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Vicky Phillips -- Founder of GetEducated.com ... "for 20 years the leading consumer advocate for online college students" ... Different Paths to a College Degree, Sept. 2009
Vicky Phillips ... founder of GetEducated.com ... "one of the nation’s leading experts on educational fraud" ... . ~Joyce Lain Kennedy~ (Nov, 2009), LA Times
"Kiplinger Personal Finance" partners with Get Educated - Top 15 Picks Prestigious Online Masters Degrees
Get Educated helps LATimes Consumer Reporter David Lazarus in "Getting an Education Learning Over the Internet" -- Nov. 10, 2010
Get Educated's beloved mascot, Chester Ludlow, dog with online MBA, helps Neely Tucker, Washington Post reporter, expose murderous minister with degree mill pedigree - Dec. 2010
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Our expert advice on online education, accredited online college and university degree programs, and distance learning has been cited in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, US News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and CBS News, among others.
Vicky Phillips, founder of GetEducated.com and Chief Online Education Analyst, designed and directed the first online counseling center for adult distance learners as a project with AOL/The Electronic University Network in 1989. In 2009, Phillips was cited by US News & World Report College Guide (Sept. 2009) as "for 20 years the leading advocate for online college students."
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Nate Thayer, Peabody Award winning investigative journalist, runs a compilation of blog posts on dictators and despots who appear to have attended online degree mills.
Diploma Mill Police Mascot Mentioned
Chester Ludlow, pug dog mascot of Get Educated.com's Diploma Mill Police ®, earns mention in this article that compares the online education achievements of extremely smart American house pets, like Mr. Ludlow, to the degrees, diplomas and credentials displayed throughout history on the resumes of dictators and despots worldwide. (Chester had no idea his fellow online students were so politically connected.)
News Channel 4 in Florida turns to Get Educated founder Vicky Phillips for insights on what is driving the growth of online colleges in Florida.
What can consumers expect if their choose to earn their degrees online?
What's driving the trend to get degrees online rather than on-campus?
Below is an excerpt on the pros and cons of online learning, a trend that continues to grow at double digit growth with large public universities, such as Florida State and the University System of Georgia, offering scores of affordable degrees online.
Fox Business reporter Emily Driscoll turns to Get Educated founder, Vicky Phillips, and a panel of other online learning experts, for advice to help students select and succeed at online courses. The article summarizes study strategies from insiders at the University of North Carolina online MBA program and Post University Online. According to Driscoll, before signing up for any online program, here’s some of the top items students should consider if they want take full advantage of today's virtual classrooms.
Get Educated assists CBS Boston station WBZ-TV in reporting on the merits and short falls of online courses and their growth in popularity among traditional brick and mortars universities like the University of Massachusetts in this special two minute video report, "Online College Courses Falling Short."
CBS Boston Article Highlights
35% of all college students across the country now take at least one course online and 65% of colleges consider online learning as a critical part of their future.
News Channel 4 in Florida turns to Get Educated founder Vicky Phillips for insights on what is driving the growth of online colleges in Florida.
