Q:  Are these schools really accredited?
A:  YES!   We only include schools that are fully accredited as determined by the U.S. Department of Education.

Q:  How come I haven't heard of this before?
A:  This is an old concept. It was first explored by the University of Wisconsin with the Pony Express in the 1880s.  But it is expanding weekly as more colleges and universities open this option continuously.       

Q:  Do people really do this and earn their degrees by distance and for Life Experience?
A:  Absolutely! Last year over 50,000 students graduated from these fully accredited schools.  And many of these students earned their degrees on credit earned from Life Experience alone.

Q:  How long does it take to earn a degree this way?
A:  You can usually finish your degree more quickly than in a traditional class..      While some courses are tied directly to the class schedule of the sit-down
     students, most are self-paced. It is not at all uncommon to finish two      courses a month with 2-3 hours of homework a day. Credit for life      experience is even quicker.  It is possible to earn your entire credit for life degree in as little as 3 months. 

Q:  How come correspondence schools have such a bad name?
A:  Because of the many phony diploma mills that you see in the back of many       magazines across the country and on late night t.v. These schools aren't illegal but they are NOT accredited by the organizations that matter and their degrees are not seen as credible. You cannot transfer credits from   those schools into a normal college or university. We've all heard of  LaSalle all of our lives but the founder was imprisoned in 1996 for  fraud by the U.S. Government!   Be protected from this trouble by using the information we give you.  

Q:  Can I really earn credit for my life/work experience?
A:   Yes, definitely. The vast majority of colleges and universities in the U.S. offer some credit for life/work experience.   Some schools allow up to two years of credit this way, and in one case a full four year degree could be earned this way  in any of 119 different majors.

Q:  How are courses actually taken?
A:  A wide variety of methods are used including: correspondence, guided study, audio and videotapes, satellite, online, e-mail, contract learning,  equivalency exams, etc.  All of this is explained in the book.

Q:  What are costs like?
A:  About the same as college anywhere - which means all over the map from      incredibly inexpensive to very expensive. The MBA from Duke University costs $83,000! There are many schools though that are very reasonable  (under $2,000 annual tuition) and we offer a comparison guide for each  school so you can see at a glance which are the best bargains and which are  most expensive. There are major tips on how to save big bucks at the  Bachelorīs level using equivalency exams and credit for life experience.