Cut-rate Campus: Save thousands and get quality education during recession

Author: Sally Croft

It’s Recession Time

Life has been messy around. The so called financial meltdown has left no stone unturned. It is indeed a horrible time. Companies have closed, people have lost their jobs, and prices of essential commodities have gone up, many business activities have come to a stand still due to lack of funds. You can just hear one slogan all around the world “no money, cause its recession time”. The blood stream of the entire world of business has frozen with disappearing liquidity. No developments, no business ventures, no promotions, no increments. The magnitude of the downtrend is unimaginable. Life is just the same except that people have no money. What can you think of doing when your salaries are nearly lost with job cuts? Imagine the plight of those who are salaried employees and have incurred huge liabilities based on their salaries? Don’t you think it is devastating? The best one can think of doing at this point in time is to hold on to your job and make your self more deserving with further studies.

Recession Time is Study Time…..?

Well is that making you wonder when I say recession time is study time? The aftermath of recession is indeed devastating, what is that you can think of doing about it now?

Only the best survive. People with better qualifications and talent alone survive such a storm. So its time for us to better equip ourselves with more degrees and specializations.

Is the very thought of college education frightening you? It is but natural with the cost of education one has to incur to attend a regular college. There are a number of colleges which specifically aim at providing the academic core required to complete the college education. Of course there are complaints that students miss out on their other extra curricular activities which are a part of a residential college education such as state of the art food courts, fitness centre, brand new dorms and leafy quads surrounding the college campus. How do you get all this? Pay for it! Yes you pay for all these facilities which amount to twice as much as your regular fees.

How to survive the high cost of education?

Students of residential colleges pay $25,000 every year to be a part of the establishment. What about students who cannot afford an expensive education? Should they go without it? Obviously not. Such facilities I doubt whether they improve the quality of education, they surely drive the price up.

Cut-rate Campus

Quite a rarity but Southern New Hampshire University has acquired a unique approach to impart quality education at very nominal tuition cost of just $10,000 a year, recently reported by The Boston Globe. This college is started with the main purpose to provide education required to complete graduate studies leaving behind all other additional amenities promised by state of art college campuses. With campuses in Salem or Nashua these colleges are meant for students who agree to live at their place and attend college education in the campus. They pay a tution fee of $10,000 a year instead of $25,000 a year saving thousands of dollars.

I am sure parents and students who struggle to pay the ever soaring prices of college fees are definitely happy with this change. How do you see this? Please write to me to share your thoughts.

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Feb

Head start to my career with Online Degree

Author: Sally Croft

Online Education – the Career Advantage

Hi friends!! Today I wish to talk about one of my close friends Rebecca and how Online Degree has changed her life. I am narrating her experience in first person voice for better understanding of her situation. This is how Rebecca goes like: I am a very simple person. I had a very interesting yet simple childhood. I had accepted everything what life had given me except for the fact that I could not complete my graduation.

The reasons are many, financial crisis, unexpected medical emergencies and the well known debt. Being the third in the family my priorities where slightly overlooked. I should not blame my parents. All I could say is that they did their best. But with fixed means of income they could not have done better.

After completing my secondary school exams I worked with an agency for a paltry sum. Though the work was demanding it was equally interesting. Recognizing my interest and efficiency I was promoted. The good thing was that I earned twice as much I earned before.

Ray of Hope:

My life was going on a monotonous routine with job and home. Timely advice came from my brother who was a graduate and who did extremely well in his job. He asked me to proceed with my graduation and got me application forms too. You see, I had crossed my age for graduation, I just cannot imagine myself sitting with a group of freshmen and end up facing a sense of humiliation. With all these things in mind I decided to put an end to my dream of graduating.

It was out of sheer luck that I came to know about Online Degree through an office colleague. It was indeed interesting to hear the benefits of enrolling for an Online Degree Course. Convenient study timing, study from home, online discussion forums, quality lectures and teaching sessions and flexibility to finish the course as per our ability to meet up the course requirements.

Online Degree – Disciplined Self Study

It just came as a solution to my problem. I wanted to be a little more careful about the Online Institution I would choose; after all I am putting my hard earned money. After much analysis, I enrolled my self for an Online Degree Program.

I was happy with this god given opportunity to complete my graduation, but boy I need lot of self discipline. Strict discipline is needed to come out successfully well. No one will overlook your work. You are both the student and the teacher. You succeed if you work hard; you stay back if you don’t. It was initially very difficult to cope up with both my work and studies, but yes, over the days I learnt to balance them.

Hard Work Pays:

No pain no gain. It was very true in my case. I had to give all I could to graduate. Well hard work pays. I moment I completed my graduation, my career geared up for better opportunities. Luckily the placement offered by the Online University got me one of the best jobs. I had moved levels beyond I dreamt of. Thanks to my old job, it helped my reach my destination.

Thanks to god, thanks to the system of Online Education. Today, I support my family and provide them all they need and even more. So friends, head start your career, with online education and reach your goals. Online Education is the face of new generation, can anyone argue against me?

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Feb

We voted for Change – What can we expect from Obama now?

Author: Sally Croft

Voting for ‘Change’ and ‘Hope’

The entire election campaigning was carried out with the slogans of change and hope the Obama Government will promise to the citizens of the world. It is first time in the history of America that an African American candidate has been elected as the President of United States. Taking into account the various policies and schemes initiated by the Government out point of focus is on the changes brought about on the educational front. What kind of benefit is the government offering to the students and their families?

Funding cost of education

Following are some of the strategies and plans for higher education by newly appointed Obama government

American opportunity Tax Credit: Under this scheme Americans are assured of a free education up to $4,000 and will be covering two-thirds of college education fee in a average public college and which also means that the college education in a community college is absolutely free. It is a universal and fully refundable fee for which the students or the recipients are required to provide 100 hrs of community service.
Simplifying federal Finance Application: The government plans to eliminate the usage of Federal Financial Aid Application (FAFSA) by providing a column in the tax forum. The families are required to check a box in the tax form allowing the usage of their tax information by relevant authorities. This procedure does not require a separate application for financial assistance.

It will take time for us to realize the benefits of the schemes and to understand the extent of cooperation offered by the government in helping students pursue their educational goals.

Do you think students will benefit from the above proposed regulation?

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