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Online Learner Profiles: Alex C.

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Guide to Online Education > Online Education In-Depth > Meet Real Online Students > Alex C., Associate of Arts in Business Administration

The road to a higher education has at times been a bumpy one for Alex C.

This 30-year-old system administrator has had his share of setbacks in his quest for a college degree.

But now he has finally found his groove—he's finishing up a long-delayed associates degree and will soon embark on his bachelors.

And he's doing it on his own terms by earning his degree online. Alex is currently studying business administration through
AIU Online.

Once that is completed, he plans to head directly into AIU Online's Bachelor of Information Technology program with a concentration in Network Administration.

Alex began his studies after high school, attending a traditional community college full time.

But as happens for many students, financial pressures made full-time school impossible. Alex continued to work on his associates on a part-time basis, attending classes at night after work and on weekends.

He juggled work and school for a while but the amount of time he had to put into school, with all the time sitting in traffic to commute there after work, left him with little chance to relax.

"I had no personal time," he explains.

But after working for a few years, Alex realized that to further his career he was going to have to find a way to continue his education. "I started to consider going back to school a few years ago because I knew my knowledge was limited," he says.

In his field, being out of touch with current technology is not an option. As he put it, "I needed the newer tools to be prepared for the future."

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