| If you considering pursuing an online course of study, | | | | Accreditation is one factor that can help ease the |
| there are probably several major questions on your | | | | worries of members of older generations. Accredited |
| mind. Most likely, the biggest of these questions is | | | | degrees allow an employer to look at the program of |
| how will your current or future employer view an | | | | study that you followed to earn your online degree. |
| online degree. Although there is no clear cut answer | | | | By having access to this information, an employer |
| to this question, there are several major factors you | | | | (even one that is a member of an older generation) |
| can take into consideration. It is important that you | | | | can see that the online education you received was |
| take the time to thoroughly consider and understand | | | | just as valuable as the education that someone |
| all of these factors. | | | | attending a four-year college or university receives. |
| The first factor that you need to take into | | | | When determining how an employer views an online |
| consideration is the generation gap. The generation | | | | degree, the final factor you need to take into |
| gap refers to the distance between generations. For | | | | consideration is your own performance. This factor is |
| example, if you are a twenty-five year old, there is | | | | arguably the most important of all the factors that |
| an obvious gap between you and someone that is | | | | have been discussed. When an employer is evaluating |
| fifty-five. The generation gap applies to online | | | | your life experience degrees, once they get over |
| education in the way that older generations view the | | | | any initial apprehension that your degree was |
| internet and anything that is part of it. For some | | | | obtained via the internet, they will be scrutinizing your |
| older generations, they do not actually understand | | | | personal performance in your program of study. Just |
| the internet or what it can do, and therefore they | | | | as they would look at someone's grades at an actual |
| are threatened or even almost afraid of it. For this | | | | four-year, your employer will be very interested in |
| reason, they may view something like an online | | | | how well you did in the courses you took in order to |
| degree as trivial or not even legitimate. Although this | | | | obtain your degree. Therefore, it is very important to |
| may seem like a major problem, it is probably not as | | | | take your online education very seriously. It is not |
| bad as you may think. | | | | enough just to obtainan online degree, it is necessary |
| The generation gap factor actually leads into the | | | | that you excel in the program that you study. By |
| second factor that you need to take into | | | | performing to the best of your ability, your employer |
| consideration when taking a look at how employers | | | | will see that you are a committed individual that |
| view an online degree. The second factor that you | | | | takes important things seriously. |
| need to be aware of is accreditation. Accreditation is | | | | As you can see, there are quite a few factors that |
| that separates legitimate online education programs | | | | impact how an employer will view your online degree. |
| from scams that are worth more than taking your | | | | Although there is not a specific answer, as long as |
| money. It is vitally important that you choose an | | | | you choose an accredited online program and take |
| online degree program that is accredited. By choosing | | | | your online education seriously, any employer that |
| an accredited degrees, you can ensure that you are | | | | reviews your resume will give your online degree the |
| investing your time and resources into the correct | | | | same respect that they give to a degree obtained |
| program. Now, you may be asking yourself how the | | | | from a four-year institution. |
| generation gap and accreditation are related. | | | | |