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By GetEducated.com Consumer Reporting Team | January 12, 2009
Average cost of a college textbook: $150.
Ouch!
Enroll for two online courses, each requiring one textbook, and you’re instantly out $300. Take thirty online courses to earn your associate degree and watch your bank account dwindle by $4,500. And if you're taking courses in specialty areas, such as accounting, count on spending even more.
Taking steps to slash your textbook budget can literally save you thousands. Unlike a decade ago, students today have multiple options for getting college textbooks online.
By GetEducated.com Consumer Reporting Team | January 09, 2009
It’s normal to approach the financial aid office at your online school with a little trepidation. Getting financial aid is tricky to begin with, and recent college loan scandals made some online students even more nervous.
By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst | December 02, 2008
Question:
I travel for a living. I’d like to earn my MBA online because it’s virtually impossible for me to be in town attending class every week for 16 consecutive weeks. But I’m afraid employers won’t accept a distance degree. I work as an executive in a competitive career field: healthcare. I’ll be working in a major metropolitan area (NYC) for the rest of my career and eventually want to open my own business. Can you recommend even one top tier B-school that offers a distance MBA degree?
—Joan Lundlin Rochester, New York
Answer:
The Ivy League has gone Cyber League. More than one topflight B-school offers a distance MBA option.
By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst | January 14, 2009
Distance learning is any learning that takes place with the instructor and student being geographically remote from each other. Distance learning may occur by surface mail, videotape, interactive TV, radio, satellite, or any number of Internet technologies such as message boards, chat rooms and desktop computer conferencing.
Online education or education delivered over the Internet is one form of distance learning.
I’m looking for an online MBA. I’ve found several that fit my budget but none are accredited by the AACSB. What is the AACSB? Do I really need a distance MBA degree that is accredited by them?
—Roberta, Gary, IN
The AACSB is the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. It is considered the gold standard of business school accreditation. But not every student needs an AACSB-accredited MBA...
I was laid off from my job as a real estate agent and want to be a high school math teacher, but my bachelor’s degree is in psychology. Do I need a new degree in education? Will an online bachelor’s in education qualify me to become a licensed teacher?
—Willis, Houston, Texas
If you didn’t earn a bachelor’s degree in education years ago and you now want to teach in the public schools, don’t fret. Every state maintains what are termed “alternative teacher certification” programs...
Western Governors University -- Online, Competency-Based MBA -- A private, non-profit university, WGU offers three flexible, online master’s degrees in Business: the Master of Business Administration, MBA—Information Technology Management, and the MBA-Healthcare Management. You set the pace—the more time and energy you can commit to our fully accredited degree program, the faster you’ll graduate. Plus, the knowledge you've accumulated from prior academic or work experience may help you move through the assessments even more quickly.
The University of South Dakota extends its world-class educational opportunities to students across the globe. Because of this, you have the opportunity to obtain the knowledge and skills you need to meet your educational and professional goals – all from the comfort of your own home or office. Whether you enroll in our web conference, correspondence or online courses and programs, you can be confident you will receive a quality education from The U at a remarkable value.
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Facts from GetEducated's National Survey of Online MBAs. Who offers the cheapest online MBA? Do you need an AACSB-accredited distance MBA? Online MBA rankings and ratings. Everything you need to know to compare 390 accredited online MBAs from 168 online business schools.
I’m looking for an online MBA. I’ve found several that fit my budget but none are accredited by the AACSB. What is the AACSB? Do I really need a distance MBA degree that is accredited by them?
—Roberta, Gary, IN 
The AACSB is the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. It is considered the gold standard of business school accreditation. But not every student needs an AACSB-accredited MBA... 
