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Has The Internet Diminished The Value Of A College Degree?
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:09 pm
I was just reading an article. It was published in January, but it is about whether or not a college degree is as valuable today than it use to be. Here is the link.
LINK
This part of the article is why I ask the question.
LINK
This part of the article is why I ask the question.
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With the rise of accessible information, learning something new has never been easier. Can you get educated without college?
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Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:09 pm to OweO
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Has The Internet Diminished The Value Of A College Degree?
Supply and demand, and easy access to financial aid, have diminished the value of a college degree.
College for everyone was a stupid premise.
This post was edited on 12/20/16 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:10 pm to OweO
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With the rise of accessible information, learning something new has never been easier. Can you get educated without college?
Totally. I became an engineer by reading the internet.
A degree isn't as much about learning information as it is about showing you are capable of being disciplined enough to achieve a goal.
This post was edited on 12/20/16 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:12 pm to OweO
Why should I have to pay a doctor when WebMD is free?
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:12 pm to CoachChappy
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became an engineer by reading the internet
I know you're joking, but I really did become a Reverend by reading the internet. So I guess it diminished the value of Reverend school degrees.
This post was edited on 12/20/16 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:13 pm to OweO
Outside of engineering and medicine, undergraduate college degrees are more about discipline and demonstrating the perseverance to operate within the system for an extended period of time more than they are about what you actually learn.
Employers want to see you operate by the rules laid out for you and you see the task through to completion. The actual knowledge you can learn on the job.
Employers want to see you operate by the rules laid out for you and you see the task through to completion. The actual knowledge you can learn on the job.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:14 pm to MSMHater
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Supply and demand, and easy access to financial aid, have diminished the value of a college degree.
College for everyone was a stupid premise.
That and there are only a few degrees that are really worth getting because you have to have it for licensing reasons
The whole idea that you make more money with a college degree is largely a myth
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:14 pm to CoachChappy
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A degree isn't as much about learning information as it is about showing you are capable of being disciplined enough to achieve a goal.
Pretty spot on.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:14 pm to OweO
Oh
This post was edited on 12/20/16 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:15 pm to biggsc
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How would a regular degree and online degree defer
Well here might be one clue
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:16 pm to biggsc
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How would a regular degree and online degree defer
Defer to what?
Are you a University of Phoenix Grad?
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:16 pm to OweO
I don't think so. If anything, the saturation of people with college degrees is what is making it less valuable.
However it does provide opportunity to extremely motivated people who might not be able to attend college for whatever reason.
But I don't believe that these people are common. We are a lazy, unmotivated country.
However it does provide opportunity to extremely motivated people who might not be able to attend college for whatever reason.
But I don't believe that these people are common. We are a lazy, unmotivated country.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:16 pm to biggsc
quote:we talking about student loan interest?
How would a regular degree and online degree defer
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:17 pm to OweO
I know this guy from South Boston, wicked smaht, who didn't need a college degree and was smata than every one of those kids in Havaad.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:17 pm to biggsc
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How would a regular degree and online degree defer
But seriously, the question is about the free availability of information vs. going to school
not online college vs brick and mortar
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:17 pm to CoachChappy
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Totally. I became an engineer by reading the internet.
Seriously, would you say other than the following, you don't really need a college degree?
Engineers
Doctors
Nurses (and other positions in the medical industry)
Lawyers
Teachers
Architects
A job in media (put there are other ways to be "in the media" that doesn't require a degree).
If you are not going to school for any of the above majors then I would say its more valuable to go to a tech school..
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:18 pm to OweO
Academia has done plenty to diminish the value of their degrees. Internet is not related to it at all.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:18 pm to biggsc
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How would a regular degree and online degree defer
Hey everybody!!! Let's laugh at this big old dummy!!!!
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:19 pm to TigeRoots
No.
Just asking for another persons answer.
Dont think a employer would like a online degree unless you have work experience to back it up
Just asking for another persons answer.
Dont think a employer would like a online degree unless you have work experience to back it up
Posted on 12/20/16 at 1:19 pm to MSMHater
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Supply and demand, and easy access to financial aid, have diminished the value of a college degree.
College for everyone was a stupid premise.
Well said.
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