Your Location: NJ
Your Age: 43
What kind of degree do you want?: BS in either Organizational Leadership or General Management are probably my best options

Current Regional Accredited Credits: 30 total

Camden County Community College:
Administration of Justice - 3
Criminal Law - 3
Physical Conditioning/Police Academy - 3
Emergency Response - 6

Atlantic Cape Community College:
Intro to Criminal Justice - 3
Police Administration - 3
Composition I - 3
Signed English - 3
US History II - 3

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 0, possibly 6

Any certifications or military experience?: NJ State Association of Chiefs of Police Command & Leadership Academy. States it is an approved ACE course, but doesn't say how many credits. Other similar courses say 6 UL Organizational Leadership credits, which is why I stated "possibly 6" to the previous question.

Budget: $5K, if possible
Commitments: Full-time job with commute. Also 3 kids and a wife, though my wife is committed to seeing me graduate quickly.
Dedicated time to study: As much as possible, including commute time.
Timeline: ASAP. My job is slowly killing me.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: None


I've been reading this forum for a few days. I think I understand the concept of piecing together a degree. Please let me know if I'm understanding this correctly. First, I should do my online work like Sophia, Study.com, Davar, Coursera. Then I should enroll in TESU. Maybe just sign up for the 1 credit TECEP, even if I never take it. That entitles me to (unlimited?) transcript evaluations. I absolutely need to do the cornerstone (is this the Information Literacy?) and the capstone at TESU. If I don't do a minimum of 15 credits at TESU, I'm charged a fee, so it makes sense to just take the 15 credits there. E-packs satisfy that requirement. Once my transcript has been evaluated, then do my semester at TESU so I absolutely know what is required of me to graduate. 

Is all of that correct?


Plan: TESU BS in Organizational Leadership

Gen Ed:
English Composition I - ACCC class - fulfilled
English Composition II - Sophia
Public Speaking - Sophia
College Algebra or better - Sophia
Information Literacy SOS-110: TESU
Diversity Intercultural Literacy - Sophia Introduction to Sociology
Ethical Leadership - Sophia Introduction to Ethics
Civic Engagement & Awareness - Sophia US Government
Social Sciences - Criminal Justice class - fulfilled
History - ACCC US History II - fulfilled
Humanities - ACCC Signed English - fulfilled
Two courses social sciences/history/humanities - 2 Criminal Justice classes - fulfilled

Organizational Leadership:
Organizational Behavior - Organizational Behavior e-pack
Foundations of Leadership - Study.com Foundations of Leadership
Leading Organizational Change - Study.com Leading Organizational Change
Communication - Study.com Leadership Communication
Advanced Leadership (12 credits):
Command and Leadership (6 credits)
TESU Change Management
Study.com Mentoring & Leadership Development in the Workplace
Adv Leadership (9 credits, 6 must be UL) - Google Project Management Certificate via Coursera
Practicum - TESU Capstone
Economics - Sophia Macro or Microeconomics
Managerial Communication - Davar Academy
Organizational Theory - Study.com
Computer Concepts - TESU CIS 107 epack
Business Electives (6 credits)
Sophia Principles of Finance
Sophia Managerial Accounting
Electives - 21 credits
12 credits on current transcript not being used to fulfill specific gen ed requirements
Sophia Business Law
Sophia Principles of Marketing
Sophia Introduction to Statistics

Hi all!! All I need for my bachelors is 3 credits in Social/Behavioral Science. I think Introductory Psychology would be the fastest for me to grab (Or intro to Sociology), but I have no idea what resources are the best for that course...

Any tips/links/PDFs/Practice Tests/Quizzlets?

Joe Biden trying to Ban TikTok verses Donald Trump
https://www.tiktok.com/@patrickwcutler/v...1258195243

I received as a gift one free course in AI from Great Learning.
I am posting the link here.
one free course
Whoever is first will get it.

https://www.tamuc.edu/free-cbe-spring-courses/

Saw this on a Facebook group and haven't seen it cross posted here. Grad courses with three different bundles:

1. Leadership and Training
2. Safety and Emergency Preparedness
3. Instructional Design


Maybe this helps someone out!

