Online degrees specially suited to adults looking to improve their employment prospects

N o longer is a university         many traditional universities,     degree only available by        including Harvard and Yale. There  physically attending            are other universities and         university lectures, seminars and     colleges that only have online     tutorials. Now you can work for       courses. Some of these             your degree 100% online, never        universities are accredited        setting foot into the hallowed        universities, others are not.      halls of learning unless you                                             choose to.                            If you apply to a non-accredited                                         institution future employers are   There are universities that offer     unlikely to look favorably on      Bachelors and Masters degrees         your qualification. This is        online. You can even get a            because some of these              Doctorate 100% online. You have a     non-accredited "universities" are  very wide choice of subject, as       nothing more than printing shops,  wide as if you physically             churning out degrees as the        attended the institution.             cheques roll in. Everyone has                                            seen the ads for these so-called   The online degree has the             degrees - "The Get your doctorate  advantage that you can work at it     next week" type ads.               in between your parenting or                                             other commitments. You can keep       There have been cases of           up the day job, while studying        prominent scientists losing their  for your degree in the evenings       posts because their degree was     or at weekends. This option is a      exposed to come from one of these  really attractive one for adults      non-accredited institutions that   looking to increase their             produce totally worthless degrees  long-term employment options.         and doctorates.                                                                                             You can get an Online degree from     There are "Life-Experience"        degrees where you gain credit for     extreme caution and don't shell    what you have learned in your job     out your money too easily. If      over the years, including for         it's that easy to get a degree     experience gained by staying at       then it really is not worth the    home and looking after the kids.      paper it is printed on.            Treat these especially with            Article Source: http://www.ArticleStreet.com The author is an ex-teacher who now makes a living helping people to decide about their broad educational objectives. He has a website that has more details of some of the available options.