Many career colleges offer specific programs online and the opportunity to take classes both at the campus or online helping you fit school into your busy schedule. Do small class sizes, multiple career programs and even online programs interest you? Are you looking for night and weekend classes? Interested in focused curriculum and hands-on training? Need help getting a job after you graduate? If you answered yes to any one of these questions a career college might be the right choice. Here are 7 benefits of attending a career college.
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According to 50States.com "Accreditation is a process of validation in which colleges, universities and other institutions of higher learning are evaluated. The standards for accreditation are set by a peer review board whose members include faculty from various accredited colleges and universities."
Topics: career college, academics
Mildred Elley is now offiering the Network Administration and Computer Security Certificate program at our Pittsfield Campus. We update our program offerings frequently to meet the needs of employers and the demand of today’s job market.
Topics: career college, Mildred Elley, career path
The Massage Therapy programs on each campus recently published and distributed to all enrolled program students a Massage Therapy Student Handbook. The Massage Therapy student handbook outlines the mission, philosophy, and goals of the program as well as the program’s conceptual framework and expected instructional outcomes.
Topics: career college, students, Massage School, Ken's Corner
The faculty of Mildred Elley have begun a cross-campus academic review of ENG 102, English Composition. Similar to the academic reviews that were conducted for the Freshman Seminar and Anatomy and Physiology courses, each campus will convene a group of interested faculty members to review the course syllabus, textbook, grading rubrics, assignments, rigor, and student learning outcomes of ENG 102, English Composition.
Topics: career college, Mildred Elley, students, academics, Ken's Corner
Academic Department Goals and Faculty Meeting Structure
Posted by Dr. Ken Clough on Dec 22, 2015 10:25:00 AM
In conjunction with the 2015-2016 academic goals, Mildred Elley has aligned academic department goals with specific regulatory and accreditation outcomes. This academic department goal alignment process has also resulted in an improved faculty meeting structure.
Topics: career college, Mildred Elley, academics, Ken's Corner
Administrative Professionals’ Day, formerly known as Secretaries’ Day, is observed annually in the United States on Wednesday of the last full week of April. Long before this holiday was first established in 1952, Mildred Elley has been on the cutting edge of training students for administrative careers in the Albany, New York area. Since Mrs. Elley began to train students in shorthand and typing skills in her Quail Street home in 1917, thousands of students have graduated from the school with the skill sets necessary to provide administrative support in a great variety of settings.
Topics: career college, Mildred Elley, student success, career services, student services, students, career path, motivation, job search, academics
Five Ways to Succeed as a Medical Billing & Coding Professional
Posted by Karry Brothers on Jun 10, 2014 4:20:00 PM
Thinking about a career in healthcare information technology? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment for medical records and health information technicians will grow 21 percent between 2010 and 2020, which is faster than the national average. This includes Medical Billing & Coding Professionals.
Topics: career college, online classes, ICD-10, learn ICD-10 online, career services, career path
Medical coding and billing is the process of translating information from patient records—treatments, tests, procedures, and diagnoses—into the standardized codes used to bill patients and third-party payers such as insurance companies and Medicare.
Topics: career college, online classes, ICD-10, career services
Careers in Law Enforcement: Crime Scene Transcriptionist
Posted by Karry Brothers on May 8, 2014 9:49:00 AM
The demand for law enforcement transcriptionists is rapidly growing. Performing this kind of crime scene transcription is, however, more than just being able to type fast or without typos. Fortunately, there is a training program called Non-Medical Transcription that can get you off and running on this great career path.
Topics: career college, online classes, work at home, career services, career path