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TITLE: DISTANT
DIPLOMA 8-00-12 (Three Part Version)
ANCHOR
LEAD
YOU CAN DO ALMOST
ANYTHING OVER THE INTERNET THESE DAYS…AND THAT INCLUDES GOING TO COLLEGE.
DISTANCE LEARNING CAN BE A CONVENIENT WAY TO GET AN EDUCATION, BUT AS
_________REPORTS, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHICH CYBERCAMPUS YOU
CHOOSE.
#1 Length
:33
WRAP ONE
Length : 06
YOU'RE BUSY…YOU WORK FULLTIME…AND YOU WANT TO TAKE COLLEGE COURSES…EVEN
EARN A DEGREE.
ACT :Distance
Learner Length :04
"I have to work every day, I can't really go to a normal school."
ACT :Distance
Learner Length :02
"It seemed like it was perfect for me."
WRAP TWO
Length :11
HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS ADVERTISE ON THE NET. THEY SHOW FLASHY PICTURES
OF CAMPUSES AND PROMOTE THEMSELVES WITH CATCHY JINGLES. LASALLE UNIVERSITY
OFFERS A PERSONAL GREETING FROM ITS PRESIDENT.
NATS: Length
:06
"We have worked hard to create a stimulating learning environment centered
around the educational needs of our students."
WRAP FOUR Length:
04
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME DISAPPOINTED CYBER STUDENTS.
#2 Length
:1:02
WRAP FIVE
Length :12
EARNING A
COLLEGE DEGREE TAKES TIME AND EFFORT, WHETHER YOU ATTEND CLASSES IN
PERSON OR ON-LINE. MIKE LAMBERT OF THE DISTANCE LEARNING COUNCIL WARNS
STUDENTS TO BE WARY OF PROMISES OF QUICKY DEGREES.
ACT : Mike
Lambert,Distance Education Council Length :05
"Earning a degree, especially a doctorate degree in a matter of months
is a dead giveaway."
WRAP SIX
Length :07
SCHOOLS CHARGE FROM TWO TO EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THEIR DEGREES.
AS MANY DISAPPOINTED STUDENTS KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
ACT :Distance
Learner Length :03
"It was nothing but a sham."
ACT :Former
Student Length :09
"I tried to call the school a lot of times and then the phones would
be just, like, off the hook, or nobody picks up."
WRAP SEVEN
Length :11
A COLLEGE EDUCATION WAS THE DREAM OF ONE 69 YEAR OLD MAN, WHO SIGNED
UP FOR A SCHOOL CALLED COLUMBIA STATE UNIVERSITY. IT TURNED OUT TO BE
A SHAM. HIS DAUGHTER SAYS SHE'S ANGRY.
ACT :Victim's
Daughter Length :10
"I'm very resentful that people like that keep taking advantage of very
intelligent, hardworking, decent people. It just has to stop."
WRAP EIGHT
Length : 04
COMING UP NEXT…HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DISTANCE LEARNING DISAPPOINTMENT.
#3 Length
:47
WRAP NINE
Length :10
THERE ARE MANY REPUTABLE PLACES TO EARN A DIPLOMA ON THE INTERNET. WASHINGTON
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN BRYN MAWR PENNSLYVANIA HAS GIVEN OUT HUNDREDS
OF DEGREES WITHOUT ANY REPORTED PROBLEMS.
ACT :Administrator
Length :08
"We do the academic enrichment by providing them special books, related
to their study field."
WRAP TEN
Length: 19
SO HOW DO YOU TELL WHICH SCHOOLS ARE LEGIT? EXPERTS SUGGEST YOU CHECK
OUT THE SCHOOL'S ACCREDITATION BY CALLING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AT 202-219-7011. AND FIND OUT IF YOU CAN TRANSFER THE CREDITS TO A MAJOR
UNIVERSITY. BUTAS ONE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICIAL SAID, IT'S BUYER
BEWARE.
ACT :Spokesman,US
Dept of Education Length :10
"If they are promising you something that seems unrealistic, their promise
is probably not one that will be sustained in the long term."
WRAP ELEVEN
Local Talent Wrap
LOCAL ANCHOR
LOCKOUT
IN 1996, DREXEL
UNIVERSITY IN PHILADELPHIA LAUNCHED THE FIRST FULL MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM
IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS DELIVERED ENTIRELY ON-LINE…AND THE FIRST CLASS
OF PARTICIPANTS GRADUATED THIS PAST SPRING. DREXEL HAS ALSO JUST LAUNCHED
THE FIRST TECHNO-MBA PROGRAM ON-LINE.AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU FEEL YOU
HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF BY A DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM, CONTACT THE FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION, OR YOUR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
TITLE:
DISTANT
DIPLOMA 8-00-12A (Single Part Version)
ANCHOR LEAD
YOU CAN DO ALMOST
ANYTHING OVER THE INTERNET THESE DAYS…AND THAT INCLUDES GOING TO COLLEGE.
