Active duty and reserve members of the armed forces often rely on online courses to pursue their educational goals. With the possibility of deployment present as a daily reality, online degree programs can enable military students to work towards their bachelor’s degree or master’s degree without worrying about deployment interrupting their educational program.
Saint Leo University’s Center for Online Learning offers online degree programs that can bolster the academic and professional growth of every student, from undergraduate through master’s degree level. Chartered in 1889, Saint Leo University brings 120 years of educational experience to its highly regarded online degree programs.
Saint Leo University’s President Arthur F. Kirk, Jr. appeared on the regional public television program “Suncoast Business Forum,” hosted by Geoff Simon.
The half-hour interview, held last August, focused on Saint Leo University’s financial turnaround, today’s economy, and the business aspects of the higher education industry. Viewers also learned about Dr. Kirk’s turnaround successes at his two previous institutions.
Saint Leo University has been approved as an educational partner by the FBI National Academy Associates, a non-profit professional group of 17,000 members who are high-ranking law enforcement officers nationally and internationally. The associates specifically sought recognized institutions that would be able to offer its members high-quality undergraduate and graduate courses and degree programs.
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.
