Posted on 04/23/2020 6:10:53 AM PDT by billorites
Colleges are starting to charge what their degrees are worth.
I bet we see a lot more of this. And recent Grads screaming unfairness and demanding student debt forgiveness.
Too bad, they should have demanded a lemon law for college tuition
Gravy train.....over.
This university is getting ahead of the college transition curve to cutting staff and going online to the degree possible. Coming to a university near you. Those who fail to make these types of moves are destined for the scrap pile. If you are an average college professor this pandemic has turned you into a blacksmith after the model-T was invented.
What could be better than a price war in higher ed?
Not much.
good news
I see ads for SNHU......ALL THE TIME. I really thought it was either a fake college or just an online business. Honestly, I never thought SNHU was real.
I wonder how much of this is to get them an on-campus degree for an online rate.
More, I am thinking it might be a way to give the students what they want, which is a four-year party club, while isolating the instructors, who are often older, from the virus. I think this could be a good and important model, in that we want that herd immunity and delay while treatments are finetuned. I take it this school has been very successful in pioneering in cost-effective online classes. That means among other things they should have more of a financial warchest than other colleges in their market—and they and their faculty should be better at delivering online learning that appeals to students.
They have both a campus and a famously successful online school.
Yes, cut the money going to the top.
So the reality is it was way overpriced, where is my refund!
Probably only in part that it was overpriced. Also shifting to delivering a different product, operating at a loss, and trying to do in less resourceful competition.
Wanna bet this diploma mill offers little to none in terms of STEM programs...
You know, moving to online degrees might just weed out the party crowd from the students who actually want to learn. There’s no party anymore. No dorms with 500 kids, booze, scantily clad girls, nothing but distractions. We might end up with fewer college grads, but higher quality grads. That would be a good thing.
Been to soccer games there. Beautiful campus.
Went into a building to find a restroom. Photos of faculty up on a hallway wall prominently stating what they teach and their sexual preference.
City University of New York has always had free tuition. Back in the 1980’s more CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies were graduates of City College (just one campus or CUNY) than any other school. City College was legendary for the quality of its graduates.
Then they had open admissions.
Proving, once again, tuition across the board should not be as high as it is.
I teach in the SNHU STEM program. They offer a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering accredited by ABET. The only other schools in New England that offer that are Worcester Polytechnic Institute and MIT.
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