DISTANCE LEARNING CAN BE A CONVENIENT WAY TO GET AN EDUCATION, BUT AS
_________REPORTS, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHICH CYBERCAMPUS YOU
CHOOSE.
WRAP ONE
Length : 02
IT SOUNDS GREAT…
NATS :06
"We have worked hard to create a stimulating learning environment centered
around the educational needs of our students."
WRAP TWO
Length :08
THAT'S THE ON-LINE PITCH FROM THE PRESIDENT OF LASALLE UNIVERSITY. AND
SOMETIMES IT IS GREAT…EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT OR A DEGREE ON THE INTERNET.
ACT :Distance
Learner Length :04
"I have to work every day, I can't really go to a normal school."
WRAP THREE Length
:13
BUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF BY PROGRAMS THAT AREN'T LEGITMATE.
ONE 69 YEAR OLD MAN SIGNED ON WITH COLUMBIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND LEARNED
THE HARD WAY THAT THIS INSTITUTION WAS A SHAM. HIS DAUGHTER SAYS. SHE'S
ANGRY.
ACT :Victim's
Daughter Length :10
"I'm very resentful that people like that keep taking advantage of very
intelligent, hardworking, decent people. It just has to stop."
WRAP FOUR
Length: 10
SO HOW DO YOU TELL IF THE DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM YOU CHOSE IS LEGIT?
MIKE LAMBERT OF THE DISTANCE LEARNING COUNCIL WARNS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD
BE WARY OF SCHOOLS THAT PROMOTE QUICKY DEGREES.
ACT :Mike
Lambert Distance Education Council Length :04
"Earning a degree, especially a doctorate degree in a matter of months
is a dead giveaway."
WRAP FIVE
Length: 18
EXPERTS SUGGEST YOU CHECK OUT THE SCHOOL'S ACCREDITATION BY CALLING
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AT (202) 219-7011. OTHER TIPS. AND FIND
OUT IF YOU CAN TRANSFER THE CREDITS TO A MAJOR UNIVERSITY. AS ONE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION OFFICIAL SAID, BUYER BEWARE.
ACT :Spokesperson,US
Dept of Education Length :10
"If they are promising you something that seems unrealistic, their promise
is probably not one that will be sustained in the long term."
WRAP SIX Length
:
Local Talent Wrap
LOCAL ANCHOR
LOCKOUT
IN 1996, DREXEL UNIVERSITY IN PHILADELPHIA LAUNCHED THE FIRST FULL MASTER'S
DEGREE PROGRAM IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS DELIVERED ENTIRELY ON-LINE…AND
THE FIRST CLASS OF PARTICIPANTS GRADUATED THIS PAST SPRING. DREXEL HAS
ALSO JUST LAUNCHED THE FIRST TECHNO-MBA PROGRAM ON-LINE.AND BY THE WAY,
IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF BY A DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM,
CONTACT THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, OR YOUR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE.
Contacts:
Michael Lambert
Executive Director
Distance Education and Training Council
202-234-5100
The Distance Education
and Training Council is a recognized accrediting agency that has approved
65 online and home-study schools. It provides guidance to consumers
who want to evaluate this type of program.
Lee Fritschler
Assistant Secretary of Post-Secondary Education
U.S. Department
of Education
202-219-7011
Mr. Fritschler monitors
and evaluates post-secondary degree programs both online and traditional.
His department offers advice to students who want to check accreditation
of a certain college, or who need to report a "diploma mill" or an institution
that engages in false advertising.
Localization
Tips:
- See if there
are any distance learning schools in your neighborhood (search on
the Internet under "Distance Learning."). If there are, interview
the Director.
- Call your state
Attorney General's Office, your Department of Education, and your
Better Business Bureau to see if there are any complaints against
any of the schools in you area. (Note: To talk about this with the
Better Business Bureau, you will first need the address and phone
number of the school you are questioning. You can get this from the
Internet)
- If there are
complaints, interview the Attorney General, someone from the Department
of Education, or a member of the Better Business Bureau.
- Find and interview
local former students of the schools. You can request names from one
of the above agencies, or get them off the Internet. The Louisiana
Attorney General's office is also a good source in information on
victims. Louisiana has taken strict action against one of these schools,
which has former students all over the country. They are very good
about giving out names and addresses of former students in your area.
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