Over the last few months of the year, I've been reading MSN articles from Business Insider and CNBC Make It.  Many people have gone from their dream jobs to being their own boss.  I worked for NewsCorp from Dec 2000-May 2008, then IBM from June 2008 to Dec 2019, ultimately decided to go for many personal reasons...  

Basically, I've been a consultant/contractor in business, education & IT for the last few years hovering around 80K, even though it's a pay cut from the near 100K I was making, I think there are trade offs, as long as you're alright with those trade offs, I think that's something to look into before jumping ship and making it on your own.

Work on your balanced mix/match trifecta of certs, degree, experience before deciding.  Here's another couple of people who did something similar:
Link: I Landed a Dream Job at Apple and Left After 2 Years (businessinsider.com)
Link: I spent 6 years studying to become a chartered accountant. Then I gave it all up to become a soft-skills trainer. (msn.com)

Hey guys I have 4 classes left to take for the semester (BABA PM&IS)
BUS325
BUS343
BUS415
BUS469

I know BUS 325 is Trudel and Reyes-Fournier
BUS469 is Lynds and Trudel (?)
Does anyone know who the active professors for 343 and 415 are for this session?

Hello Community, currently I am searching for start a PhD in economics or business management; oriented in economic development for 3rd world countries. As a full time worker I expect to do it online and I have receive some offer from SSBR and Paris University of International Studies; however I would love to hear advices from the community. I am from Italy (EU recommendations can be great because the fees are more affordable) and I possess 2 Engineering degrees (Computer Science and Mathematics) + an MBA.
Thank you very much !

Your Location: Non-US, Bermuda
Your Age: 30
What kind of degree do you want?: Been eyeing an Associate of Business Administration
Current Regional Accredited Credits: None

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: None

Budget: Preferably not more than $10-15K
Commitments: I work full-time as Warehouse Manger
Dedicated time to study: weekends and 2 hours every weekday 
Timeline: 1-2 years is fine
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Ha, I wish

Been reading till my head spins, I looked at SNHU and got accepted but haven't started yet looking to do Sophia and study.com first. but wondering if their is a better option.

Hi all,
Okay I must be getting old I guess lol because I am now venturing into the college planning stage for my oldest. She is 15 and will be a sophomore in high school next year (she is homeschooled and is extremely diligent and organized with her work).

The goal (hopefully realistic) is to have her graduate her senior year of HS with both a high school and ASSOCIATES degree.

We would need the associates degree to be:
1) credits from REGIONALLY-ACCREDITED schools

2) LOWEST PRICE possible. I know money doesn’t matter for some but sadly it does for us haha. We really need the associates to be as low-cost out of pocket as possible.

3) no CLEP or AP courses.

Hope that makes sense. If anyone can shed any light or guidance, I would really appreciate it. Thanks all.



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I did everything I needed to and submitted my application to graduate in May 2024 before the deadline. I did not physically attend the graduation and understand diplomas will be mailed by end of June. I got an email in my student account Outlook and it said final grades were posted last Thursday. I checked and it says “No grades on your record are available”. I already reached out to Pierpont and they suggested logging out and back on, which didn’t do anything . I haven’t heard back from them since. Is anyone else having this issue?

Hi, I'm turning 20, had a bad experience with my high school and unfortunately ended up not graduating. Now I am aware of tons of schools I can enroll in to get a degree due to me having (transfer credits) Sophia, but there are other schools that don't have transfer pathways or do but require to self-certify, high school completion. So I thought okay, as those schools have highschool diploma or equivalency as a requirement, I could get an associates degree first from a school that does not require that and then, if I want to enroll in one of those schools, I can. Though, with my communications with various schools, they don't consider a degree as a equivalency even though I later stumbled upon a U.S. Dept of Education page stating 60 credits or an associates to be an equivalency and explained as such. The TESU chat rep for example messaged saying that the chat has become unproductive and disconnected on me.

https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/...ploma.html

"Recognized Equivalent of a High School Diploma (RED)

RED-Q1. The regulations at 34 CFR 600.2 include the definition of a “recognized equivalent of a high school diploma.” One of those equivalents is “an academic transcript of a student who has successfully completed at least a two-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s degree.” Does this mean that any coursework that is at least two years or more is an acceptable equivalent of a high school diploma?

RED-A1. No. To be a “recognized equivalent of a high school diploma,” the two years of coursework must be acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s degree. The following are considered the equivalent of completing a "two-year program," regardless of the time it takes a student to complete the coursework (e.g., on an accelerated schedule):

Successful completion of an associate’s degree program;
Successful completion of at least 60 semester or trimester credit hours or 72 quarter credit hours that does not result in the awarding of an associate’s degree, but that is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s degree at any institution; or
Enrollment in a bachelor’s degree program where at least 60 semester or trimester credit hours or 72 quarter credit hours have been successfully completed, including credit hours transferred into the bachelor’s degree program.
[Guidance issued 1/24/2014; revised 7/7/2015]"

As said, I already have a list of schools for me to choose from and I have already chosen my school for my associates so it's not a issue in that regard, just upsetting that these schools refuse to acknowledge the U.S. Department of Education's policy.

Also, I am Canadian and in my province of Ontario, a degree is also considered an equivalency.

I am wondering if people have any thoughts on this, like if I was misinterpreting the policy or what's up with this

I have been searching all day but can not seem to find out if SNHU accepts the BOG degree. Does anyone know? I actually really would love to go to the University of Florid for Computer Science but I am waiting for an answer if they accept the BOG. I have taken enough Sophia credits for the BOG and now I am realizing it may not even matter.

Hi everyone,

I emailed my academic advisor to get access to view my updated degree audit/progress report. I also have been sent the YourPace catalog and I'm looking at my updated degree audit and realize that the POS 301 European Gov and EU, POS 332 Constitutional Law, POS 371 International Relations and Modern Conflicts and POS 493 Political Science Capstone don't "double-dip" for the requirement of 'Complete 18 credit hours of upper level (300-400 level) Political Science Courses'. 

I have completed 9/18 credit hours of upper level courses (POS 335, 370, 343), which means I still need to complete three upper level political science courses. I am planning on completing POS 377 Modern China and POS 439 Vietnam Wars. That leaves me with one more upper level class to complete. 

To illustrate better, here are all the POS classes listed in the YourPace Catalog and all the bolded ones are the classes I either have taken or am currently taking and then all the italicized ones are the classes I plan on taking.

• POS 101 American Government
  
• POS 211 Intro to Political Thought
  
• POS 301 European Governments and the European Union
  
• POS 332 Constitutional Law
  
• POS 335 Modern Political Thought
  
• POS 343 Marxism
  
• POS 370 Topics in Non-Western History: Native American History
  
• POS 370 Topics in Non- Western History: Arab-Israeli Conflict
  
• POS 371 International Relations and Modern Conflicts
  
• POS 377 Modern China
  
• POS 439 The Vietnam Wars
  
• POS 493 Political Science Capstone
  

Help. I have two find two courses to satisfy Excelsior’s - Business Communication 222 (They don’t take Sophia any more ) 
International BUS 434
I didn’t want to do Study .com because Of lengthy courses but will if I have too and I need to do it in like two days. Any advice ? Last two classes I need to be able to walk and yes I am paying the fee for post evaluation. Need to complete this weekend.