Life Experience Masters Degree

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 posted by Adrian Brady

Too bad they don’t offer a life experience masters degree…

You can’t believe what you’re hearing. At your yearly performance review your boss tells you how great your work is. How he trusts you more than anyone else in the department. How you’re the natural choice for that promotion. But–he can’t give it to you. Policy, you know. You don’t have your masters degree.

Makes no sense, does it? Sounds ridiculous. But it happens, every day, in offices across the country. Good employees are punished for devoting their time and energy to their jobs, for years, while upstarts with diplomas get the raises and promotions.

I mean, if you could somehow get a degree for your life experience, it would change all that.

Actually, you can.

What exactly is a life experience masters degree?

A life experience masters degree is a graduate degree that is based not on your time in a classroom, but on your time and work in the real world. Essentially, it evens things up between you and the guy who stayed in school, when you were already contributing to your company’s success. There’s no bureaucratic loophole, no educational glass ceiling, once you have your life experience masters degree.

How do I get a life experience masters degree?

A life experience masters degree is awarded by a life experience college. The process, essentially, is that of documenting your experience to be evaluated. If it is deemed equal to or greater than the schooling necessary for a traditional masters degree, then you pay a tuition fee and receive your diploma. Your experience can come from a variety of sources, including job training, work on the job, military training, prior schooling, and even professional organizations and hobbies you are involved in, provided they relate to your area of focus.