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E-Degrees for AMTs
E-Degrees for AMTs
The GIGS and BYTES are flying, and a few aircraft technicians are reaping the rewards. Here's how to put that diploma in YOUR toolbox:
By Keith Jackson
August 2001
Like it or not, a brave new world in higher learning has arrived: and not surprisingly, information technology is playing the lead role on the global stage. Gone are the days when earning a college degree meant living on a college campus, eating dormitory food and bunking with guys named after parts of the human body. Today, the ability to exchange information is the name of the game — as much as possible and as fast as one can get it.
This push for supreme efficiency has resulted in the advent of e-learning: Universities have realized that students can cover the same material and produce the same caliber of work online as they might in the classroom. This has opened doors for many professionals already out in the workforce and no longer in a position to ship off to the other side of the country to work on a college degree.
Simply put, technology has actually made pursuing a degree a whole lot easier. And with credit for the A&P license, you’re already halfway there. The protocol for procuring the ACE transcript and recommendation for 67 undergraduate credits was detailed by Bill O’Brien in "FAA Feedback" (AMT, May/June ’01). Once you have taken care of that process, it’s time, as they say, to go to school.
University. of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation Institute http://cid.unomaha.edu/~unoai/aviation.html — Offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. Application can be filled out online. Send credentials (hand-carried credentials not accepted) to: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Office of Admissions103 Eppley Administration Building 6001 Dodge Street Omaha, Nebraska 68182-0559.
Jones International University (http://jiu-web-a.jonesinternational.edu) — Offering undergraduate and graduate degrees with a business communications emphasis. Fully accredited, application available online and all materials accessible 24 hours a day.
University. of Phoenix (http://online.phoenix.edu) — Complete virtual library, a FAQ’s page featuring the "20 Most Asked Questions on Financial Aid", and a flexible loan program for students that defers principal and interest for three years from date of first disbursement.
