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For 30 years, BEAR'S GUIDE TO EARNING DEGREES BY DISTANCE LEARNING is the most comprehensive, respected, and opinionated guide to the potential minefield of non-traditional education. It's often faster, cheaper, and even better to earn an associate's, bachelor's, master's, doctorate, medical, or law degree off campus. As more schools bring the classroom to the student through mail, video, and the internet, the need for an accurate, up-to-date, and technically savvy resource is more crucial than ever. This is the guide for anyone looking to advance a stalled career, return to the workforce, or take the next step to advance his or her education.

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• Dedications and Acknowledgments(p. vi)
• About the Authors(p. vii)
• Part 1 Important Issues in Nontraditional Education
• 1 What Nontraditional Education Is All About(p. 1)
• 2 What Are Colleges and Universities, and How Do They Work?(p. 4)
• 3 Degrees, Degree Requirements, and Transcripts(p. 7)
• 4 Is a Degree Worth the Effort?(p. 12)
• 5 Using Titles(p. 18)
• 6 How to Evaluate a School(p. 23)
• 7 School Licensing Laws: State, Provincial, National, and International(p. 31)
• 8 Accreditation(p. 37)
• 9 Accredited versus Unaccredited: How Does One Decide?(p. 63)
• 10 Scholarships and Other Financial Aid(p. 66)
• 11 Applying to Schools(p. 68)
• Part 2 Alternative Methods of Earning Credit
• 12 Equivalency Examinations(p. 71)
• 13 Courses by Mail and Internet(p. 75)
• 14 Credit for Life-Experience Learning(p. 78)
• 15 Credit by Learning Contract(p. 84)
• 16 Credential and Transcript Evaluation Services(p. 87)
• 17 The Credit Bank Service(p. 91)
• Part 3 The Schools
• 18 Accredited Schools with Degrees Entirely by Distance Learning(p. 93)
• 19 Accredited Schools with Short Residency Programs(p. 163)
• 20 Other Schools with Nonresidential Programs(p. 198)
• 21 Other Schools with Short Residency Programs(p. 241)
• 22 Other Schools with Nontraditional Residential-Programs(p. 246)
• 23 High School Diplomas(p. 251)
• 24 Law Schools(p. 258)
• 25 Medical and Naturopathic Schools(p. 266)
• 26 Degree Mills(p. 272)
• Part 4 Miscellany and Reference
• 27 Honorary Doctorates(p. 303)
• 28 Bending the Rules(p. 311)
• 29 Advice for People in Prison(p. 313)
• 30 Miscellaneous Schools(p. 317)
• Appendix A Glossary of Important Terms(p. 337)
• Appendix B Bibliography(p. 343)
• Appendix C About the Personal Counseling Services(p. 348)
• Appendix D Research Doctorates(p. 349)
• Subject Index(p. 353)
• School Index(p. 362)
• Index(p. 381)

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MARIAH BEAR lives in Oakland, California. She is the publisher of How Now Pocket Pals in San Rafael.
THOMAS NIXON is a public school teacher who has taught university courses in both traditional and distance-learning formats. He is co-author of Bears' Guide to the Best Education Degrees by Distance Learning as well as guest author for the high school diplomas chapter in Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning. Tom writes regularly on distance-learning and nontraditional education for print and online publications.