2007-01-23 01:27:42 · 2 answers · asked by Bliz 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
You may want to look a the following story about the $9.8MM fine that the Department of Education levied against the U of P for shady recruitment practices. They are also under investigation for padding their placement numbers.
You should avoid For Profit universities and avoid Online Degreees. Most employers will not take them seriously.
2007-01-23 04:38:50 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was just talking a few days ago with a guy who teaches for a very large and well known online university. He said he got in big trouble because he was giving the kids marks that were too low and the school wanted him to give more high marks. Giving out low marks is bad for business, they told him.
That pretty much tells you what's important there - it isn't good education, or taking care of students. It's keeping them on the hook and paying tuition as long as you can -- whether they learn anything or not is secondary.
I think that online education will be successful someday, but right now it is just not as good as actually being on campus with a real professor and real students. Other things being equal I would never hire a person with an online degree.
2007-01-23 16:22:06 · answer #2 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