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you are here: DentalPlans.com > Dental Health Articles > Education / Careers > Flexibility Offered Through Accredited Online Education
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Updated: 11/26/2008 12:00:10 PM |
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 (ARA) - When Bill Parisen decided to return to school to complete his bachelor's degree, he was concerned about how to fit education into a hectic life that already included kids, coaching, and a busy career at Hewlett Packard. "I wanted to complete my degree at an accredited university, but I needed the flexibility to study and continue my work at the same time. I just couldn't balance my life and professional commitments while attending a 'brick-and-mortar' institution," he says. He decided to attend Western Governors University online.
In 1996 Western Governors University embarked on a mission to expand access through distance learning technologies. But for the 19 U.S. governors who founded WGU, simply translating a traditional college model to an online environment wasn't enough. They had an even broader vision.
Because employers were clamoring for better prepared college graduates, the governors insisted WGU require that students develop and demonstrate a high level of competence before they are allowed to graduate. "There is no 'getting by' at WGU. If you don't know the material, you don't pass the assessments. If you don't pass the assessments, you don't graduate. It's that simple," says Parisen.
WGU students have greater schedule flexibility, even compared to other online schools, and may be able to accelerate their time to completion based upon their prior education, existing competencies and determination to proceed faster.
Parisen used his college credit from a previous university, professional experience and current projects at work to accelerate his degree program and finished his undergraduate degree in only 30 months -- that's a 4-year degree in a fraction of the time he would have spent completing his degree at a "traditional" school.
After graduating, Parisen decided to pursue his MBA at a traditional brick-and-mortar university. Not long into his degree program Bill decided to return to WGU even after 6 graduate classes with a 4.0 GPA at what is considered a top business school in Southern California. "At WGU, it was much easier to balance business travel, career challenges, and schoolwork," he says. "Comparing WGU to this top-ranked school made me realize just how excellent the quality of education and personalization is at WGU. Despite the fact that it was online, I actually felt more engaged and more motivated to learn at WGU."
Get started with your new degree. Visit www.wgu.edu/CB for a flexible and accredited online course.
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