Cheapest general education

Hello everyone!

My son has just completed high school via a longterm military style placement. I am surveying various distance education options as he contemplates culinary arts enrollment in 2010.

Is LSU still a good, cheap option? I looked at the official cheap thread but found discrepancies.

Kindly,
Steven King, MBA, MEd
Possibly enrolling in an EdS VERY SOON.

 

Have you considered testing?? He could test out of his gen-eds while choosing a major and school. CLEP and DSST/DANTES tests are awesome ways to take gen-eds very cheaply.

 

Hi...

Yes, I have thought of both. I am not sure how seriously he would "self study" for same. I'll run it by him...thanks for the response!

Steven King

 

I wasn't sure that I would be motivated enough to do it, either, but I really like it. It's amazing how having those tests scheduled with no turning back, almost on a one-try basis, really makes you work at it, moreso than individual assignments that you feel like you can fudge on occasionally.

Good luck to him on whatever he decides!

 

If your son needs "coursework" - may I recommend Clovis Community College: www.clovis.edu

 

For her culinary arts training (and degree), one of our daughters considered all the 'big time' options, like the Culinary Institute of America, and Johnson Wales . . . but her research, and mine, persuaded us that the local community college had a really terrific program. And the three semi-fancy restaurants where she worked, after completing her degree (and an additional year learning fancy desserts and cake decoration, in Baltimore) all said she was at least as well-trained and skilled as their employees from the well-known places.

The cost then was $50 a semester for California residents. I just checked, and it has gone up to $332, still quite an amazing bargain.

 

I will definitely check them out...thanks!

 

Hey John,
We are using the local CC program, as well. He has to wait till June to establish residency but will be able to enter a top notch program then. In the mean time, I need a few basics for his AA degree (English, Math, History, and a Humanities elective...)

Thanks!