Online Students file complaints

Long Distance Education has become quite popular in the age of technology yet many students feel they are not getting value for their education. Often a student will fight a problem within the structure of the school but end feeling deflated and discouraged when their issues are pushed aside.

Recently I have recieved many email correspondance regarading civil rights issues within online schools and have few answers. The best advice I can give is to immediately file a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights. Provide as much documentation as you can and stick to the facts. The types of complaints they handle are: discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin; discrimination on the basis of sex; discrimination on the basis of disability; discrimination on the basis of age.

In general they usually only handle complaints filed within 180 calendar days but have accepted cases past this calendar period.

Here is the direct link to the complaint form with the Office for Civil Rights:
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OCR/complaintform.cfm

I have also been approached in regards to how to tell if the online college one is attending is real or bogus. I will post a seperate blog for this but I caution other students to do research before enrolling in an online college. Learn as much as you can about the school first and do not be afraid to file complaints when you find there is something wrong about the school you are attending.