E-Campus allows full-time workers to attend college
Kathryn Jones
Issue date: 6/8/05 Section: News
Used to be, you could go to college, study, have some free time, and never have to worry about the 'working world' until you finished school. Today, you can dream about the past all you want, but the truth is that those days, for many of us, are over.
In 2001 it was estimated by Sebago Associates, an economic consulting firm, that "fifty-seven percent of all college students have jobs-and in 2000, that "one in 10 college students attended classes full-time and worked full-time."
This is no easy life. But fortunately, here at SLCC, there is opportunity for easing your learning through eCampus classes-and the opportunities are growing. Currently, summer courses offer 97 choices, from American Civilization to Introduction to Surveying. The eCampus class numbers grow a bit higher in the fall. One hundred classes are offered-from Internet classes to instruction that involve television, video; DVD, chats or web-enhanced, types of learning.
What does this mean for the part-time or full-time student-worker?
Plenty. Students signing up for the American Civilization Internet class can save gas money and time by not having to come to the college in-between or after work. This is obvious kudos. In fact, after buying books, unless students buy them online of course, the students don't even have to visit the school until they take their final exam at the Assessment Center. According to SLCC-eCampus students have "several days in which to take the exam."
"If you live an exceptional distance from a SLCC campus you request a proctor for your exams," SLCC-eCampus suggests.
Students can pick up a proctor form on the e-Education Support Site or from eCampus Service Center. "The form identifies several professional areas from which you may select a person to proctor your exams. When you identify the individual, you must submit their name and address during the first two weeks of the semester. At exam time, [the college] will mail the exam to the proctor and it is your responsibility to arrange to take the exam." Most of the Internet courses "offer testing via the course website."
In 2001 it was estimated by Sebago Associates, an economic consulting firm, that "fifty-seven percent of all college students have jobs-and in 2000, that "one in 10 college students attended classes full-time and worked full-time."
This is no easy life. But fortunately, here at SLCC, there is opportunity for easing your learning through eCampus classes-and the opportunities are growing. Currently, summer courses offer 97 choices, from American Civilization to Introduction to Surveying. The eCampus class numbers grow a bit higher in the fall. One hundred classes are offered-from Internet classes to instruction that involve television, video; DVD, chats or web-enhanced, types of learning.
What does this mean for the part-time or full-time student-worker?
Plenty. Students signing up for the American Civilization Internet class can save gas money and time by not having to come to the college in-between or after work. This is obvious kudos. In fact, after buying books, unless students buy them online of course, the students don't even have to visit the school until they take their final exam at the Assessment Center. According to SLCC-eCampus students have "several days in which to take the exam."
"If you live an exceptional distance from a SLCC campus you request a proctor for your exams," SLCC-eCampus suggests.
Students can pick up a proctor form on the e-Education Support Site or from eCampus Service Center. "The form identifies several professional areas from which you may select a person to proctor your exams. When you identify the individual, you must submit their name and address during the first two weeks of the semester. At exam time, [the college] will mail the exam to the proctor and it is your responsibility to arrange to take the exam." Most of the Internet courses "offer testing via the course website."
