Ashworth College
Frequently Asked Questions
Ashworth College is confident that they offer the right home study program for you. In the following Q&A format, you can read answers to key questions about Ashworth's distance education career courses and programs, so that you can be sure that Ashworth College will meet your highest expectations.
Q. Can your courses really help prepare me for a career?
All of Ashworth College's courses are developed by credentialed educators, and experts who have worked as professionals in their careers. They know what it takes to succeed, and they want you to succeed, too. Therefore, your course includes practical knowledge and skills designed for use in the "real world."
The authoritative textbooks, lessons, and study guides for each of Ashworth College's courses are comprehensive and detailed, and carefully selected for successful, self-paced independent study. In fact, your textbooks are produced by some of the nation's finest educational publishers.
Q. What if I need help along the way?
Ashworth College's faculty and instructional staff will closely monitor your progress during your studies. If you have questions or want to discuss a point in your studies, just write, call, fax, or E-mail Ashworth College 24 hours a day. Ashworth College will give you prompt, personal, and detailed assistance.
Q. How do the exams work?
As you complete your lessons, you'll be assigned periodic exams. You'll take these with your books and notes open, whenever you're ready. This is a method that's designed to help you lock in key concepts. Mail your exam to Ashworth College whenever you're ready. For your convenience, most exams are available to take online. Semester achievement exams are proctored. Ashworth College makes every effort to grade exams the same day they receive them.
Q. What are the prerequisites for enrollment?
For the vast majority of Ashworth College course offerings, you'll need no special training or education or experience to enroll. However, some courses require a high school diploma, or an introductory level of technical ability or familiarity with the subject matter. For details, read the individual Course Description to see if your course has any prerequisites.
Ashworth College's High School Program teaches the 8th through 12th grades. In order to evaluate any previous high school credits for transfer purposes, Ashworth College will need your previous high school transcript.
Ashworth College offers year-round enrollment. If you're ready to start, Ashworth College is ready to accept you now!
Q. Will I have to buy anything extra after I enroll?
All of your texts, lessons, study guides, workbooks, supplemental references, and any special supplies are included with your tuition. They're all yours to keep and use, both while you study and later in your career. Some of Ashworth College's computer training courses require the use of an IBM-compatible computer.
The High School program requires use of computer or typewriter for some courses; others require a tape recorder; others require a scientific calculator. These are not furnished by Ashworth College. At graduation, you'll receive your handsome, personalized, nationally accredited diploma. You will want to display it proudly, as it represents your dedication to achievement and your success at reaching an important educational goal.
Graduates will receive their very own custom-sized class ring, inlaid with the school seal and featuring a beautiful, genuine cut stone.
Q. How long should it take for me to graduate?
Most of Ashworth College's career diploma programs are designed to be completed within nine months to a year. However, you will be allowed up to two years from your date of enrollment to complete your course of study. There are no other deadlines, and you will never be pressured by Ashworth College to finish. You set your own pace of study, taking as little or as much time as you need to thoroughly study and learn to get the most out of your studies.
For students in the High School program, you will be allowed up to 12 months to complete each year of your program. It's possible to complete a typical year of high school in six months. You may apply for an extension.
Q. Could I be reimbursed by my company or the military for taking this program?
Your company may be able to take advantage of the Employee Education Assistance Act (IRS Code, Section 127), which may allow for partial or full reimbursement of your tuition. Check with your supervisor or human resources department.
Ashworth College is qualified under the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support, or DANTES program. If you are on active or reserve military duty, you may be eligible to receive partial reimbursement for your tuition upon completion of your program.
Q. What's special about the home study programs of Ashworth College?
Ashworth College has helped tens of thousands of people, in the U.S. and in 100 countries worldwide, prepare for career achievement. Ashworth College is ideal for busy people who work, have family obligations, or treasure their leisure time. For all of our programs, you study at your own pace, setting your study time to fit your own personal schedule. And you don't have to leave your current job to study and learn from Ashworth College. Your exams are open book, which challenges you to "lock in" key concepts.
Imagine "going to school" without ever stepping foot in a classroom, without wasting time commuting, without wasting money on room and board, and without competing with other students. As a distance learner, you are in control of your education. Yet if you need help along the way, prompt, professional assistance is available to you by phone, mail, fax, or E-mail.
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