[nabs-l] online college vs classroom instruction

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I recently attended Ashford University and it was a huge mistake.
They practiced fraud by telling me that I would be ready for my Praxis
when I graduated and I found out that was not the case.  I also
acrewed a huge bill from them as VR doesn't cover them fully.  Bottom
line is if you decide to take online classes, do your research.

On 5/20/11, Serena Cucco <serena.c.cucco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Josh,
>
> I'm in grad school.  I lived on campus in college and live here at home for
> grad school.  I've done quite well taking in-class courses.  I have to take
> 2 online this summer.  We'll see how they go.
>
> As far as the wheelchair factor, I suppose the practicality of living on
> campus would depend on your reason for using a wheelchair.  Although I'm not
> a wheelchair user myself, one of my sighted friends from college is.  He
> lived on campus ... His using a wheelchair never stopped him!  He's quite
> mature and approachable.  If you have any specific wheelchair-related
> questions, I'm sure he'd be happy to answer them, either through me or
> possibly directly.
>
> Serena
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Josh Gregory
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 8:25 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] online college vs classroom instruction
>
> Hi all,
> I'm a little curious here, what do people think on this? For us
> blind students who are about to graduate from high school soon
> (I'm a junior this year and will be a senior next) college is
> something some of us look into.  So, my question: Do people think
> that online college is more accessible for blind people, or
> classroom instruction? If I may ask, what have people's
> experiences been with both? What about a person who is blind and
> partially in a wheelchair such as myself, could I manage in an
> on-campus environment or would online instruction be better for
> me?
> Thanks so much,
> Josh
>
> Sent from my Apex
>
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