[NABS-L] non-traditional students and the the role that nabs can play

Janae Burgmeier janae.burgmeier at gmail.com
Sun Aug 12 14:34:37 UTC 2018


Carlos,
I am getting my MBA while working full time. It’s pretty similar to the public admin area so feel free to reach out to me if you had questions. 

If you can afford it, go to school full time.  If you are like me and cannot, do not take more than one class at a time. It will take you forever but you will not be able to do more if you are working. 

For online classes, it’s best to figure out what platform they are using like blackboard or moodle. Some platforms are more accessible than others. 

A lot of classes like to use the message boards for discussion questions so you will have to learn the etiquette of posting a thread and replying to them if that’s not something you know. 

If you are good with technology you will be fine. A lot of textbooks still are not accessible electronically so you will probably have to go the traditional route you are used to for that anyway, however, if you have some eyesight you can use kindle textbooks on their app but you just have to zoom in on the text since it doesn’t work with voiceover. 

I think non traditional students could make a great outreach call. If you have any ideas about how NABS could support you, please let us know but I feel like s lot of our information can be applicable across lots of students and their situation. 

I don’t want to get too wordy with advice but feel free to reach out if you have questions. 



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