How continuing your education can pay you back
“Benefits abound for workers pursuing continuing education in certain fields, such as healthcare, business and education, experts say. Teaching continuing education and nursing continuing education seem to be the most popular today, along with continuing medical education. But the pursuit should be a lifelong occupation for everyone, no matter what their vocation.”
Attached is an article that summarizes a few career fields and how continuing education can help your career. Please note that all of the degree programs talked about in this article are available through Liberty University’s distance learning program as well. Click here for more information.
With the rising cost of gas and just about everything else, continuing your education is one thing you cannot afford to cut back on. There are still many options for financing your education that do not have to be direct expenditures out of your wallet today.
Federal student aid (Title IV) is available in the way of pell grant and, student loans, subsidized and unsubsidized. Most companies offer corporate tuition reimbursement for furthering your education, check with your human resource department. If you are a veteran or military personnel, military tuition assistance and other grants could apply to you. Also, there are a large amount of “outside” scholarships available if you know where to look for them. Liberty University Distance Learning has a website to help you with “outside” scholarships.
Liberty University Distance Learning MBA listed as a Best Buy
Liberty University distance learning M.B.A. program is rated among the nation’s best buys by a respected national Web-based clearinghouse dedicated exclusively to showcasing accredited online degrees.
Liberty’s online M.B.A. (master of business administration) program is rated No. 38 in GetEducated.com’s ”Top 40 Ranked Best Buys-Online Graduate M.B.A.” programs. The Web-based business is located in Essex Junction, VT.
A “best buy” designation indicates that a program has been reviewed and judged to offer a high-quality distance M.B.A. to a national audience at tuition rates well below the national average. The rankings are based upon tuition costs of 168 accredited, distance-learning and online M.B.A. degree programs.
Liberty University’s distance learning program offers nine start dates each year, August, September, October, January, February, March, April, and June. The Liberty M.B.A. program consists of 45 semester hours of graduate coursework. Within the 45 hours, nine hours are completed for a specific concentration such as, accounting, human resources, international business, or leadership. The program is designed to improve students’ capacity for careers advancement and placement within the business sector.
My thoughts as Executive Director:
We are proud of the value associated with our online M.B.A. program. We keep our tuition affordable because it is part of our mission. The vision of our Chancellor, Jerry Falwell Jr., is to keep Liberty Distance Learning affordable so as many people as possible can experience a Christ-centered education, that will propel each student forward spiritually as well as professionally. Our low tuition rates still come with the same quality and curriculum that our resident students experience on campus.
Liberty University Distance Learning Program tops 27,000
Liberty University’s Distance Learning Program on Monday, May 26th, topped the 27,000 student mark for the first time.
The program, which allows students to take courses online, has grown 141 percent over the past two years.
The program topped the 25,000 student mark for the first time in March.
LU founder, the late Dr. Jerry Falwell, set 25,000 as his initial DLP goal.
Ronald S. Kennedy, LU’s executive director of distance learning and graduate studies, said LU hopes to double Falwell’s initial goal in three to five years.
“We think it is realistic for us to get up to 50,000 students in the next three years,” Kennedy said. “It’s exciting. We’re continuing to grow.”
Two years ago, DLP enrollment had an annual growth rate of 12 percent.
“The past two years, we’ve seen a growth rate of 50 to 51 percent,” Kennedy said.
LU’s DLP has 8,000 military students enrolled today, compared with 3,600 two years ago.
written on Monday, May 19, 2008 by Mitzi Bible
Facebook and Blackboard?
Are you interested in reading about the newest technology coming to online learning? Liberty University uses blackboard as their vehicle of choice for delivering course content to distance learning students. In June 2008, Liberty will be upgrading to blackboard 7.3, so the Blackboard SYNC will work with this upgrade.
As the Executive Director for the Liberty University distance learning program, I am very interested in this solution of facebook and blackboard in the very near future. Here in the distance learning industry, we are always looking for new ways to increase the student experience and find new ways to connect distance learning students with each other from afar. Creating that community with students is a key ingredient to retention and overall student satisfaction with the program. The new application is called Blackboard SYNC, click to read more.
Click Here to read the complete article from the “Inside Higher Ed” website
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