree that has utility in their current profession but Read More... Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:39 AM by Cajun | 2 Comments Filed under: mba, tips, online student, degree, leadership, online learning, online college, online degree, online school, online university, msm, ms, Liberal arts, Master of Science in Leadership, Master of Science Management, vs, versus

• How will America deal with the looming skills shortage in tomorrow’s workplace?

  I was reading an interesting article tonight about how the United Arab Emirates are concerned about a looming skills shortage in their workforce in the future. In short, there are not enough skilled employees to keep pace with their growing economy which Read More... Posted Saturday, June 28, 2008 9:12 PM by Cajun | 0 Comments Filed under: online student, ashford university, online learning, online college, online degree, online school, online university

• Considering online college? Here’s a formula to choose the best one for you

  In the forums one of the most frequent questions I see is "which school is right for me" or "can you help me choose a school" or "do you know of a school" etc. The problem with answering those questions is that choosing the Read More... Posted Saturday, June 21, 2008 8:19 PM by Cajun | 2 Comments Filed under: tips, online student, student life, ashford university, education, distance learning, degree, online learning, online college, online degree, online school, online university, school, vs, versus, comparison

• Reading the Student Stories at Ashford University

  Tonight I was reading the various student success stories on the Ashford University's Web site in an effort to gain some encouragement and get some perspective. I got both but I also got a little bit of a surprise too, after reading so many success Read More... Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 1:46 AM by Cajun | 0 Comments Filed under: mba, online student, student life, ashford university, education, online learning, online degree, online school, online university

• The DETC rolls out a list of newly accredited schools

  There are five newly accredited schools for potential students to consider. Some interesting offerings are here that have not been offered before and I did a quick scan of each of these schools. See below for my quick and dirty reviews based upon price, Read More... Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:56 AM by Cajun | 0 Comments Filed under: online student, distance learning, DETC, online learning, online college, online degree, online school, online university, doctorate degree