How to Balance Work and Graduate Studies
Posted by sean on June 6th, 2008
True story: I just graduated college with a Bachelor’s degree. I graduate from a traditional university where I studied in a traditional way, which is to say in classrooms, face to face with professors and peers. I had a great experience, and now I have to head into the frightening world of 9-5 work just like most people have to. Because of the price of conventional degrees at conventional institutions, many people like me leave school with loans piled up on our backs and so we’re required to work right away to start paying them off. This requirement means that it’s harder to pursue graduate school studies, which I’d like to do. But I think I’ve found an answer, and it’s what a lot of people, young and old, are starting to do nowadays: online education.
The great thing about online education is that it’s flexible. It allows one to pursue academics while still holding on to a steady job. Sure, a schedule filled with full-time work and classes is going to be hectic, but it’s entirely manageable–much more manageable than pursuing full-time studies and full-time work simultaneously. Distance education, online education, e-studies–whatever you want to call it, it’s changing the face of academia. As I look toward graduate studies, I know that I can dedicate part of my time to school, some more of my time to work, and the rest of my time to the rest of my life. That way I can continue making money, paying off loans, earning enough for living expenses all at the same time, even if that sounds unbelievable.
Another thing about online education is that it’s simply less expensive. There’s no need for the institution to rent out space, materials are all on the Internet rather than in expensive textbooks, and there’s no need to commute, because it can be done from home (or wherever there’s access to a computer and the Internet).
The fact is that online education makes graduate studies possible for people like me. Online studies are changing the face of academic institutions, and there’s plenty of reason to be excited about it.
Tags: online graduate degree, online master degree
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