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By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst
| January 28, 2010
Question: I’m worried about employer acceptance of my online degree. I just completed my bachelors online and am ready to send out my resume. Should I use my cover letter to reveal to potential employers that I earned my degree online?
—Holly, Nashville, TN Answer:
These days, taking college or post-secondary courses online is not an oddity. In 2010, more than 85 percent of traditional residential colleges will offer college courses online or through distance learning.
Online education is no longer the future. It’s right now.
As a result, there is no need to reveal in a cover letter or resume that you “earned your degree online.” Details about why you chose any particular type of school—such as a private school versus a public school or a Christian college versus a secular college—are best left to discussion during an actual interview.
By GetEducated Consumer Reporting Team
| November 17, 2009
Rochville University, an online school lacking proper accreditation, awarded an MBA to a dog (GetEducated's pug mascot, Chester Ludlow) for $499. Yet Rochville diplomas continue to be touted by hundreds of professionals on the resumes they post to LinkedIn, a popular online networking site. Besides Rochville, many other schools lacking proper accreditation are listed by LinkedIn users on their public resumes—thousands of professionals claiming fraudulent degrees.
Carolyn Cooper once toyed with the idea of getting an MBA, but instead became a professor of literary and cultural studies at the University of the West Indies.
"To think that a dog had more ambition than me!" Cooper wrote in a recent column in the Jamaica Gleaner. "I decided to apply to Rochville for a PhD in chemistry. Why chemistry? Why not? I have good chemistry."
Cooper manufactured the following chemistry "experience" on her application to Rochville: being "good at chemistry in high school" and working for 20 years at a Jamaican producer of household chemicals.
Within 15 minutes of emailing her application to Rochville, says Cooper, a representative from the school called her to find out if she had a bachelor's or master's in chemistry.
By GetEducated Consumer Reporting Team
| September 21, 2009
Chester Ludlow, a pug dog from Vermont, has been awarded an online MBA (Masters in Business Administration) by Rochville University—an online college that offers distance learning degrees based on life and career experience.
Chester is believed to be the first dog to be awarded a college degree based on life experience.
But did he earn it—or did he buy it?
“The difference between earning a college degree online or buying one is key,” says Vicky Phillips, founder of GetEducated.com.
Chester is GetEducated’s mascot. In May, he submitted his resume—along with $499—to Rochville University online. A week later, on June 5, 2009, an express packet arrived from a post office box in Dubai.
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...
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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... 
University of the West Indies.
