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By Rachel Wang
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Emina Dedic Emina Dedic’s degree isn’t only for her.
“It’s for my mother, my father; it’s for everyone in my family who wanted to go [to school] who never did, who never could, or who never had that opportunity,” she says.
She’s well aware of the sacrifices her parents made so she could have a chance at a college education. This knowledge has kept the 23-year-old steadily working toward a degree for the past five years, paying off her degree class by class.
Bosnian Refugee Comes to America
Nearly 20 years ago, Emina and her family arrived on U.S. shores as Bosnian Muslim refugees. Religious persecution and brutal ethnic cleansing by Serbia drove them away from their native Bosnia.
While her immediate family all survived, some of her extended family never made it out.
“Half of my family is pretty much missing,” she says, explaining that Bosnian Muslims were particularly targeted in the genocide.
She credits the Red Cross for helping them make it safely to the northern Atlanta, Ga. area.
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By GetEducated.com Consumer Reporting Team
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Life coach Victoria Krayna has financed six college educations, including her own. She, her husband and her four kids have learned plenty. One of the most important lessons of all those years of education: Use student financial aid wisely—life is unpredictable.
When Krayna’s son’s tuition disappeared in the post-9/11 market crash, Krayna and her husband refinanced their home to pay for his education. It might have been a successful strategy, says Krayna, but then her husband was hit by a car and incurred injuries that affected his personality. After 28 years of marriage, the couple divorced, leaving Krayna with the mortgage. {{RightSponsor53}}
Krayna rebounded, but she says that her experience has taught her not to count on the future.
Other education financing experts echo Krayna’s cautions. They say that while it’s sometimes necessary to take out an online student loan, you should never finance an online education with credit cards or other forms of consumer debt. Under only the rarest circumstances should you tap retirement funds.
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By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst
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My dream is to become a high school math teacher. My current bachelor's is in real estate. Do I have to go back to college and earn a second, new bachelor's in education? I've heard there are special online alternative teacher certification (ATC) programs that I can attend through my computer. Can you recommend an online bachelor's in education or ATC program that will let me become a certified teacher? Do Texas teacher licensing standards even accept courses taken through online ATC programs? —Willis in Houston, Texas
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By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst
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Question: Who offers the cheapest online MBA? I’m ready for business school online. I need an online MBA fast. But I already carry $25,000 in student loans from my bachelor's degree. Can the researchers at GetEducated.com recommend a cheap online MBA that's also good in quality?
—Brad in Manchester, NH
Answer:
Brace yourself, Brad. The cost range of an online MBA is staggering. According to our own research, the Get Educated 2012 Survey of Affordable Online MBA programs, you can pay as little as $4,464 or as much as $123,225 for an accredited distance MBA. This is real cost information based on our national survey, which compared online MBA degree costs at 206 accredited online business schools.
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Distance Learning for Active Duty Army Soldiers
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By GetEducated Consumer Reporting Team
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You’re serving in the military, and you want to continue your education at an online college.
Problem: As a military student, you’re facing an unpredictable schedule, at best.
GetEducated.com surveyed military advisors at online colleges to put together these helpful tips that showcase what to look for in an online college before you enroll.
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Read four tips to help you pick an online military college
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