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By Jess Wisloski
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Ten years ago, Brenda McCall, a lifelong equestrian and riding instructor, had no inkling she'd be on a path to an online masters in special education, much less a doctorate.
 She had dropped out of a college program after nearly two years, after she discovered how unaffordable her early aspiration of veterinary school was.
"I really thought that was the route I was going to go," says Brenda, now 49.
"With the logistics of work and school, it just wasn't going to be a reality. I ended up being a professional trainer, showing horses, breeding horses, and all of that kind of thing."
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By Jess Wisloski | April 18, 2012
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At 22, Paul Hastings may be the same age as many traditional college graduates, but this nontraditional student and online BSBA candidate from Lubbock, Texas is on a different journey than his friends. For one, most of his high-school friends are finishing up their college degrees.
Paul will be starting his fully online Bachelors of Science in Business Administration at Thomas Edison State College in the fall. And also finishing it. Unlike his peers, he's been working full-time over the past two years, and he currently serves as a political analyst at a non-profit. It's a job many recent college grads would be thrilled to have. It wasn't Paul's choice to put college on the back burner -- his father asked him to hold off on college when his grandmother's illness put the family in a financial bind. But he doesn't regret the decision. "I feel like I gained," says Paul. "I don't feel like I've missed anything ever." |
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By Jess Wisloski | March 12, 2012
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A college degree was not really in Victoria Brinson's life plan, and earning an online Bachelors in English was the last thing this church volunteer saw herself doing.
“I expected to be a full-time mom for years and years, but we just weren’t able to have children,” says Victoria, who is now 38. In the meantime, she was finding a deep sense of satisfaction volunteering at her church’s homeschool program, working with kids of different ages, and teaching the basics of reading. Victoria always loved learning, and had been a high achiever in grade school. Now, while her life is quite different from what she had once imagined, she’s getting an online BA in English, and things are looking up. |
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By Jess Wisloski | January 11, 2012
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Unemployed new mom Amanda Lienhardt, 30, found herself looking into online teaching certificate programs, months after her short-term contract teaching at a small school finished.
Despite holding a degree in elementary education, it was hard for her to get a foothold in the wavering job market, and her experience in that temporary job left her reeling.
"The way things ended with my last position just made me look at myself as a teacher, and ask 'How can I improve, and become a better teacher for my students?'" she says.
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By Lorna Collier
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The earning potential of an online masters in education might lure you into thinking it's smart to return to school, especially when teaching jobs are scarce. 
But you could wind up pricing yourself out of the teaching market.
Getting an advanced degree can sometimes hurt your career prospects, says expert and author Don Asher, who warns that education is unlike other career fields.
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