Showing posts with label Online Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Online Education. Show all posts

Friday, August 30, 2013

Attending an online for-profit school

A few years ago, I decided to go back to school to finish a bachelor's degree.  The school I ultimately chose was Capella University, an online for-profit college.  Online universities, and for-profits in particular, have a poor reputation, but I decided to attend anyway.  Here's my take on for-profit universities and why I plan to return to Capella to finish a master's degree.

Availability

I live in a small town.  When I started going back to school, there were no night-time or degree completion programs that I could take advantage of.  I would have loved to go back to school full-time and attend a well-regarded university, but I support a family and can't afford to relocate and quit work in order to go to school.  I needed a degree program that I could complete while working full-time.

Understanding Scope in Go

As per my New Year's resolution, I've been learning to program in Go and reading  The Go Programming Language .   On page 141 of the...