Need an AA or BA/BS...suggestions?

I have almost 4 years para-professional experience in Civil Engineering for a state agency as well as several years experience in business management in various types of industry. However, I never went to college at all. Everything I learned about everything was done "on the job". I have an interest in history and collect militaria from WW1 period up and have what I think is a vast knowledge about certain things but no actual degree and transcript to show what I "know".

I was recently hired as a "Correctional Officer" for a state Department of Correction. There is currently a position available as a "Correctional Counselor" that I would like to have but it requires a Degree which I do not have. All they seem to require is a BS/BA in any area but an Associates may do the trick..Is there any way I can get a respected degree from somewhere based on my life experience,etc..? I know there are several companies that advertise for this sort of thing, but who is the best and most respected and one where I wouldn't waste my money? Who has someone on here had experience with that had a professional program that wasn't a total joke that I could apply for in the short term with good results? Also the cost?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Steve Amerson

 

No, an associate's degree will not do. In some situations, experience may be substituted for some education, but I assume you have none as a correctional counselor. Try:
www.excelsior.edu www.tesc.edu www.cosc.edu

These programs are excellent for people with a lot of college credit trying to get a degree as quickly as possible Affordable, flexible, and accredited, any would meet the requirements you state.

Rich Douglas, graduate of the first (when it was USNY) and with 3 years of recent experience as an executive in two different prisons.

 

None of them. Nada, zip, zilch.

You can, if you are determined, earn a degree in a fairly short time by demonstrating your knowledge through exams and portfolio assessment. But if you buy a degree from some company that requires only your resume and your credit card, you've just bought trouble.