Online Degree Enlightenment Blog

An inspirational professor of Computer Science Randy Pausch, gave an amazing last lecture at the Carnegie Mellon University on September 18, 2007.  The lecture included topics about childhood dreams, life, and philosophy.  The lecture was titled “Really achieving your childhood dreams”.  The tenured professor began his discussion with startling slides of his pancreatic cancer tumors.  [...]

Have you heard that word “overqualified” before? Recently, the term overqualified has been frequently used by radio show callers and personal friends.  At first echo you might take the word overqualified as a delightful compliment.  Once that word rings in your ears a little more, you come to a realization.  Your ego is no longer being [...]

The big question often arises on whether online education or campus based education has a heavier work load for reading and writing assignments. The answer can generally be found in the eye of the beholder or student. Although, a survey has been conducted including interviews from former students who have taken both types of course [...]

The bureau of labor statistics announced unemployment had risen to 5.7 percent in the month of July 2008. These statistics continue to demonstrate the worsening shape of our United States economy. Most sectors of the non farm labor force experienced losses in job markets with the exceptions of Mining and Healthcare. Both the number of [...]

Students from the College of Education attending the University of South Florida, will begin helping their community this coming semester.  A new program was created to help the bay area community and students enrolled at USF’s College of Education.  The educational program was organized, by Olin Mott a prominent Tampa Bay area business man. Mr. Olin [...]

“Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.” -Commager, Henry S. Our society continues to stress emphasis on post secondary education in today’s world, with women leading the race. Woman’s enrollment continues to grow more [...]

By: Michael McCluskey After completing two years of junior college I never took the time or seem to have the time to return to college and complete my Bachelors of Science Degree.  However at my age of fifty five I always felt I had left my education unfinished.  When distant learning became available it provided me [...]

“Baby Boomer’s” retirement is here! With the Baby Boomer’s starting to retire, more and more of them are going back to school to receive undergraduate and graduate degrees. They comprise about 30% of the US population. In 2007, there were approximately 78 million baby boomers—people born between 1946 and 1964—in the United States. In accordance [...]