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College Degrees by Mail & Internet 2000

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I purchased this book along with "Bears' Guide To Earning Degrees Nontraditionally" Both books are quite helpful, especially to those who have only considered on campus programs in the past but for whatever reason were not able to make it work. My only reservation about this particular book "College Degrees by Mail & Internet" is that it is very much an abridgement of the larger volume "Bears' Guide To Earning Degrees Nontraditionally". The main difference being less general information about nontraditional education and the authors decision to only include Accredited schools in this work. In "Bears' Guide To Earning Degrees Nontraditionally" the Non-Accredited schools are clearly noted and separated so there is no chance you will be confused as to which programs are or are not Accredited. The greater depth of information available makes the "Bears' Guide..." well worth the extra money and you DEFINATELY won't need to buy both books as I did. Thanks to Amazon.com for the chance to share this.

I purchased this book along with another by the same author. The thing that I liked about this book was that it was to the point and laid out in an easy to use format. It also only listed accredited schools, which is helpful for those interested in a degree that has true value once earned. My only criticism is in regards to how he explained pricing. Average to one person may be out of reach to another. Some actual dollar ranges would be helpful. Good info about clep tests and the like.

Dr. Bear has delivered another excellent book. This book provides a good, general introduction to some of the programs available through distance learning in many fields.

Above I said that there are two best books. The other book is also by John and Mariah Bear. "Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning" is the seminal work in the field. 400,000 buyers can't be wrong!

I was searching for Bachelors in Accounting degrees ---I already knew of several Internet Schools offering them. The book listed 2 out of the 15 I knew of and didn't mention they offered that degree. All I can say is if it was my only source I'd be majorly SOL.

Mr. Bear's book on distance learning is one of the finer books on distance learning institution if you want a biased, uninformed opinion on the value of distance learning as opposed to traditional residential learning. Mr. Bear fails to address the fact that distance learning schools do not become less valuable because they are non-regionally accredited. Student purchasing this book should realize that curriculum based, faculty mentored programs are the just as effective if administered via distance learning as traditional residential programs. Mr. Bear himself has been associated with a number of non-accredited distance learning program. I'm sure the book's original intention was to drive enrollments away from his competitor. Nevertheless, Mr. Bear trys very hard to be objective. I just wish that he would address the fact that there are distance learning program out there that are mentioned in his book, that have outstanding programs to help the life-long learner achieve his/her academic goal. It would be nice if Mr. Bear had done his research and actually visited some of these distance learning programs which he is so quick to misrepresent. I have been a student at one of the schools mentioned. The education I received was outstanding. I learned more there than I did in my State operated undergraduate university. However, Mr. Bear's review of my alma mater is less than favorable. Little does he know that I have been able to honestly show the work that I have completed at this university and have gained the respect of my professional colleagues. My advice is: Help John Bear make more money so he can afford to visit the schools he is so quick to judge by virtue of his bias toward non-accredited programs. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.