Action research, applied systematically to the issue of poor academic performance, provides a high likelihood of improving student outcomes. The action research processes described in this book are honed by many years of successful application, and provide teachers, educational leaders, families and community members with a set of tools for engaging with significant problems in classrooms and schools. This book is designed to provide the reader with an understandi… More >>
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Turn Your Experience into a Degree from a Culinary Institute
Many community colleges and traditional four-year colleges allow students to earn credits by demonstrating their experience. For considerably less cost than taking the course, students can take a test to prove their knowledge in the subject. If they succeed, they are awarded credit for the class without having to actually take it. Many culinary institutes are now offering similar programs, allowing individuals with a certain amount of work experience in the culinary arts to earn their degree without having to go back to school.
Earned credit programs can vary from one culinary institute to another. Various programs are offered to individuals who have worked in the field for at least four years; due to the students’ prior experience, the program can go through the course requirements of an associate’s degree much more rapidly than with beginning students. At another culinary institute, a culinary professional might only need to pass the corresponding tests and prove his or her knowledge of the culinary arts; the amount of experience required to participate in an earned credit program can also vary from one culinary institute to another.
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