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Why Six Students Chose Online Education
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As online education continues to grow in popularity, many students of different backgrounds, ages, and locations are jumping on board. U.S. News spoke with six students who have either recently earned their degree online or who are in the process of doing so.
Each student's experience was different. Some earned master's degrees, and others worked toward bachelor's degrees. Most students sped through their programs in a few years, while one student spent about a decade earning her degree through a mix of on-campus and online courses. Three military veterans saw the value in online education when they returned to the civilian workforce; two moms squeezed online classes in around their kids' schedules; and one woman set out to advance her degree online, as a 20-something, before she started a family.
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Most of the online students who spoke with U.S. News sought the nontraditional route for the flexibility of courses. When pursuing your degree online, there's no need to leave work or family to drive to a specific place at a specific time for class, some said. But some of the online students also stressed that as they took classes from home, they needed to be disciplined, organized, and focused to avoid distractions and manage their time.
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Get Fit with Me – Online! – Video
Posted: February 23, 2012 at 2:05 pm
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Anthem High School Now Offering Online Diplomas and Professional Skills Development
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Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) February 23, 2012
Anthem High School, a partnership between Anthem College Online and Smart Horizons Career Online Education (SHCOE), is now online and accepting students.
“We are excited to partner with Smart Horizons,” says Darcy Richardson, Division President of Anthem College Online. “Both our organizations want to offer adult learners the opportunity to earn a high school diploma and support their efforts. More adults realize that education is critical to getting a better life for themselves and their families. Anthem High School is one path they can use to begin working toward their educational and career goals.”
Students who are interested in learning basic workplace skills, such as Microsoft Office, communication, and time management, can work toward a Professional Skills Development Certificate while they earn their high school diploma.
Anthem High School graduates can continue their education through Anthem College Online, the online division of Anthem College-Phoenix, part of Anthem Education. It offers post-secondary education and training programs in the following fields:
Accounting Technology Business Management Criminal Justice Health Information Management Healthcare Management Medical Assisting Medical Office Administration Paralegal
Depending on the program, students can earn an Associate of Science or Bachelor of Science degree, except for the Medical Office Administration program, which offers a Diploma only. Two programs―Healthcare Management and Medical Assisting―offer degree completion options as well.
SHCOE is the first online school district to receive accreditation from AdvancED/SACS. The organization shares many of the same goals as Anthem College Online, says SHCOE Board Chairman Richard Goldman, Ph.D. “Both of our organizations prepare students to succeed in their education and careers, and provide skilled employees. I believe that together, we can serve as a model to help improve the educational outlook for many people and maybe even help improve our economy.”
About Anthem College Online
Originally established in 2003, Anthem College Online is part of Anthem Education, a Phoenix, Arizona-based family of schools and colleges that provides career-focused training and education programs at 23 accredited institutions in 15 states as well as online. The Anthem Education family of schools includes Anthem College, Anthem College Online, Anthem Career College, Anthem Institute, Morrison University, and The Bryman School of Arizona. For more information, visit http://anthem.edu.
For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program, and other important information, please visit our website at http://www.anthem.edu/disclosures.
About Smart Horizons Career Online Education
Smart Horizons Career Online Education, founded in 2009 and located in Pensacola, Florida, is a private, AdvancED/SACS accredited online school district. AdvancED/SACS District accreditation signifies that SHCOE and all of its schools are fully accredited and that SHCOE is recognized across the nation as a quality school system. Smart Horizons Career Online Education offers 18-credit, career-based high school diploma programs that are designed to prepare students for entrance into the workplace. Career certificate offerings include Childcare Education, Office Management, Protection Services, Homeland Security, Healthcare (coming in Fall 2011) and Transportation Services. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.shcoe.org, call our office at 855-777-4265 or email our office at enrollment(at)smarthorizonsonline(dot)org
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Companies looking to expand online public education in Iowa
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Iowa Connections Academy Altoona Info Meeting
When: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24.
Where: Holiday Inn Express, 165 Adventureland Drive N.W.
Who should attend: Families interested in kindergarten through 12th-grade online education
Education chief: Online academies will face scrutiny
The CAM and Clayton Ridge school districts will face heavy scrutiny next school year as they begin offering virtual academies to state students, said Jason Glass, Iowa Department of Education director.
Connections Academy, based in Baltimore, and K12 Inc., of Virginia, will begin partnerships with Iowa�s CAM and Clayton Ridge districts, respectively, in July. The partnerships will allow Iowa students to attend the virtual classes without leaving their homes.
Some Iowa educators say allowing the for-profit companies in the state is the same as creating a voucher system, in which students take state money to attend the school of their choice. The partnerships will create competition among cash-strapped, mostly rural districts, where leaders mostly worry about students being shortchanged, several educators said.
Educators will present their concerns Feb. 22 to the Government Oversight Committee.
- Sheena Dooley
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Online driver education vote delayed
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Legislators postponed a vote yesterday on a bill allowing New Hampshire teens to take driver education online so that two dramatically different amendments - one co-written by the bill's prime sponsor - could be married into one.
Several House Transportation Committee members said while they support the idea of online education, they could not vote for the bill without a requirement of lessons from a certified driving instructor.
But the sponsor, Rep. Laura Jones of Rochester, said she'll fight against that requirement when the bill goes before the full House, and she thinks she might win.
"A majority of the committee wants to move that forward, but I think the floor as a whole may have a different mindset," Jones said after the committee meeting.
The bill, which Jones sponsored along with Rep. Tara Sad, a Walpole Democrat, allows New Hampshire residents who are at least 15½ years old to take a driver education course online and complete 10 hours of driving time supervised by a parent, guardian or other licensed driver who is at least 30 years old.
At a hearing on the bill last month, teens and parents spoke out against the high cost of driver education courses, which range from $400 to almost $700 in different corners of the state.
The cost is prohibitive for many teens, who often opt to wait until they turn 18 when the educational requirement is waived. Allowing a lower-cost online option would put more educated drivers on the road, supporters said.
The executive session on the bill was an emotional one for several members of the committee, who described motor vehicle crashes they witnessed as law enforcement officers or as parents.
For Rep. Lisa Scontsas, whose 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash in 2008, without the professional instruction requirement, the bill loses her support.
With emotion breaking her words, she told the committee "you can't put a dollar on life. Safety comes first."
Rep. John Tholl, a Republican from Whitefield, proposed the amendment requiring professional instruction.
He supports online education, but not without real-world instruction, too, he said.
"My background is 40 years of law enforcement. . . . I don't want to pass a bill that compromises safety simply because it's cheaper," he said.
Some parents just sign the documents saying they did the required 40 hours of supervised driving with their teen when they haven't, Tholl said. What's to stop them from doing so under the new law, and how much would that limit teen drivers' training if that is all the supervised driving that's required, committee members said.
If the bill focused on home-schooling families, some representatives said they would have no problem supporting it without the professional instruction requirement. Parents who made the decision to home-school will be much less likely to skirt the requirements, they said.
"I mean no disrespect to the home-school community, but the rest of the state, we don't have that same commitment and level of dedication," said Rep. Brian Rhodes, a Democrat from Nashua, speaking in support of Tholl's amendment.
Jones, working with Rep. John Hikel of Goffstown, transportation committee clerk, proposed a different amendment increasing the required driving time to 20 hours, limiting the instruction to parents and grandparents and imposing a penalty on teens who fail their driving or written test after taking an online course.
Those students would then have to take an in-person driving education course.
"We tried to make it so everyone was happy. It's as reasonable as possible," said Rep. Kyle Jones, Rep. Laura Jones's son and a member of the transportation committee. (next page »)
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