Student Portal Streamlines Online Learning

Online Counseling Only a Mouse Click Away for Distance Learners

Pre-enrollees considering an online degree often wonder where to turn to for more information about the schools and degree programs they're considering. Finding answers to these kinds of questions is easy. All of the nation's leading online universities offer prospective students and full-time enrollees online access to counselors and student portals that make finding pre-enrollment degree and course information a snap.

The University of Phoenix Online, the nation's largest online university and the home to one of the country's most popular MBA programs, is an excellent example of how best to answer a wide range of student and pre-enrollment questions. Answers to pre-enrollment questions about the school's popular MBA program are available simply by requesting more information using a easy-to-complete form on the UOP website.

Once it receives a request for information, UOP follows up on the request by having a qualified counselor of the University's educational counseling staff call the prospective enrollee. During the telephone conversation, counselor and student explore the student's educational objectives, a process that includes an assessment of any applicable credits the student may bring to the UOP program. This helps the counseling staff plan the course of study a student must follow in order to complete her MBA degree at the University of Phoenix Online.

The role taken by counselors in assisting students to complete their degrees at UOP carries on well beyond the pre-enrollment period. Counselors are also well versed in shepherding new students through the online enrollment phase, including the process of requesting transcripts and completing applications for scholarships and financial aid. Approximately 59% of students enrolled at UOP, particularly those who hold down a full-time job while pursuing their degree, receive financial aid towards that degree from their employer.

While UOP makes counselors available to students at any point during their academic careers, enrollees also enjoy the benefits of the University's online student portal, where each student receives their own pin-protected gateway to UOP's online campus. The gateway links to a wide range of resources that offer information about specific degree programs, degree requirements, class schedules, the University bookstore, as well as resources that allow students to track their tuition payments and grades and even view online evaluations of their coursework by their instructors. Another important link whisks students to a student success center, where advice is available on subjects ranging from career planning to tutoring.

Institutions of higher learning like the University of Phoenix Online have done everything possible to help prospective students and full-time enrollees find information relevant to their career path and online degree program. Make good use of these opportunities to smooth your path to that coveted online degree.

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