Where can you find a legitimate life experience degree?

I'm not sure that such a thing exists. I would be highly surprised.

Check out Goddard, which is the closest thing I can think of. It's a (possibly the only) fully accredited, legitimate institution offering fulltime long distance learning ("low residency"). You can build your own curriculum with the Individualized Study B.A, so concievably, let's say what you want to be doing is an activist campaign, or homeschooling your kids, you could turn that into your studies/degree with some creativity and work. That doesnt mean you wont have to write papers etc. You also have to go to Vermont campus for a week I think every semester to consult with advisors and peers.

The catch: you're supposed to have 120 college credits already completed somewhere. (finished sophmore year) to enroll. They only do the last two years. Perhaps they are not that strict on this, or perhaps they would make an exception for a truly exemplary case (ie Bill Gates had less than 120 credits when he dropped out of Harvard, I bet they'd take him though)

www.goddard.edu

This woman is sueing them because she wanted to study early childhod education and they didnt have classes like that and she says her degree is worthless. But unlike most actually illegitimate schools, Goddard *is* formally accredited - they just don't have specialized classes. It's pretty much self-directed teaching, and she could have taught herself a child psychology class from traditional books on the theory of child development, lectures by child psychologists, or by interning with a preschool teacher as part of her individualized studies. If she had done that she would feel confident to get a job. So it's only good for people who are independent learners and can really learn on their own.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEEDF1730F933A25756C0A96F948260

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