Hello everyone,

I applied for admission into the BABA PM & IS program a few weeks ago. When filling the application form, I mentioned that I attended college in the US 15 years ago, but I had to withdraw due to medical reasons and only finished 5 courses. I was then asked to provide the necessary documents, which I did including a high school transcript evaluation since I'm an international student, an English proficiency test and a Credly transcript showing more than 90 transferable credits gained from sophia and coursera. I was also asked to send an official transcript from the university I attended, but when I tried to do that, I discovered that I have a financial hold for an amount of money that is impossible for me to pay off anytime soon. I then emailed the admissions team at UMPI and told them about my situation, but they still insist that I provide that transcript even though I have provided all the other documents and a resume showing an extensive professional experience and now they won't even respond to my messages. I have also contacted Jessica Winslow who refered me to the director of yourpace admissions. He answered once repeating the same thing and no response from him again.
I am very worried since this is my last chance in getting a bachelor's degree soon that will allow me to start a master's program next fall. Please if anyone knows how I can resolve this situation, I'm all ears.

Thank you!

Walden hasn't changed their pricing much for the Tempo Learning CBE option, fees are in USD as they're an US University.  It's currently at $3K/3 months, $175 fee, so that's just $3,175 a session and if you need 6 months, that's 6K plus fees...  

Here's the fees webpage, they're bumping it up to $3100/3 months and 180 fees March 2025: https://www.waldenu.edu/online-masters-p...ology#fees 

This is just one example, I would guess they're changing the pricing for other Bachelors/Masters programs that are also on the Tempo Learning system.  You may want to see which degree you're looking at, the example above is for the MS Psychology degree.

If you have a bachelor's in Biology, Chemistry, or Math, are already eligible to live and work in the U.S., are not yet a certified teacher, but are interested in transitioning to teaching in a rural high-need school district, you might qualify for a free MAT (online with in-person practical work), and a multi-year stipend to supplement your income, from Concord University's STEM Fellowship Program.

Hello everyone,
I hope to enroll for a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts degree from Excelsior university. Anyone in this group who has done the degree can advice me on the expected costs of the degree after transferring credits from some of the courses I have done in Sophia. Thank you.

I'm currently doing my MS in Organizational Leadership at Johns Hopkins. I have two semesters left to go and will graduate in August of next year. Right now I have a 3.8 GPA. I'd like to pursue a PhD (or possibly a DBA - I put one on this list). I'm doing it for personal reasons and because I have some genuine research interests that I'd like to pursue. I'd also enjoy doing some part time teaching (online) and maybe move to full time (non-tenure track) when I retire. (My dad had a PhD, worked in industry for 37 years, and then spent the last 17 years of his life at a large state school). My research interests are more on the Leadership side of things, but they are still very related to business, so could work with a PhD in Bus Admin as well.

Here are the programs I've narrowed it down to:

Gonzaga, PhD in Leadership.
https://www.gonzaga.edu/school-of-leadership-studies/academics/ph-d-leadership-studies
The main negative about this one is the really high cost. I could do it, but the other ones are half as much or less. School is more well known than others on the list, which is a plus.

Indiana Tech, PhD in Global Leadership
https://phd.indianatech.edu/program/

University of Southern Maine, PhD in Leadership
https://usm.maine.edu/academics/academic_programs/leadership-phd/
I'm kind of leaning towards this one.

Tiffin University, PhD in Global Leadership and Change
https://go.tiffin.edu/doctorate-programs/ph-d-in-global-leadership-and-change/

UNC Greensboro, PhD in Business Administration
https://www.uncg.edu/degrees/business-administration-ph-d/
Maybe a more useful degree than leadership? However, it takes 5 years to complete.

Touro University Worldwide, Doctor of Business Administration
https://www.tuw.edu/academics/business/doctor-of-business-administration/
I put this on here because it only takes 1.5-2 years to complete. Requires a research project instead of a dissertation. Probably a big negative for academia. School is Jewish-aligned which appeals to me as a Jewish person.

I should also add that I have over 25 years of experience in the software industry (non-technical) leading teams, so tons of real-world experience in leadership and business in general (currently at the VP level).