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Week of August 3rd, 2009
  Focus: Engineers Are Needed Everywhere


Engineer workerEngineering applies science and math to design, so that things work safely, more effectively, and more efficiently.

Engineers are needed across all industries — from computer companies to airlines to cosmetics giants, and they earn among the highest starting salaries.

Explore engineering and related degrees in the table below.


Subject Degree Level
Associate's
Engineering Management
X

Other tech-related degrees with healthy starting salaries are:

Subject Degree Level
X
X
X


If you're looking for something else completely, click here to search 2,500+ online degrees from more than 200 schools in just 30 seconds!



  Check Out: Mini-guide to Engineering Degrees

Engineer on siteUnsure if an online engineering degree is right for you? Read through our the Mini-guide to Engineering Degrees for answers to questions like:



  Presenting The Career Stimulus Package!

The Empowerment Tour is making its way across the country offering free career counseling and fund-raising for scholarship dollars.

The tour is part of the Career Stimulus Package, which will award 100 full-tuition scholarships totalling almost $4 million. The winners also one-week paid internships with some of America's most innovative companies. The deadline to apply is 10/31, so get your entries in.

Next week's Empowerment Tour stops are:

  • Tues, August 4  Detroit, MI
  • Thu-Fri, August 6-7, Chicago, IL
  • Sat, August 8, Elkhart, IN
  • Sun, August 9, Matteson, IL
  • Mon, August 10, Indianapolis, IN

Click to learn more about the Career Stimulus Package and to see when the tour is coming your way!




   Online Student Spotlight: Cindy

Cindy

Who: Cindy
What: Certificate, Regulatory affairs
Where: Lehigh University

After being rejected from the master's program at her alma mater, it was a challenge for this chemist to bounce back and apply to other schools. "I had pretty much given up," she says.

Click and read how Cindy returned to school as an e-learner at Lehigh University to earn a certificate in regulatory affairs.



   eLearners Community News



This week's highlight from the Online Education Blogs:

  • eLearners blogger JaynaB says you've "got to pay the costs to be the boss!" This often has very literal meaning for e-learners (tuition, hello!), but also applies to the hefty time sacrifices required of many distance learners.




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Career Stimulus Package

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The Career Stimulus Package, is awarding nearly $4 million in full-tuition scholarships and  job shadowing stints at some of America’s most innovative companies.

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Project Working Mom


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Project Working Mom...and Dads, Too! awards one $4,000 scholarship each month for use towards your education in any way you'd like.

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