College degree advice needed

I am a 44-year-old career woman with two teenage children. I was Employed as an office manager/events coordinator and administrator in the mental health/addiction field for a nonprofit company for 18 years. due to recent budgetary cutbacks from the state of New Jersey I was laid off. My knowledge and experience in this field are comprehensive and my contacts throughout the state are extensive. The difficulty is that I have no college degree and most companies want this piece of paper no matter what your career experience consists of. Needless to say, I can't spend two or three years going to classes to earn a degree. So what's the quickest most efficient way that I can get a degree, I certainly have the knowledge and work experience to qualify for one.

Christine

 

Hi Christine - Distance learning is not necessarily about getting a degree quickly although there are a lot of people who are interested in speeding up the process. I'm sure that you've accomplished much in your career and that you're very knowledgable. There are, however, elements to a university degree that are not clearly part of your work experience. I am referring to the general education credits that comprise a large segment of an American Bachelors degree. Courses like English Lit or History or Math or Anthropology, etc. Of course you can try to test out of those courses as well as any others. In that regard I'd suggest that you read through the following website quite carefully.

http://www.bain4weeks.com/

Lawrie is an old friend of degreeinfo and his site has helped many people to shorten the time it took for them to earn their degree. Good luck.