Need help for an idea
I emailed Derek Sivers for advice and he recommended I post here.
Background Me: ER RN X 30 years, ENFP on the Myers/Briggs, founded TexARS; Texas Adoptee Reunion Services to have the non profit status for my Search Angel work of reuniting those separated by adoption. I searched and found my birth family single handedly back in 1976 (before the internet) and have helped reunited many families. Compiling a book on the Kerrville Folk Festival as I am very involved in the folk music community here in Austin, Texas. My nickname in my younger years was "TB" for tenacious bitch. I don't let go, I achieve my goals.
Problem: I decided to go back to school to obtain a Bachelors degree and then pursue a Masters, possibly in nursing. Since I have accumulated over 130 hours in nursing, criminal justice, sociology and psychology, I wanted a degree plan which would accept the majority of my credits and require the least amount of coursework to be awarded a Bachelors. I spent hours and hours pouring over individual college websites comparing my transcripts with their prereqs, degree plan requirements, etc.
My thought is that there are a multitude of people in my situation, especially now with the economy, many people are returning to school in order to improve their employment prospects.
Idea: A website where a user registers, enters their transcript information, coursework numbers, etc and selects colleges which fit their requirements; online, physical location, private, public, etc. The program filters through all the degree plans and outputs a list of colleges, degree plans, lists which courses on their transcripts would be accepted and what further courses would be required to complete the degree plans. This enables the user to choose the path of least resistance in order to complete their degree.
Setup: User registration is free, college, university, training program registrations are free. Ad space sold to colleges, universities, training programs, loan programs, book stores, apartment locators, etc Could be tethered to online communities such as facebook, etc.
Need: Partner or Partners to bring this to fruition. While the computer partner/s are building the program, I would be building relationships, obtaining funding, etc. Would prefer someone here in Austin and second choice would be Kitakyushu Japan because I lived there for a year as a child and would like to return for a visit. Really anywhere is fine, but if I don't tell the Universe what I want, how will it know what to deliver?
Other: Please send me a message if you are interested and/or if you see the obvious problems to this idea which I, as a non computer person haven't realized because I don't know what I don't know.
Thanks!