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The Best of SayEducate

November 16th, 2007 by Matthew C. Keegan | No Comments | Filed in Blog Recap

This blog has just reached an important milestone — we’re marking our one month anniversary! Hooray! Yes, there are some bloggers who have been faithfully plugging away for many years now and we hope to get to that stage at some point.

Nevertheless, there is always a reason to celebrate and we’re going to recap some of the most popular posts just in case you missed them the first time around. Please click on the header for further reading.

Are Continuing Education Students Eligible For Financing?

financingIf you are desiring to further your education you probably know that if financing is a problem, then student loans can see you through your college years. What you may not know is that some continuing education programs and courses may also be covered. Yes, that non-degree program could be eligible for low rate financing.

R/E Agent v. FSBO

The FSBO controversy regularly rears up especially when a homeowner is desiring to sell FSBOhis home and a realtor sees a potential commission opportunity missed. We took a good look at both sides of the coin to help you decide.

Advancing Your Education Through Online Study

Lots of working adults would love to return to college to complete an unfinished degree or to further their education. We took a look at the online education revolution, an event that continues to change the way people study their way to a degree.

Check Out Our Weekly Tips

There are so many other topics we plan to cover on SayEducate, but time and space can limit us. Krayton started a Weekly Tips feature that is sure to cover those topics of interest to you. Yes, some of those tips will be used as fodder for future articles too!

Internet Tools For Important Life Events

Our most popular article to date and probably for a good reason as we think that so many internet toolsof our readers are finding our internet tools be highly useful!

What better way to compare home loans, set up a budget, track college choices, and handle a variety of life events then to have these tools at your disposal? You like ‘em and we got ‘em!

As always the SayEducate team of Krayton M Davis and Matthew C. Keegan are pleased to have you visit us. To keep track of all of our changes, please subscribe to a feed today and please leave a comment if there is something that you want to share.


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Advancing Your Education Through Online Study

November 2nd, 2007 by Matthew C. Keegan | 4 Comments | Filed in College Planning, College Search

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Online Study Comes of Age

Online education has been growing at a rapid pace thanks to widespread internet access and due to a populace who has responded in kind. At SayEducate, we’re starting a series of articles about online education beginning with this article which takes a look at this important development. Please read on for background details about the online education movement.

How Did It All Begin?

Though there is some dispute as to who started offering the first classes online, it is clear that the for-profit University of Phoenix was one of the earliest schools offering online studies. Today, that school is the largest private university in the United States, with more than 200,000 students enrolled.

But the University of Phoenix, which has no official campus, isn’t the only school offering online studies or distance education. Traditional universities such as Notre Dame, Penn State University, the University of California, and Duke University all offer online courses in addition to their on campus classes. Some degree programs can be accomplished completely off campus while others may require students to appear on campus for select courses. As long as students have access to a computer, then they can participate.

Degrees Offered For Online Continuing Education

Students have a wide latitude of studies available to them online. In addition, every degree choice is available online: associates, bachelors, masters and even doctorate programs. Certain career education certificates are available for students who want to take remedial or brush up courses not leading to a degree.

Convenience — A Key Factor

One of the chief reasons why a student may elect distance learning is convenience. Most classes are held on your own time (via internet access or CD-ROM) which suits the lifestyle of today’s busy adults. Balancing work and family is considered to be enough of a burden, squeezing in on-campus classes is downright impossible for many prospective students. Thus, accessing a class when free time comes up is what attracts many students to this method of learning for personal career advancement.

Financing Is Available For Online Courses

Just like on campus courses, tuition for most online courses can get expensive. Fortunately, major student financing options such as Stafford loans and private student loans will cover these classes. Financing career education can be enormously challenging, therefore students seeking online degrees need to explore all of their options.

Online Degrees — Not For Everyone

Is online continuing education right for everyone? Yes, but some students prefer to embrace the entire college experience, therefore taking classes, attending sporting events, and participating in other student activities may weigh in their decision to study on campus.

Regardless, the option of taking classes online is a strong one and we hope to provide some useful tools in the decision making process to give you what you need to make an informed decision.


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