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The Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools: Earning Your Degree Without Leaving Home

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I was going crazy with all the hype I'd read online about distance learning. Bought 3 books to determine where and how I could earn a master's in human services. Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools is the book I found the most useful and accurate. Returned Peterson's Guide and Bear's book. I especially liked the introductory chapters on how to design your own degree and accreditation. Phillips and Yager are real pros.

I was led to this book as a subscriber of the free Virtual University Gazette. The Gazette is published online each month by Vicky Phillips, and lists new distance learning programs as they come online each month. By combining this book and the free listings in the Gazette I got the most accurate idea of where to attend graduate school online. See the Gazette at http://www.geteducated.com. The book and the Gazette are a god-send. Unlike other guides this one only lists a) accredited degree programs; b) programs that truly can be completed from the comfort of your home.

Did the authors realize that over 80% of the Colleges they put in this book require some "on-campus" requirements? Suppose I live in New Jersey and attend a school in California,and I'm required to be on-campus 2 times a year for a week each time, HOW is that considered "Without leaving home" ? Some Schools in THIS VERY BOOK require students to attend weekend seminars 3 to 4 times a year!!! Can Somebody do us all a favor and recommend a book that has Distance Education with "100% NO ON-CAMPUS requirements" ? Please Change the TITLE of the Book. Going from Maine to Arizona DOES indeed require travel.

I purchased three books to help me choose my third graudate program. This book was the best for me. It provided detailed information about the College, program, costs and actual classes. It helped me to narrow my focus and come up with a set of criteria to help me in my search. I recommend this book.

I found this book extremely helpful and useful for helping me find a graduate school for my MBA. I was a little disappointed with the layout. For many schools, the book doesn't tell you what GRE or GMAT scores you need. Sometimes it tells you that you need to submit them, but not what the score needs to be. If this information was not available to the author, then that should have been stated, so that I didn't have to keep searching to make sure. Also, some of the email addresses were no longer valid. Perhaps just a URL to the university's web site is enough. We can get an updated email address there.

This book appeared to review a random sample of programs. It did not even include two programs from leading Universitites that I already knew about. The book was worse than worthless.

This book has been independently reviewed by distance learning experts. The following advance review quotes are from the book introduction:

"Give the authors an A! This book is a terrific resource for those seeking to know more about online education." --Brandon Hall, Ph.D. Editor, Multimedia & Internet Training Newsletter

"A most exceptional guide to distance learning and virtual graduate schools...This book is a must for 21st Century graduate school degree seekers unable or unwilling to leave home for the outmoded, traditional campus residence...A gem of research." --Stephen A. LeMah, Ph.D., Chair Distance Learning Division, The Association of Management and International Association of Management.

"Phillips and Yager have provided an excellent roadmap ... to a graduate degree in cyberspace. They correctly point out that neither distance nor work or family obligations are, any longer, necessarily obstacles to obtaining their graduate degree." --Dr. Jodi Servatius, Online Teaching Program, California State University, Hayward

"A must-read for anyone contemplating a non-traditional graduate education. It is comprehensive in providing the facts meeded to make a wise decision as to not only which university to select, but in determining the readiness of the reader to enroll in any of its well selected listings." --Dr. Thomas Russell, Director, Instructional Telecommunications - North Carolina State University