Quote Originally Posted by Superman
well thanks for the advice...

now I do feel like I should explain something, I'm 36 years old, database administrator....I'm not fresh out of high school.

but...your other advice certainly applies still.

You see, my employer will pay for a college degree as long as it relates to my job.

I want to learn Russian...they won't pay for that. But they will pay for this computer science degree....which is not teaching Russian...its just using Russian as the langauge of instruction.

FENU is the only school I've found that can meet my requirements...which are they have to teach computers...they have to use Russian as the language of instruction...it has to be accreditted....and it has to be online.

It's a mighty ambitious scheme, naturally

If only I can get by the internet-manager of this school...lol, and my own impatience doesn't torpedo the whole works...
OK, I don't know what kind of degree they are offering or what your level of Russian is, but at first glance this seems to be the wrong way to go (and of course I know virtually nothing about you or your situation). It seems to me that if you need to learn Russian in the first place, the way to go is not just an incidental crash course that uses it as the medium for a degree. I understand you are trying to kill 2 birds with one stone, but it would seem to me that you'd be far better off either shelling out of your own pocket for a Russian class OR, if you're employer is so flexible, figure out a way to do full-time university (which would mean your Russian class would be "free"). As for being out of school for so long, I still don't think that matters other than the records may be a bit harder for them to come by (and really, AFAIC, it should improve your chances for getting them to help you out -- who would you take more seriously, some 18 year old kid working at BurgerKing or a 30-something professional if you were the principal?). If they don't want to help you out, tell them "fine, I'm going to go see the superintendent and my school board member". That will most likely get their attention.