Saint Leo Online Human Resource Degree GetEducated.com, a consumer group that reviews and ranks online university degree programs for cost, quality, and credibility has released their 2010 school rankings of the Top 18 Ranked Best Buys in Online Masters in Human Resources.

The online university affordability rankings are based on a comprehensive, independent survey of 33 regionally-accredited management schools that offer 35 different online master’s in human resource career areas including training and development and human resources management. Both master’s of science or arts and online MBAs with human resource concentrations were reviewed and ranked for affordability.

Get started on your graduate degree in social work at Saint Leo University! The Master of Social Work (MSW) degree at Saint Leo University is offered online to students in Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. Attend class via webcam and receive real-time, face-to-face interaction in the comfort of your own home. Students can choose to study in one of two specializations: advanced clinical practice; or management.

The MSW program is an innovative full-time graduate online program. Students should enter the program knowing that they will have to adjust their lives and make time commitments to meet the demands and expectations of the Saint Leo University MSW full-time online program.

Finding a job remains difficult in the current market, but new research shows a glimmer of hope for 2009 graduates who do land jobs. The glimmer appears on the paycheck. Grads’ starting salaries are still holding at around the same level as the starting pay offered to 2008 grads. In better years, it is true, new grads hope the starting salaries go up, rather than hold steady or lose a few percentage points. But bear in mind that in the current economy many people who are able to hold onto their jobs in challenged workplaces, in both the public and private sectors, are having their pay cut, so this is good news.

Master of Education Degree

Saint Leo University is offering the Master of Education in Educational Leadership Program online. This graduate studies (http://www.saintleo.com/Graduate/) program focuses on public school curriculum and instruction, organizational management and development, leadership skills, communication skills, technology, human resource management and development in education, educational law, and educational finance.

When Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin spoke on Saturday, June 6, at Saint Leo’s Atlanta-area commencement, she moved the audience at the Atlanta Civic Center with a call to action that was beautifully expressed, and well worth sharing.

The Mayor quoted from the words of noted African-American scholar and activist William E.B. DuBois, who once wrote that “today is the seed time” when we must plant the beginnings of a better future.