The book your talking about "Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees Nontraditionally" is a very detailed walk through what's available and what to watch out for. He has a website: http://www.degree.net where you can order the book as well as a lot of other information.
It's now in it's 14th edition and has changed names to "Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning".
I have this book (actually the 12th edition) and I'm currently compiling my portfolio to submit to a credit bank for review. I met John Bear at a seminar he filled in for on non-traditional degrees and both what he presented and himself where extremely informative and thought provoking.
I've also been in the tech industry for more than 15 years. The last 9 with just 2 companies and averaged a promotion every 18 months and 18% year raise. I'm looking for a degree now (whatever legitimate degree I can accomplish quickly) simply because I learned from a few recruiters that with the number of people LOOKING for work, companies are trying to filter through the deluge of resumes they receive.
I've been offered every job I've interviewed for including a random encounter with a business man I ran into in Las Vegas in 88.
This post is heavily buried under the responses from this post, but if you made it here the link above should prove extremely helpful in your search.
Garth
Looking for a Product/Project Manager with a strong ecommerce background? garth -AT- wavi . com.
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It's now in it's 14th edition and has changed names to "Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning".
I have this book (actually the 12th edition) and I'm currently compiling my portfolio to submit to a credit bank for review. I met John Bear at a seminar he filled in for on non-traditional degrees and both what he presented and himself where extremely informative and thought provoking.
I've also been in the tech industry for more than 15 years. The last 9 with just 2 companies and averaged a promotion every 18 months and 18% year raise. I'm looking for a degree now (whatever legitimate degree I can accomplish quickly) simply because I learned from a few recruiters that with the number of people LOOKING for work, companies are trying to filter through the deluge of resumes they receive.
I've been offered every job I've interviewed for including a random encounter with a business man I ran into in Las Vegas in 88.
This post is heavily buried under the responses from this post, but if you made it here the link above should prove extremely helpful in your search.
Garth
Looking for a Product/Project Manager with a strong ecommerce background? garth -AT- wavi . com.