Degrees Earned Online Lack Status

from the well,-duh dept

Wed, Nov 15th 2000 11:35am — Mike Masnick

Not a big surprise here, but many companies feel that degrees earned online are less trustworthy than degrees earned offline. I think that many people probably still associate online degrees with things like correspondence courses. The article points out that over time, it's likely that certain online universities will build more of a reputation, and lose the stigma. Anyone want a degree from Techdirt University?

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mhh5, 15 Nov 2000 @ 3:05pm

Maybe hiring practices should be changed....
If you base your hiring heavily on the school your applicants graduated from, maybe you shouldn't. Plenty of idiots graduate from "good" schools. And plenty of intelligent people don't go to "good" schools. Online degree or not, it should be what the person can do, etc...

While another said, "I would feel that I had been deceived if I found out the degree had been earned online if that wasn't stated on the resume."

I really have to disagree with that sentiment. I don't think it's dishonest at all. And if you're so concern but you can't recognize where a degree was earned, then you have bigger problems.
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Terrence Thomas, 21 Apr 2007 @ 7:34pm

The Online Degree Discussion is Flawed
With all due respect, whether or not a person attends college online or offline is moot. Let me explain. Colleges like Northwestern, Cornell, UC Irvine, the University of North Carolina, Lehigh University and George Washington University, to name a few, all offer degrees online. The diploma conferred makes no distinction regarding the method of instructional delivery AND the admissions requirements are exactly the same as their land based counterparts.

Examine all of the colleges listed here: http://www.elearners.com/colleges/ and tell me that the aformentioned colleges lack status.
Man, please! I think your argument revolves around the brand/reputation of the college and that is a totally different story.
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