Earning your degree may seem like an impossible feat, especially if you are a war veteran. Below is a story written by Jean, a veteran of the Iraq War. Upon returning from the war, she started taking classes at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois. Shortly before completing her associates degree from Parkland, she learned of the adult degree-completions program offered through Eastern Illinois on Parkland's campus. Due to the support and flexibility offered by EIU to their adult students, Jean was able to juggle the responsibilities of motherhood and being a college student. Read on to learn how Jean turned her struggle into success, thanks to Eastern Illinois University’s adult degree completion program . Battlefield inside the Hallways The difficulties countless veterans deal with can be engulfing; however, the struggles are not unmanageable with the help of other veterans, students, and instructors. All that is needed to un...
The Bachelor of Arts in General Studies degree program is a nontraditional approach to obtaining a fully accredited bachelor of arts degree. Designed for the mature adult who has family and career responsibilities and who may live at a distance from campus, the program combines sound academic principles with advances in technology to provide ways to achieve degree completion.