"Writing makes a person more exact and is a skill
required of all educated people."
required of all educated people."
1. At your initiation, your mentor is available for consultation on a regular basis.
2. The student is in charge of his or her own learning. Institutions don't learn, people learn.
3. The required work for all programs consists of writing 1,000 word critical summaries of the student's understanding of the material. The 1,000 word requirement amounts to approximately 3 and 1/2 pages double spaced for each chapter of each book assigned for each course. By the end of your program, you will have created a body of written work suitable for publication and sale from your own website.
4. Upon completion of your program, a final interview will take place by phone. This final interview precedes the award of board certification and degree by the board of trustees. It is an enjoyable process that takes about an hour to complete. Please look forward to this conversation with us.
5. Student writings must comport with the Concise Rules of APA Style.
Introduction: A Pocket Reference for Writers
Concise and Bias-Free Writing
Punctuation, Spelling, and Capitalization
Italicizing and Abbreviating
Numbers, Metrication, and Statistics
Displaying Results
Footnotes, Appendices, and Supplemental Material
Crediting Sources
Reference Examples
Appendix: Checklist for Manuscript Submission
References
Index
Watch the tutorial, ABCs of APA Style, by clicking on this link: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
3. The required work for all programs consists of writing 1,000 word critical summaries of the student's understanding of the material. The 1,000 word requirement amounts to approximately 3 and 1/2 pages double spaced for each chapter of each book assigned for each course. By the end of your program, you will have created a body of written work suitable for publication and sale from your own website.
4. Upon completion of your program, a final interview will take place by phone. This final interview precedes the award of board certification and degree by the board of trustees. It is an enjoyable process that takes about an hour to complete. Please look forward to this conversation with us.
5. Student writings must comport with the Concise Rules of APA Style.
Introduction: A Pocket Reference for Writers
Concise and Bias-Free Writing
Punctuation, Spelling, and Capitalization
Italicizing and Abbreviating
Numbers, Metrication, and Statistics
Displaying Results
Footnotes, Appendices, and Supplemental Material
Crediting Sources
Reference Examples
Appendix: Checklist for Manuscript Submission
References
Index
Watch the tutorial, ABCs of APA Style, by clicking on this link: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
Academic Fallacies
"Since a college's or university's academic prestige (unfortunately) depends primarily on its professor's research and publications, students will not ... get a better education at the more prestigious institutions with the higher paid faculty..."
"One of the biggest fallacies about academic institutions is that attendance at big-name colleges and universities is virtually essential for reaching the top later in life."
"The four institutions with the highest percentage of their undergraduates going on to receive PhDs are all small colleges, with less than 2,000 undergraduates ... Some have fewer than 1,000 students..."
"Of the chief executive officers of the 50 largest American corporations surveyed in 2006, only four had Ivy League degrees and just over half graduated from state colleges, city colleges, or a community college."
"Some, including Michael Dell and Bill Gates did not graduate at all!"*
* Economic Facts and Fallacies by Dr. Thomas Sowell