[NABS-L] Career transition and questions about non-traditional students and the the role that nabs can play

[sarah at sarahblakelarose.com]

Hi, Carlos.
The question of whether to work while attending school or not, in my experience, depends greatly on whether you need to support a family and whether you can afford personally to take the time to handle school full-time. I did not work during my Master's degree; but I have worked during my progress on my D.Min. (a professional doctorate). The D.Min. is a degree that assumes each candidate is working; but in addition to this, I am also the sole provider in my family--my husband is unable to work full-time at this stage of his life.

Online education is becoming extremely popular and is allowing many people to continue working while pursuing advanced degrees. My doctorate degree was in a modular format which required me to attend one-week intensive sessions twice each year. The rest of the work was submitted via online learning systems, and 40 per cent of the coursework was research-oriented. During my final year, 100 per cent is research.

I think that probably the greatest asset of NABS for nontraditional students and graduate students is networking. Imho, I think at the graduate level there is no nontraditional student. People pursue graduate degrees at every age now, and there is no norm. Welcome to your next step!


Rev. Sarah Blake LaRose
http://www.sarahblakelarose.com
Accessible instruction in Biblical languages

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Subject: Re: [NABS-L] Career transition and questions about non-traditional students and the the role that nabs can play

Hi, Carlos first a computer Braille and iPhone would be where I would start as far as technology I would focus on school full time if possible I don’t know about online schooling so I will delegate that question to someone else hope this helps.
Emma

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> On Aug 11, 2018, at 8:47 PM, Carlos Montas via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good evening to you all on the list. My name is Carlos Montas and I wanted to post  a question about career transitions and going back to school as an older student.   I would like to know what do you all think are the keys to being a successful student in todays environment?  I would like to know about the keys to being successful going to school on line? I would also like to know if you had to choose would you continue to work and go to school, or would focus on school full time? 
> In my situation I am wanting to go back to school to get my  my masster's in Public Adminestration. My career has focused on working  in the field of vocational rehabilatation.   My idea is to work on more systemic issues in the public policy in the areas of improving the over all vocational rehabilatation system.  
> 
> Finally  how can nabs help the non-traditional student?  
> Sincerely,  
> Carlos Montas 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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