(EMAILWIRE.COM, April 10, 2009 ) Online Degree Programs: How the U.S. can Catch Up in Higher Education

When it comes to higher education, the United States is in danger of lagging behind other leading nations. In fact, researchers estimate that in order just to keep up academically and technologically with these countries, American citizens will need to earn an average of 1 million college degrees each year.

Unfortunately, however, high school dropout rates have reached epidemic levels. According to a statement released last year by then-Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, only half of all minority students graduate high school on time (U.S. Department of Education, April, 2008). With this in mind, it’s hard to imagine how those who do graduate from high school each year will be able to accomplish this goal of earning one million college degrees annually.

And according to the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), it isn’t practical or realistic to expect that this need will be met by students just graduating from high school. Despite this seemingly grim outlook, though, there is hope: by encouraging millions of working adults to get accredited degrees, the U.S. can still meet this challenge.

Accredited online degree programs, like those offered at www.degree.com, are the key to making this goal possible. By making these programs affordable and accessible to working adults, more than 10 million people will be able to completed accredited degree programs in the next 16 years.

Professor Sheila Danzig outlines how these estimates can be converted to college degrees for millions of nontraditional students: “It’s pretty simple. If you help people to earn a degree online, they don’t have to quit their jobs and stop supporting their families in order to go back to college and earn accredited degrees.”

Owned and administered by Professor Danzig, Degree.com is dedicated to offering excellence in higher education to nontraditional students who don’t have time to spend their days in a classroom. Additionally, most of these degree programs accept transfer credits from traditional universities, making it much easier for the nearly 17 million adults who have completed some college courses to get accredited degrees.

To find out more about top online colleges that offer accredited degrees in an area that interests you, visit Degree.com. Each of the universities and programs listed at www.degree.com is offered by an accredited college or university.

This site does not support diploma mills or online degree scams, and takes care never to endorse these in any way. Only regionally accredited (the gold standard of accreditation) degrees are listed. Be confident that if you earn a degree online through a program Degree.com, you’ll get a quality education that will help you to advance your career and earn more money. Don’t waste your money on a questionable education – start earning a degree that you can be proud of today!

Contact Information:
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Sheila Danzig
Tel: 954.445.0107
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