Posts by Michael Trivette:

Online College Review: BYU-Pathway Worldwide

Posted on: 30 Mar 2026

BYU-Pathway Worldwide occupies a category of one in U.S. online higher education. It is not a degree-granting institution, does not accept federal financial aid, charges tuition rates that have no equivalent at any other accredited online program, and offers bachelor’s degrees that contain 90 to 96 credits rather than the standard 120. None of those […]

Kaiser Permanente Education Benefits: Online Degrees for Kaiser Employees

Posted on: 29 Mar 2026

Kaiser Permanente operates the most distinctive education benefit structure of any major U.S. healthcare employer, and the reason why matters. Kaiser’s workforce of approximately 300,000 employees is unusually union-dense for a large healthcare system, with substantial portions of frontline, clinical support, and allied health staff represented by the Alliance of Health Care Unions, the Coalition […]

Do Online Colleges Accept Work Experience for College Credit?

Posted on: 28 Mar 2026

Yes, many regionally accredited online colleges accept work experience for college credit through a process called Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) or Credit for Prior Learning (CPL). Adult learners can typically earn 15 to 30 credits through portfolio assessment, additional credits through standardized exams like CLEP and DSST, and additional credits through ACE-evaluated employer training programs. […]

Online Degrees for Single Parents: Schedules, Aid, and Schools That Work

Posted on: 25 Mar 2026

Roughly one in five undergraduate students in the United States is raising at least one child. Among those student parents, single parents face a structurally different version of the challenge: one income, one adult managing the household, and no partner to absorb childcare overflow when a deadline falls on the same night a child is […]

Is It Worth Finishing an Online Degree You Started 10 Years Ago?

Posted on: 25 Mar 2026

If you are asking this question, you already know the rough outline of your situation: you started college, life got in the way, you left, and somewhere between 10 and 20 years have passed. You still have the credits on your transcript. You probably still have the loan debt, or you have paid it off […]

Tractor Supply Tuition Assistance: Online Degrees for Tractor Supply Team Members

Posted on: 22 Mar 2026

Tractor Supply operates more than 2,200 stores across rural America, and its roughly 50,000 team members share something that matters for thinking about going back to school. They live in places where the nearest four-year university campus is often an hour or more away, where the local community college may be the most practical option […]

TJX Companies Tuition Reimbursement: Online Degrees for TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods Employees

Posted on: 22 Mar 2026

TJX Companies runs TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, HomeSense, and Sierra in the United States, which means a huge number of off-price retail workers are technically employees of the same parent company and have access to the same education benefits. If you work at any of those banners, the path to an online degree starts with […]

Online Degrees for People in Rural Areas: Connectivity, Accreditation, and Schools

Posted on: 21 Mar 2026

If you live in a rural area and you’re considering going back to school, online education is probably the right answer even though it has real complications that people in urban areas do not have to think about. The math is straightforward: there are fewer colleges within driving distance in rural America, those that exist […]