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Online Learner Profiles: Charles D.

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Guide to Online Education > Online Education In-Depth > Meet Real Online Students > Charles D., Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership & Management

Whoever thinks distance learning is always anonymous and lacks community should take Charles's case in point.

He found Regent University by word of mouth and knows many people who attend school there as well, even though he rarely steps on campus except to purchase his textbooks.

"I go to a church here locally and got really good feedback from a lot of people I know," says Charles, 38, who lives two miles away from Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA.

"A lot of people at my church work at Regent or are students there."

Even so, Charles took his decision to go back to school seriously and did his research, considering also Old Dominion University, Hampton University, Troy State, and St. Leo University before ultimately selecting the school that he thought was right for him.

For Charles, getting his B.S. is about fulfilling a personal goal as well as allowing more mobility within his current career as a firefighter with the Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire & Emergency Services.

Though he started taking college courses as a young man in the Air Force in order to increase his career opportunities, the going was slow, as his education had to be put on hold each time he was deployed.

"Back when I was in the Air Force, when I was deployed in Hungary or places like that, computers weren't so easy to find," he explains.

Charles still managed to finish his associate's degree and was out of school for a few years when he started hearing about the benefits of distance learning through friends and colleagues.

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