By Tim Henry
You have done all of your research and know the online degreeprograms that you like. Now you are down to a choice betweenthree university distance learning program. How do you knowwhich online degree program is the right one for you?
Review the websites of the three contending online degreeprograms one more time. Does anything stand out to you about howthey explain their program? Is there anything that sticks out asa potential problem? For everything you like about theirdescription of their program give them a point. For everyconcern you have take a point away or give them a minus point.Tally up all of the scores from this exercise and see if oneclearly stands out as being more positive than the other. Thisis your instinctive response to how they present their materialand remember that this is the main way that the online degreeprogram will be presented to you after you enroll.
Next review again the questions that you asked of them while youwere doing your research, and the answers that they provided.For every answer give the schools a point for a poor answer, twopoints for a good answer and three points for a great answer.This is a comparative review and note if one of the schoolsoverall response is more positive than the others.
If you haven’t already done so make sure that your list ofquestions include the following topics:
How long does it take an average student to complete theirdegree?
How many hours do they anticipate an average student will spendon course work per week?
How old is the average age of students in their online degreeprogram?
What are their transfer policies?
Who are the faculty members and what is their trainingbackground?
Do they have library resources and mentoring services availablefor online students?
In addition to those questions you will have already asked andreceived a response to technical, financial, and schedulingquestions. Review all of the responses and once again and givethe schools a point for a poor answer, two points for a goodanswer and three points for a great answer. This is yourtechnical review.
Now you have three different ways to evaluate your options andout of this process you should have a clearer answer to thequestion of which online degree program may be right for you
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