| Have you ever wished that you had completed a | | | | constantly changing at a frightening pace. |
| college education back when you were younger and | | | | New skills have to be learned on a regular basis and |
| more energetic, at a time before you had so many | | | | continuing education has to be a major part of any |
| day to day responsibilities tying you down? Do you | | | | employer's and employee's strategy for survival. |
| feel limited in your job prospects or intimidated by the | | | | Distance learning is the most efficient and effective |
| knowledge of others? Do you have a hobby that you | | | | mechanism through which an individual can participate |
| enjoy greatly and would like to turn into an | | | | in a lifelong college experience without having to make |
| employment opportunity? Perhaps you feel that you | | | | major adjustments to other aspects of their daily lives. |
| have quite a bit of knowledge about something and | | | | Educational institutions recognize that many people |
| you would just like to consolidate and expand upon this | | | | who really need the instructional services that they can |
| knowledge. | | | | provide are just not able to attend classes on a |
| In the past, many people who wanted to return to | | | | full-time basis. Similarly, members of the teaching staff |
| school were unable to do so because they could not | | | | at these institutions are often people with several |
| give up their jobs, there was no one available to look | | | | years of experience in the work environment, and |
| after the children, or they just lived too far away from | | | | often they are teaching one or two courses while |
| an appropriate educational institution. Now, it is possible | | | | working at their regular jobs. |
| to accomplish your educational goals through distance | | | | They know how hard it is to work full time, meet |
| learning. Without leaving your home, or disrupting your | | | | family obligations, and yet have some energy left over |
| daily routine, you can acquire the kind of accreditation | | | | to learn new skills, acquire new knowledge, and |
| that will allow you to fulfill your life goals, whether those | | | | otherwise carry out a process of self-improvement. |
| entail becoming certified in a job that you are presently | | | | Distance learning makes the college experience more |
| employed in, moving into a completely new career, or | | | | personal and more manageable. Even though the |
| striking out on your own. | | | | program structure and materials might be the same as |
| College programs offered through distance learning | | | | what a regular college student receives, the distance |
| can prepare you to meet the challenges of the | | | | learning experience is more attuned to the limits that |
| present day work world, not just through providing you | | | | arise from the circumstances of each individual |
| with the appropriate skills and knowledge to be | | | | student. |
| competitive in the job market, but through building your | | | | If a college education is the only thing standing |
| confidence and self-esteem. A high school diploma is | | | | between you and your goals, then it is time for you to |
| just not considered an adequate preparation for most | | | | look into distance learning as the means through which |
| jobs today, because the parameters of these jobs are | | | | you can obtain those goals. |