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By GetEducated.com Consumer Reporting Team | March 17, 2010
A working mother from Virginia who is earning her doctorate degree online in education is the winner of a $1,000 GetEducated.com/Core4Women distance learning scholarship.
Danielle E. Williams, 32, is a community college liaison at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, VA; an adjunct professor at Tidewater Community College's Norfolk campus; and a mother of two children under age two.
She also is studying for her online PhD in education, specializing in organizational leadership and community college leadership, through a distance education program offered by Nova Southeastern University, based in Florida.
By GetEducated.com Consumer Reporting Team | December 04, 2009
College costs are rising rapidly, whether for distance learning or on-campus study. The best way to slash your tuition bill is to search for free college money in the form of grants.
Educational grants are one-time awards of money, based on merit or financial need. Unlike student loans, grants represent free money that never needs to be paid back. Grants are the best type of financial aid for both residential and online students.
You can get grants from the federal government, state government, your college, and a variety of private sources, such as trade and professional associations.
A high-school student who also is enrolled in college is GetEducated.com's newest distance education scholarship winner.
Megan McConnell, 17, of Montgomery, AL, hopes to become a sign language interpreter for deaf schoolchildren. She is taking online college classes through Troy University's new Accelerate program, while finishing her senior year of high school at Prattville Christian Academy.
Megan has been awarded a $1,000 GetEducated.com Excellence in Online Education Scholarship for her academic work and extracurricular activities. She is working toward her bachelor's degree in interpreter training at Troy, an Alabama-based school which offers both on-campus and online degree programs.
Nicholas Zazal works at the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign, but is earning his master's degree from the school's online division—even though the same degree is offered on campus, minutes from his office.
The reason? As with many online college students, Zazal's work schedule doesn't allow him to attend classes on his school's timetable. Instead, he has opted for the flexibility offered by distance learning.
Zazal, 26, is GetEducated.com's latest $1,000 "Excellence in Online Education" scholarship winner.
Core4Women is a new online community that matches women who want to earn their degrees online with women who are experts in distance learning.
Gail Weatherly, distance education coordinator at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, started the group on the Ning social networking site as part of a pilot project. The first members were low-income single mothers living in a group home in Texas, who wanted to use online education to help become self-sufficient.
Later, the online community widened its reach to include military personnel and spouses. In July 2009, the group opened to the general public.
GetEducated.com is offering its support to Core4Women through four, $1,000 online education scholarships to be awarded to "mentees" in the community. Recipients must be taking at least half their courses online to be eligible.
Deadline to apply for the 2010 scholarships is March 15, 2010. An application form is available at Core4Women.org.
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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Northcentral University, an innovator in 100% online education, offers master’s and doctoral programs in over 30 career relevant areas of specialization in Business & Technology Management, Education and Psychology, with no residencies required. Northcentral is regionally accredited and features a faculty of professional practitioners with the highest academic credentials to mentor relevant, real-world courses, one-on-one. Individual degree plans, monthly course starts, very competitive tuition and dedicated dissertation support make Northcentral an outstanding online graduate school.
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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... 
working mother from Virginia who is earning her doctorate degree online in education is the winner of a $1,000 GetEducated.com/Core4Women distance learning scholarship. 
College costs are rising rapidly, whether for distance learning or on-campus study. The best way to slash your tuition bill is to search for free college money in the form of grants.
high-school student who also is enrolled in college is GetEducated.com's newest distance education scholarship winner.
