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Free degrees :) - GoodYellowDogs - 08-08-2015
I've been following on Facebook - can't wait to buy and read it for my granddaughter. WOOHOO!
Free degrees :) - cookderosa - 08-08-2015
LaterBloomer Wrote:Maybe you'd become a famous writer, and spend all of your time on the talk show circuit?
As always, Cookderosa, thank you for all that you do to help us get out degrees.
ha ha, I hope not. lol
Free degrees :) - cookderosa - 08-08-2015
publius2k4 Wrote:Congratulations!
I think you need to offer your degreeforum.com friends the opportunity to order autographed copies
I don't even have a cell phone, I have no plans to start a distribution website lol. I'll make you a deal, if we ever meet for coffee, I'll make it happen.
Free degrees :) - frankshorey - 08-08-2015
Workforce Education and Adult Learning
Free degrees :) - cookderosa - 08-09-2015
frankshorey Wrote:Workforce Education and Adult Learning
Thanks Frank. I actually debated a long time about whether or not I'd include workforce development/education and adult learning programs in the book, and decided not to. My inclusion criteria required that any program I listed offered a full degree (many programs were non credit or certificate / diploma options intended for quick-employment or improvement) and in some cases you had to work with a govt agency if you were laid off, a company closed, or you collected unemployment- and I felt like including that might mean I supported people losing their jobs so they could receive free training (or worst-case: encouraged it). The people who have fallen on hard times already have those resources at their disposal, so I opted to leave it out. Same with scholarships, I left out scholarships for the same reason- I felt like stepping over dollars to pick up pennies wasn't the message I wanted to send, and there are already a zillion scholarship books out there. I kept it clean - free tuition for a full degree open to the general public.
Free degrees :) - cookderosa - 08-11-2015
GoodYellowDogs Wrote:I've been following on Facebook - can't wait to buy and read it for my granddaughter. WOOHOO!
Denise, in California, if you're a resident of San Luis Obispo County, Contra Costa Unified School District, or Ventura County, and your child attends k-12 (has to graduate) they'll get free community college tuition. Not a huge benefit for 1 person, or to move far for, but if you have many children or are living near there anyway....it's certainly nice. That can be used for diplomas, certificates, or degrees.
Free degrees :) - dfrecore - 08-13-2015
I live in CA (but not in those places), and I had NO IDEA they offered that!! Never heard it, and I am up on a lot of college-related stuff. I guess there's always more to learn!
Free degrees :) - cookderosa - 08-13-2015
dfrecore Wrote:I live in CA (but not in those places), and I had NO IDEA they offered that!! Never heard it, and I am up on a lot of college-related stuff. I guess there's always more to learn!
Dfrecore, if you find others, let me know! One thing I'm finding is that from year to year, funding changes, so I've already started a file for NEXT year lol.
Free degrees :) - Gooberman11 - 08-20-2015
Cook, you are the rock star of information! I can't wait to look at the site!
Free degrees :) - cookderosa - 08-20-2015
Gooberman11 Wrote:Cook, you are the rock star of information! I can't wait to look at the site!
Thanks Goober, I like "rock star" so much better than "nerd"