Comments on: How Much Is An Online Degree Worth? http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/ News, Tips and Hints for those in Career Transistion Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:40:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ravm http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-31889 ravm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/#comment-31889 Getting your bachelor or masters degree online can have a very positive effect on a person's job and salary opportunities. It can allow someone who is otherwise unable to attend higher education classes to get their degree, and it allows people who are established in their job to attain higher education that allows them to advance in their career. Getting your bachelor or masters degree online can have a very positive effect on a person's job and salary opportunities. It can allow someone who is otherwise unable to attend higher education classes to get their degree, and it allows people who are established in their job to attain higher education that allows them to advance in their career.

]]> By: Jack Bell http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-31841 Jack Bell Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:57:41 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/#comment-31841 Gary Jacobsen, what you should acknowledge is the fact that college all together is a scam, not just online degrees. Going out and seeing and living in the world is the only true way to get an education. Living on campus with a bunch of spoiled alcoholic kids from the same age/race/income level is hardly exposing you to any real life experience. Not to mention never working a part time job anywhere. (I've met some of the most diverse and interesting people I ever have working at part time jobs.) College didn't compare. College is a business too, designed to get your money, keep you in debt if you’re not born rich so you can't protest on the streets because you’re stuck at work to pay back those loans, and if you are rich, well it keeps you that way because your parents paid for it anyway. Gary Jacobsen, what you should acknowledge is the fact that college all together is a scam, not just online degrees. Going out and seeing and living in the world is the only true way to get an education. Living on campus with a bunch of spoiled alcoholic kids from the same age/race/income level is hardly exposing you to any real life experience. Not to mention never working a part time job anywhere. (I’ve met some of the most diverse and interesting people I ever have working at part time jobs.) College didn’t compare. College is a business too, designed to get your money, keep you in debt if you’re not born rich so you can’t protest on the streets because you’re stuck at work to pay back those loans, and if you are rich, well it keeps you that way because your parents paid for it anyway.

]]> By: Mario Price http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-25789 Mario Price Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:58:13 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/#comment-25789 I will never go to a classroom again. I have almost finished my BS degree From the University of Tennessee. It was more challenging and you get to interact will people from all over. In a classroom, I was always stereotyped and teachers were not friendly. I am a black male with Computer Certifications and 20 years work experience and I am able to learn in the comfort of my own home and also help other students and the teachers. I highly recommend on-line learning. I made my son stop going to class and take on line. He enjoys it. We read more books, read all the discussions and really get energy from interacting with the other students. I will never go to a classroom again. I have almost finished my BS degree From the University of Tennessee. It was more challenging and you get to interact will people from all over. In a classroom, I was always stereotyped and teachers were not friendly. I am a black male with Computer Certifications and 20 years work experience and I am able to learn in the comfort of my own home and also help other students and the teachers. I highly recommend on-line learning. I made my son stop going to class and take on line. He enjoys it. We read more books, read all the discussions and really get energy from interacting with the other students.

]]> By: MikeW3341 http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-2621 MikeW3341 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:22:27 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/#comment-2621 Online programs give many the people the chance to go back to school; a chance they wouldn’t have due to chronic illness, the inability to commute to a campus (be it time or distance constraints), and having familial obligations. Online academic programs give more options to more people. Degree mills capitalize on the ignorance of others, and tarnish the images of legitimate schools and their programs. It is a student’s duty to ask the important questions about the quality of an academic program and about the institution’s credentials. Unfortunately, too many people jump into an online program without giving it enough thought and without comparing different institutions. Online programs give many the people the chance to go back to school; a chance they wouldn’t have due to chronic illness, the inability to commute to a campus (be it time or distance constraints), and having familial obligations. Online academic programs give more options to more people.

Degree mills capitalize on the ignorance of others, and tarnish the images of legitimate schools and their programs. It is a student’s duty to ask the important questions about the quality of an academic program and about the institution’s credentials. Unfortunately, too many people jump into an online program without giving it enough thought and without comparing different institutions.

]]> By: Professor Jay http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-881 Professor Jay Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:59:50 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2006/03/how-much-is-an-online-degree-worth/#comment-881 Online Diplomas are Trash Although members of the media and some academicians have been saying that online instruction is the wave of the future, one simple fact remains: Online schools provide a second-rate education and diplomas from online institutions are essentially trash. Until the summer of 2006, I was associated with a university that maintained a large online division in northern Virginia plus 43 satellite campuses in 10 southeastern states and the District of Columbia. For approximately five years I taught online business courses in both synchronous and asynchronous modes. To my chagrin, I discovered the following: * The school has no library to speak of. It maintains various “Learning Resource Centers” that collectively have 27,000 volumes or one book for each of the estimated 27,000 students who study online or at satellite campuses. Indiana University’s library system, in contrast, has 8.2 million volumes. * Quizzes and exams are online, open-book and unproctored. Students routinely enlist others to help them at exam time. * There is pressure on instructors to give high grades and thereby maintain full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment numbers. Instructors who have the temerity to give grades of C or D are called in for counseling. * Students never meet or have direct contact with instructors. * The school has an open-enrollment policy which encourages unqualified or marginally qualified applicants. Nevertheless, approximately one-third of all students graduate with “honors.” Incredibly, this institution is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Gary Jacobsen, B.S., M.B.A Member, American Association of University Professors Online Diplomas are Trash

Although members of the media and some academicians have been saying that online instruction is the wave of the future, one simple fact remains: Online schools provide a second-rate education and diplomas from online institutions are essentially trash.

Until the summer of 2006, I was associated with a university that maintained a large online division in northern Virginia plus 43 satellite campuses in 10 southeastern states and the District of Columbia. For approximately five years I taught online business courses in both synchronous and asynchronous modes. To my chagrin, I discovered the following:

* The school has no library to speak of. It maintains various “Learning Resource Centers” that collectively have 27,000 volumes or one book for each of the estimated 27,000 students who study online or at satellite campuses. Indiana University’s library system, in contrast, has 8.2 million volumes.
* Quizzes and exams are online, open-book and unproctored. Students routinely enlist others to help them at exam time.
* There is pressure on instructors to give high grades and thereby maintain full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment numbers. Instructors who have the temerity to give grades of C or D are called in for counseling.
* Students never meet or have direct contact with instructors.
* The school has an open-enrollment policy which encourages unqualified or marginally qualified applicants. Nevertheless, approximately one-third of all students graduate with “honors.”

Incredibly, this institution is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Gary Jacobsen, B.S., M.B.A
Member, American Association of University Professors

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