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    Sid and FinancyHamilton Nolan
    3/24/16 12:16pm

    As someone who is currently sifting through stacks of resumes, I’d just like to say, Fuck you and your fake resumes, researchers.

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      bcallawaySid and Financy
      3/24/16 12:39pm

      Do you ever get resumes with degrees from places like Liberty University? Those don’t even get the courtesy of a rejection email.

      I once got a resume from a guy who got his JD at Liberty. Oh how I laughed.

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      Johnny ChundersSid and Financy
      3/24/16 12:44pm

      Ur hiring? Plz send link. I have a degree in digital curation and my extracurriculars include the university’s World of Warcraft team and a Pornhub profile with over 10,000 comments.

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    skefflesHamilton Nolan
    3/24/16 12:05pm

    Suppose my boss says that even though they know you can do the job, company requirements mandate that you need a degree in order to get the next promotion (or even keep your job if the company is going through a re-org) and it just needs a certificate to copy and a name to put on the file? You know, your standard bureaucratic Write Only Documents that exists for box ticking purposes? Then paying for an online degree is worth the money. You know, compared to unemployment.

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      Steve_Buscemi's_Orthodontistskeffles
      3/24/16 12:09pm

      You could go to massage school.

      Then you’d have the piece of paper for your boss and an extra skill for yourself.

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      PissReekingOcelotskeffles
      3/24/16 12:11pm

      Yes, but online is only half of what’s being examined here. Online can be fine, but for-profit institutions simply aren’t good. I’ve worked in higher ed for many years, and for-profit institutions are not the same as non-profit institutions. Period, end of story. A community college degree is worth more in the marketplace.

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    ARP2Hamilton Nolan
    3/24/16 12:06pm

    Just make them ineligible for subsidized or publicly backed student loans and that would take care of most of them.

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      She's a witch, burner!ARP2
      3/24/16 12:09pm

      This. 95% of students attending for-profit two years take out loans. That statistic tells you all you need to know about who these schools target and who ends up getting the shit end of the stick.

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      the johnARP2
      3/24/16 12:11pm

      The administration wants this. Congress, unsurprisingly, does not.

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    IAMBlastedBiggsLostBurnerHamilton Nolan
    3/24/16 12:07pm

    But....but.....without students, how could they do stuff like buy naming rights to sports arenas?

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      sbIAMBlastedBiggsLostBurner
      3/24/16 12:11pm

      How many online for-profit colleges do you know have sports arenas?

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      IAMBlastedBiggsLostBurnersb
      3/24/16 12:18pm

      One. One out of maybe three I know. There's Phoenix (they currently own the naming rights on the stadium), University of New Hampshire, I think....and that's about it. So not even three. Just two, and half of them paid damn good money for the rights to slap their name on a sports arena. And notice I said "naming rights", not actual arenas.

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    LongSnakeHamilton Nolan
    3/24/16 12:14pm

    Don’t do ANYTHING other than community college for 2 years followed by wrapping up your bachelor’s at a state school.

    If you have scholarships and grants to afford out of state, go for it. Otherwise, you’re wasting money unless you’re going to a very specific program.

    Don’t do what I did kids. Don’t ever, ever go to culinary school, especially at a for profit place like Keiser University. The place has its dick up my ass to the tune of about 60k for a two year degree.

    Better yet, don’t go to college at all unless you have a very good idea of what you want to do.

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      Abubaca, a BMX stunt and Arnold from Diff'rent Strokes African NameLongSnake
      3/24/16 12:41pm

      If you’re smart, go to one of the top engineering schools like MIT or Cal Tech. They have the best ROI out of any education even if you have to pay full price... which you don’t if you are poor.

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      chitowngurlLongSnake
      3/24/16 12:51pm

      I think you have it right. For the cash-strapped, 2 yrs JuCo, 2 yrs at U of State. Respectable 4 year degree, much less debt. I was lucky to have my state U education paid for, but if I didn’t? That would most definitely be the plan.

