To Celebrate Distance Learning Week, Ashworth College Offers Free Associate Degree Semester

Oct. 31, 2012 - PRLog -- PEACHTREE CORNERS, Georgia – In recognition of online learning and National Distance Learning Week (November 5-9, 2012), Ashworth College (http://www.ashworthcollege.edu/) is offering a free semester to any new online associate degree (http://www.ashworthcollege.edu/programs/associate-degree/) student.  

Sponsored by the United States Distance Learning Association, National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) promotes and celebrates the growth and accomplishments of distance learning programs.

Available only to high school graduates who are starting their college careers, new students can enroll in any of school’s 15 online associate degree programs. An Ashworth (http://www.ashworthcollege.edu/) Associate Degree program consists of four semesters and with this promotion, upon successfully completing the first three semesters, students will be allowed to complete their final semester for free.

"National Distance Learning Week is a great way to recognize the 6.1 million U.S. students who have pursued some or all of their education online and the institutions that are educating them," says Rob Klapper, President of Ashworth College, citing a 2011 Babson Research Group study.

“In addition to providing students with a quality online education, this promotion will save students as much as $1,250 dollars off the program’s total price.” Klapper also explained that Ashworth doesn’t charge for course materials, making an Ashworth College Associate Degree (http://www.ashworthcollege.edu/programs/associate-degree/) a significant value.

For those interested in taking advantage of the free semester can contact an Ashworth Admissions representative via phone, enroll or request information via the school’s website or Facebook page or speak directly to an Ashworth Admissions Representative at 800- 349-6708.

About United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)

The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) is a non-profit association formed in 1987. USDLA promotes the development and application of distance learning for education and training and serves the needs of the distance learning community by providing advocacy, information, networking, and opportunity. Distance learning and training constituencies served include preK-12 education, higher and continuing education, and home schooling.

About Ashworth College

Celebrating 25 years of Educating Minds and Changing Lives, leading online school Ashworth College has built a tradition of excellence by offering students worldwide an extensive range of online college (http://www.ashworthcollege.edu/) degrees, online certificate programs, career training and online high school diploma options that are affordable and fit the busy schedules of working adults. Ashworth offers military education as well as specialized programs for corporate partners and homeschoolers.

Headquartered in Peachtree Corners, GA, Ashworth is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The Accrediting Commission of the DETC is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency. Ashworth is parent to James Madison High School which is accredited regionally by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI), an accreditation division of AdvancED and further provides career training and vocational programs in the fields of health, business, technology, education, and skilled trades through sister schools PCDI Canada, New York Institute of Photography and Sheffield School.