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  • Is It Worth It?

    The cost of an education is very high.  I don’t need to remind people about that.  There comes a time where we have to ask ourselves what we want out of a degree.  I remember back in the early 1990’s when a friend who graduated from The University of Texas Law School told me that he knew people that graduated with ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on November 9, 2007
  • Accelerated Degree Programs

    We see a lot of advertising for schools that offer “accelerated” degrees.  This can be misleading to some if you don’t know what you are getting into.  As someone who has just graduated from Kaplan, and had no transfer credits going into the program, I wanted to provide some perspective on this topic. Keep in mind that ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on November 7, 2007
  • MBA Accreditation Revisited

    Some of you will recall a string of posts a while back addressing the issue of MBA accreditation.  This is something that weighed a tremendous amount during my search for my MBA.  We discussed the two primary agencies that handle the accreditation process, the ACBSP and AACSB.  In working to distinguish between the two, Steve ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on October 12, 2007
  • Degree vs. Certification

    As always, I am happy to answer any questions you might have in regards to online learning.  Here is one of the latest pieces of fan mail (as I like to call it.)  Paul brings up a great question in regards to either getting certifications or getting a college degree.  I’ve applied some practical experience here in answering ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on October 3, 2007
  • Fan Mail From A Potential Kaplan Student

    I recently received some questions from a potential distance education student asking me about my Kaplan experience.  I am pleased that my work here has raised some awareness about Kaplan and has caused people to write me with questions.  If anyone has any questions about Kaplan that I haven’t covered here to your satisfaction, ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on September 29, 2007
  • Why Get My MBA?

    If you are a member of LinkedIn, you will notice that there is a section in there where people can ask questions on any number of topics.  One of those topics is education.  I troll around in there looking for random opportunities to provide my assistance where I can.  I recently came across a really great QA session that I wanted ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on September 26, 2007
  • Some Tough Questions Via Fan Mail

    I recently received another piece of fan mail.  Unfortunately, I was not able to answer his questions very well.  Steve Parscale from ACBSP was also copied on the mail, and hopefully he will be able to get this guy some quality information that I was not able to provide. The problem with this particular piece of e-mail is that ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on September 23, 2007
  • Developing Structure

    “Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” --Malcolm Forbes There are tons of tips that have been provided on this site and others regarding distance learning.  We’ve covered what questions you need to ask, how to find out if you are a good candidate for this learning platform, the best ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on September 6, 2007
  • Asking The Right Questions

    "I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money."  --Lord Acton In my four years at Kaplan, I have been lucky in the sense that all of my materials are provided for me.  That includes books, software, and everything else I needed.  The only things I have ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on September 2, 2007
  • My Undergraduate Course Work

    I would like to take the time to reveal a few of the characteristics of the Business/Management program at Kaplan.  While I cannot speak for other schools that I have not attended, I wanted to take this occasion to point out my thoughts on the final two years of my undergraduate degree.   This probably isn’t the same curriculum ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on August 24, 2007
  • Fan Mail

    Posting here on eLearners.com has paid off.  I finally got my first piece of “fan mail”.  I am always eager to help people out, so I thought I would post the interaction here for everyone to enjoy. I am about to enroll in Kaplan University to study law (Associates of Applied Science -- Paralegal).  I have read some of ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on July 27, 2007
  • The Rut

    I’ve somewhat fallen into a rut lately.  The creative juices aren’t flowing as well as they usually are.  This has also caused some complacency in the classroom as well.  With this term at Kaplan getting back to normal in terms of the flow of things, I guess I took it for granted a little bit.  Last week, I ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on July 8, 2007
  • Your MBA Reading List

    First, my apologies in advance to my loyal fans and readers in the distance education community (all 3-4 of you) for the delay in between posts.  I usually try to get 2-3 posts a week, but I’ve been dealing with some issues at home.  I found a huge water leak from the water heater in the garage.  Water was spewing into ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on June 12, 2007
  • Participation

    It’s a small world, isn’t it?  I spent my last couple of posts writing about my displeasure with my instructor in the last class I took (where I got an 82.5% for the term, lowering my GPA to a meager 3.5).  Somewhere in those posts I mentioned that this was only the second instructor I’ve had where I saw a ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on June 4, 2007
  • Three Tips For The New Online Student

     So after weeks or months of researching information regarding all the online schools you could find, you’ve decided to get a degree in management.  You’ve made a good choice!  You have selected a field that provides for far-reaching opportunities, and will help to introduce a lot of skills and resources that will ...
    Posted to My Kaplan University Experience (Weblog) by WheelCipher on April 5, 2007