Completing / Starting a DL degree from China

All,

My brother is currently teaching English in China. I don't think that he did any "official" college courses. He did a massage training for a couple months years ago. He did his general contractors license a couple years ago in California. During this time he was also studying Chinese and now for over a year he has been living in Bejing teaching English. He is apparently pretty much fluent in Chinese (obviously hard for me to judge this but that is what I've heard). He was also in Taiwan for about 6 months. He also did an English teaching course, not sure if it was Cambridge ESOL or something else. I'll have to get the details once from him.

Anyways, he is teaching business English and the company which he works for would be able to get him a different visa and better pay if he would have a degree. They told him that he should just buy one but he is thankfully not that kind of person.

So, what kind of options are out there for a flexible, inexpensive degree which can be attained from China. No doubt it would be a plus if he could get some credits for the language skills. The problem with the big 3 is that I don't think you can take the tests in China.

Thank you for your help!

 

Your brother might want to consider the Outreach School at the University of Wyoming. They do not target Chinese students in particular, but they do have several bachelors degree programs available through distance education, and when I was a student there from 2001-2004 we had a classmate who took several courses while living in China. Unfortunately, I lost touch with him after the classes we had together, so I do not know if he was able to complete his degree. Your brother will find the Outreach School staff to be very accessible and helpful, as they have been doing distance ed since the 19th century. Good luck to him!