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Title: Bears Guide to Earning College Degrees Nontraditionally by Mariah P. Bear MA, John Bear, John B. Bear PhD ISBN: 0-9629312-3-3 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: April, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: forthright evaluation of distance education schools
Comment: This book is an excellent resource for students considering a degree via distance education methodologies. The book provides the reader with concrete definitions of dist ed and categorizes the schools by the amount of participation required (i.e on-campus vs. email). The section I found most useful was the careful and meticulous review of schools that were rip-offs and Dr. Bear's cautionary notes on schools started by people with a shady past. There are several excellent dist ed schools out there and this book helps you select one that meets your needs. Considering the cost of a degree these days, I felt the book was a great investment before my BIG investment
Rating: 5
Summary: John Bear's book changed my life!
Comment: I had to work to eat but I always wanted to go back to school. John Bear showed me it can be done (both eating and school I mean). I just graduated Magna Cum Laude with a communications degree. Now I'm off to get a Masters. If I can do it so can anyone.Thanks John.
Rating: 5
Summary: Bear's Book a Standard for Advising Non-traditional Students
Comment: First a bit of background - I have been involved in distance education for over 25 years and have been a university and community college faculty member for over 15 years. I have traditional bachelors and masters degrees (two of them in fact). My work in distance education includes the design, production, scheduling and delivery of "traditional" video telecourses as well as Web-based courses.
In my work with students over the past decade and a half, I have advised a significant number to explore completetion or advancement of their academic programs through non-traditional or distance programs.
In all that time, I have used Dr. Bear's books as my primary referrence about distance education. I believe I started with the second edition of his "Bear's Guide" and have acquired every update since. For a number of years, his was the only publication which presented a comprehensive collection of information about programs and schools.
I have always received positive feedback form my students who relied on the information Dr. Bear presented - their expereinces with specific schools most often mirrored the reviews in the "Guide".
Throughout the years and the progression of new additions I have noted a marked shift in the method of presentation, particularly regarding the level of Dr. Bear's crusaiding against those institutions that did not measure-up to his standards. The largest number of those outfits would be called degree mills, but he did assail a fair number of "real" schools for being non-responsive, pompus or disorganized.
I must confess I miss that level of "edge" in his last couple of editions. This is unfortuante, I beleive, given the growth of educaitonal coursework via the Internet and the fact that the majority of two and four-year schools in the U.S are offering some form of distance learing (with that number growing every day.
Nonetheless, I still find "Bear's Guide" to be the best single resource for distance and non-traditional post-secondary education.
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Title: Bears' Guide to College Degrees by Mail & Internet: 100 Accredited Schools That Offer Bachelor'S, Master'S, Doctorates, and Law Degrees by Distance Learning (College Degrees by Mail and Internet) by John Bear, Mariah P. Bear, Editors of Degree.Net ISBN: 1580084591 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Get Your Degree Online by Matthew Helm, April Leigh Helm ISBN: 0071357130 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 18 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning by John Bear, Mariah P. Bear, Degreeinfo.Com ISBN: 1580084311 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: One Year to a College Degree by Lynette Long, Eileen Hershberger ISBN: 1563840014 Publisher: Vital Issues Pr Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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