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Academic Calendar 2007 is Available

You can access American Sentinel's Academic Calendar 2007 by clicking here.

New Courses for 2007

In addition to the currently scheduled courses and programs, American Sentinel University plans to announce a host of new courses for 2007 in software engineering, game programming and simulations, geographic information systems, health care, and more. Details follow in the next few weeks.


A Growing Income Premium for Earning a Degree


calculatorCensus Bureau report finds widening gap for graduates.

Those who earn a college degree earn $23,000 a year more than those who don’t, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Those who earn a graduate degree can expect an additional $27,000 annual premium. The figures from 2004—the latest available—illustrate that while a high school graduate averages an annual salary of $28,645, college graduates average $51,554. Those with a graduate degree average $78,093.

"In both recessionary periods and in boom times, the earnings gap between those with degrees and those without is dramatic," says Dr. Richard Oliver, Chief Education Officer of American Sentinel University. "Adult learners who go into a degree program at American Sentinel should be confident that this increased earning power, combined with the low tuition rates we offer, will lead to a rapid return on investment after graduation."

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IT Salaries Rising


Shortage of software developers leads to rise in demand and wages

ITIT professionals are to receive on average in 2007, a 2.8 percent salary increase over this year, according to a report in Information Week.

Due to a shortage of skilled software developers, those in this category are expected to see the highest salary gains of any job classification, with base compensation projected to rise 5.1 percent to the range of $60,250 to $94,750 annually, Robert Half Technology said in its annual salary survey.

In many markets, wages are rising due to increasing competition for talent. Web developers and data warehouse managers were expected to see an increase of 4.2 percent on average next year to an annual range of $54,750 to $81,500, and $85,500 to $113,500, respectively.

Project managers were expected to see a 4.1 percent jump to a range of $72,750 to $106,250 per year; quality assurance analysts, also 4.1 percent, to $52,250 to $74,500 annually; applications architects, 4 percent, $80,000 to $112,750; network security administrators, 3.7 percent, $69,750 to $98,500; and IT auditors, 3.1 percent, $69,250 to $97,000.

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