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Degrees.com Launches New Online Education Directory; Students Have Expanded Resource for Online Education.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- Degrees.com (www.degrees.com) announced today that it had launched a free online directory of degree and certificate programs. As a premier source of information about post-secondary schools, Degrees.com partners with an extensive array of high-quality accredited accredited

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 institutions to supply accurate and useful information about their traditional campus and online programs, certificates and degrees.

The consumer-friendly Web portal See portal.  helps potential students locate and compare degrees, programs and related services, including undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees, online degree programs, vocational schools, and professional certifications Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure that he/she is qualified to perform a job or task. . The site will be expanded to include useful information about financing an education, preparing for college, and studying for entrance exams Noun 1. entrance exam - examination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studies
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"Potential students, such as working adults who do not have a lot of time, can find the best offering in a particular field in one place instead of visiting numerous websites," noted Ken Hayes Kenneth Edward Hay (b. November 13, 1933) is the founder of The Wilds, a fundamentalist camp and conference center.

Ken Hay, a native of California, was athletic and 6' 3" and became a student leader at Bob Jones University, where he graduated in 1955 with a BA in Bible.
, General Manager of Degrees.com. "The user can browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser.  by school, degree level, or subject matter. For students who want to complete their degree or for those seeking to enhance their career through continued education, Degrees.com provides comprehensive information for everyone."

Along with its new student portal, Degrees.com specializes in lead generation programs, connecting quality student prospects to post-secondary educational institutions.

Responding to the growing trend in lead generation among post-secondary institutions, Hayes said, "All schools - even traditional, non-profit academic institutions - need to learn how to attract the right students using online marketing techniques. Eduventures' research has found that the costs to market and advertise to potential students are rapidly escalating. They estimate that more than 40% of these schools' promotional budgets now go to connecting with students through Internet channels The Internet Channel is a version of the Opera 9 web browser for use on the Wii by Opera Software and Nintendo.[1] On December 22, 2006, a free beta version (promoted as a "trial version") of the browser was released. , including online education directories (OEDs). Schools need professional partners that provide consumer-friendly, search-driven services along with quality traffic sources and scalability, complete lead information, and filtering mechanisms."

The company is a silver sponsor of the Eduventures' Competing in Higher Education higher education

Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art.
 show that is being held on the West Coast for the first time at the Omni Hotel in Los Angeles on December 7-9, 2005. Some 150 of the West Coast's leading educators and educational executives are expected to attend. Degrees.com is also sponsoring free mobile connectivity for all participants.

About Degrees.com

Degrees.com is a member of the Oversee.net family of companies (http://www.oversee.net) which operates in multiple segments of the on-line advertising space.

Visit Degrees.com online at: (http://www.degrees.com)

For more information about our lead generation programs, call 213.408.0080.
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