Posted on Jan 31, 2014
Where do you go for information about education opportunities, both undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs?
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I work for Northeastern University. We participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program and offer 252 spots to eligible veterans. We'll contribute up to $25,000 per academic year for undergrads; up to $20,000 for grads; and up to $10,000 for law school students. The VA then matches our contribution in addition to the $19,198 that students receive in GI Bill funding. With such a generous benefit, I want to help my fellow veterans make use of this program. I'm wondering how people are choosing their colleges/universities. Are there websites, publications, etc. that you, your friends, your colleagues are using to search for educational opportunities? Has RallyPoint been helpful in this search?
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SrA McCarty,
I'm an electrical engineering major, so I prefer a school that offers online courses for the majority of my credits and a brick-and-mortar classroom for some of my higher level requirements.
I used the "Search Schools" option on GoArmyEd.com to find a school in my area that has a SOCAD agreement. Of the six schools in my area where I could use tuition assistance, only one had a SOCAD agreement, so my choice was easy.
I'm about to relocate to Korea and will temporarily switch to online courses, so I went back to GoArmyEd.com and used the "Search Degrees" option and did a search for schools that offer my major. I then eliminated schools that are online-only (e.g. Phoenix, etc.) because they don't have a great reputation, and chose a school that has a SOCAD agreement with tuition that doesn't exceed $250/credit and offers online courses.
When I get back to the U.S., I'll use GoArmyEd's "Search Schools" to find another brick-and-mortar SOCAD school.
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Not enough top notch 4 year universities offer online bachelor's degrees of worth. Many SM's get out looking to go to school for engineering and sciences, and currently the choices in online eduction is limited in these fields.
Arizona State University stepped it up a notch by offering the first ABET accredited Electrical Engineering degree program available 100% online, including labs which have been virtualized.
I would like to see more headway in this regard
Arizona State University stepped it up a notch by offering the first ABET accredited Electrical Engineering degree program available 100% online, including labs which have been virtualized.
I would like to see more headway in this regard
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SGT Sullivan, that is great advice! I will check out Arizona State University.
It would be awesome to earn my EE degree online, but I was a little skeptical of the quality of an EE earned without being properly evaluated in a lab room. It sounds as though ASU has that problem solved.
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SGT Thomas Sullivan
Not problem SPC Thundercloud. Definitely give ASU a call though. They have pretty stiff transfer requirements as befits the program being online and ABET accredited. I am pretty sure they are only accepting exceptional students into the program. I for one was not willing to lose more than half of my earned 69 SH of college because they did not fit within the ASU EE degree plan. Im happy with my Thomas Edison State College Electrical Engineering Technology Degree. But then again, you have to look at where you are within your career. I work professionally as an engineer for the army as a contractor, so finishing an BSEE from an ABET program does not net me any gain over an BSEET. But if I were to pursue a master's in systems or EE I might reconsider my path. As it stands, im looking at going to law school when I finish and this stands as a mute point.
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Not all yellow ribbon schools (Private Schools) are the right choice. I will be going to a Public school that costs 1/3 that of a Private yellow ribbon school.
Key thing is you must research the schools, find one that has the degree program that fits you and go for it.
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