http://www.achieveyourcareer.com/blog/are-older-students-better-at-learning-online/ A discussion about online degrees and your career Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:14:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.achieveyourcareer.com/blog/are-older-students-better-at-learning-online/#comment-4528 rj Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:42:30 +0000 http://www.achieveyourcareer.com/blog/?p=1022#comment-4528 I think younger students who are just out of high school don't understand what it's like to study at the university level yet. Online college education is extremely self-directed, and somebody older with more experience in the workforce and maybe a family will probably have better organization skills. Also, older workers who go for online degrees (maybe even <a href="http://www.coloradotech.edu/IAS.aspx" rel="nofollow">online graduate school</a>) are often doing it in the hopes of improving their career prospects. For lots of younger students, a career is still an abstract idea. I think younger students who are just out of high school don’t understand what it’s like to study at the university level yet. Online college education is extremely self-directed, and somebody older with more experience in the workforce and maybe a family will probably have better organization skills. Also, older workers who go for online degrees (maybe even online graduate school) are often doing it in the hopes of improving their career prospects. For lots of younger students, a career is still an abstract idea.

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