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    IanHamilton Nolan
    3/24/16 12:22pm

    Total aside, and very inane and unnecessary one at that, but I always cringe when I see someone on Facebook list their education as “The School of Hard Knocks”, or “Life University”. Just say you’re a stupid fuck who lacks the intellectual abilities necessary to attend college, and be done with it.

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      AliceInWunderlandIan
      3/24/16 12:35pm

      Heh. My Mom has two real degrees, but her educations says: “University of Margaritaville.”

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      IanAliceInWunderland
      3/24/16 12:45pm

      I mean, ok...that’s cute and all. But why do that, aside from being funny/ironic? No offense to your mother, I’m sure she’s a nice woman, but the image I have of the person on the other side is a Bud Light/Michelob Ultra-drinking ignoramus who thought Hee Haw should’ve received multiple Emmy nods, because “cultural recognition and shit!”.

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    tito_swinefluHamilton Nolan
    3/24/16 12:52pm

    Here’s an idea. When you’re applying for a job, put some fancy, but not the fanciest, liberal arts college on your resume. Perhaps Wesleyan - everyone’s safety school. Then see if ANYONE ever asks you to prove it.No-one will. Now you have a job. Next job you get, all they’ll care about is the previous job. Problem solved and you don’t have to spend any money on college.

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      FridayFridaytito_swineflu
      3/24/16 2:19pm

      It’s a ballsy move but I know someone who did this and it worked for him. He went 15 years before anyone checked and by that time he had bs-ed his way into working a management position for his best friend’s company. He came clean, then the best friend’s company paid for him to go to school and actually get the degree while working. Now that bastard makes several hundred grand a year.

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      tito_swinefluFridayFriday
      3/24/16 2:23pm

      Why’d they make him get the degree? He clearly could do his job to the point where no-one had any issue. What good was a degree going to do at that point?

      My first job out of college, I worked with a guy who was the head of electronic engineering. That seems like one of those rare fields where you might actually need the training you get in college. They found out and fired him because he’d never studied EE or gone to college, yet he’d been designing robot circuits for five years.

      After that, I decided the correct answer to any question about experience or skills in an interview was, “Yes, I definitely know how to do that thing you just said!”

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    JustActSurprisedHamilton Nolan
    3/24/16 12:05pm

    Online Colleges do fulfill a niche, though. If they are accredited and offer a wide range of coursework, people often will complete courses to fulfill prerequisite coursework for other programs. For someone who may not have a lot of choices, a family, etc., using an online college as a stepping stone helps before applying to another program.

    Would I recommend getting a degree from one? No way. But they’re not all bad.

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      FreshlyShavenJustActSurprised
      3/24/16 12:10pm

      Except that most real universities won’t accept transfer credits from UofPhoenix and similar programs whereas they will usually accept credits from community colleges.

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      JustActSurprisedFreshlyShaven
      3/24/16 1:13pm

      That’s not true. And I’m saying that as someone who works at a “real university.”

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    aprilphreshHamilton Nolan
    3/24/16 12:11pm

    I love it in that University of Phoenix ad when she sings “A degree is a degree, you’re gonna want someone like me”. Uh NOPE.

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      Ianaprilphresh
      3/24/16 12:20pm

      The irony is strong. “A degree is just a degree”, huh? Ok, then they don’t mean jackshit in the grand scheme of things.

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      ThatOtherDaveaprilphresh
      3/24/16 12:20pm

      That ad really confuses me. Who are they trying to convince, the person in HR or the prospective client, because the ad pretty much straight up admits that their degree is seen as worthless from an employer prospective.

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    VoOnTheGoHamilton Nolan
    3/24/16 12:15pm

    I’ve been thinking of taking business courses the the University of the People online. They don’t seem to be a ‘for profit’ university, but I’m interested to hear from anyone who’s attended. The online reviews seem to be generally favorable.

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      hurricane21VoOnTheGo
      3/24/16 12:44pm

      Never studied there but I know a few people who have. They are very much for profit and their credits don't transfer very well. They pull the usual where students ALWAYS owe them money, and typically massive amounts. If it's for career progression(i.e. Check the box) it's okay. But as a base degree, no. Stay away from it.

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      VoOnTheGohurricane21
      3/24/16 2:23pm

      Thanks for the info.

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