| Not long ago, anything but a degree earned | | | | prevent many men and women in the workforce |
| through a traditional community college or | | | | from attending even if they wanted to. |
| state funded university was considered | | | | |
| sub-par and scoffed at. Despite the fact that | | | | Some may believe that a distance learning |
| distance learning programs have been around | | | | degree isn't worth as much as a degree earned |
| for decades, there has always been a stigma | | | | at a traditional brick and mortar college or |
| attached to them. Only in the 1980s did | | | | university, but that's no longer true. As |
| distance learning become a more acceptable | | | | long as the distance or online school that |
| way of taking college coursework, but many | | | | you wish to attend is accredited by a viable |
| times, such completion coursework was not | | | | educational program, then your degree is just |
| accepted at other universities, nor | | | | as valuable as one obtained from the Dean of |
| recognized to meet basic course completed | | | | Notre Dame. Keep in mind however, that |
| requirements. Today, however, distance | | | | earning a distance learning degree may be |
| learning degree programs are more the norm, | | | | more difficult for independent learners than |
| and millions of people around the world take | | | | for those students who attend classrooms |
| advantage of them every year. | | | | every day. It is up to each independent |
| | | | learner to read and understand textbook |
| Back in the 'old' days, distance learning | | | | assignments and study guide procedures to |
| degree offerings were limited to secretarial, | | | | complete their class requirements. While |
| medical support and technical subjects. | | | | teacher aid is available for most distance |
| Today, anyone can obtain not only an | | | | learning programs, you must be patient for |
| Associate or Bachelor's degree through | | | | your questions to be answered by email. |
| distance learning courses, but their Master's | | | | |
| degrees as well. Gone are the days when the | | | | If this is not a problem for you, then |
| online school degree was considered beneath | | | | earning a distance learning degree is a prime |
| the requirement levels of institutions around | | | | opportunity that you should not pass up. |
| the country. These days, more nurses, | | | | |
| business professionals and teachers are | | | | Distance or online colleges are adding to |
| graduating from distance learning degree | | | | their programs every year, and subjects and |
| programs, thanks to their overwhelming | | | | coursework for a variety of degrees is |
| popularity and the growth of the Internet | | | | available for the finding. Books and testing |
| Age. | | | | fees are usually included in your semester |
| | | | costs, and while you may pay a little more |
| The benefits of a distance learning degree | | | | for the privilege of earning your college |
| seem obvious, such as not having to attend | | | | degree on your own time, the price more than |
| classrooms, studying on your own time, and | | | | makes up for earning power and sense of |
| taking as much time as you need with certain | | | | accomplishment for those who have taken the |
| subjects and assignments. Distance learning | | | | plunge and gone back to school. Distance |
| is the only way to go for many people who are | | | | learning programs offer students and adults |
| too busy with work and family | | | | who never would have otherwise had the |
| responsibilities to be able to spend several | | | | opportunity to attend the college of their |
| hours a day or night in a classroom. Besides | | | | choice to earn the degree they've always |
| that, many course work requirements don't | | | | wanted. |
| offer evening or weekend classes, which | | | | |