>> So as an IT professional prior to joining the military,
the bachelor's degree wasn't a super important thing to have, and this is in the late 90's,
early 2000's, so it was software certifications and your ability to, you know,
program and execute, those were the important skills
when you're trying to develop new technology.
And then joining the military, of course, now you're traveling and you're deploying
and now all this kind of stuff and so Excelsior enabled me to take my IT certifications,
my previous college experience, as well as my military education,
combine those into a single portal, if you will, and then allowed me
to get my bachelor's degree in, you know, a reasonable amount of time.
So I think the ability to get your education from anywhere in the world at any time,
that's convent to the student, it facilitates that lifelong learning process,
and it was such a good experience that I continued on to get my master's from Excelsior
and then continued on even further to start working on my doctorate.