NO MORE COLLEGE--AS WE KNOW IT

[njustice]

The value of a degree, particularly an MBA, comes from its market value and the network you make. Online MBAs will never be able to compete with the "traditional" method in either of these categories. Yes, I think we'll see this method become more popular, but it will never replace the current system.

[CajunsHat]

The value of a degree, particularly an MBA, comes from its market value and the network you make. Online MBAs will never be able to compete with the "traditional" method in either of these categories. Yes, I think we'll see this method become more popular, but it will never replace the current system.

an ex of mine, who finished second in her class at UL in accounting, was able to go through a fast track program through U-Conn and earned her Masters in Accountancy in 9 months (she met with her professors 1 time 1 week before the first semester started, then the rest was all online.) cost her over $20k in that time frame but she graduated UL and U-Conn (which is no slouch of a university) in the same year then got a job for a Big 4 accounting firm in houston...by the age of 22.

[njustice]

an ex of mine, who finished second in her class at UL in accounting, was able to go through a fast track program through U-Conn and earned her Masters in Accountancy in 9 months (she met with her professors 1 time 1 week before the first semester started, then the rest was all online.) cost her over $20k in that time frame but she graduated UL and U-Conn (which is no slouch of a university) in the same year then got a job for a Big 4 accounting firm in houston...by the age of 22.

I'm not saying that there won't be some overlap, and that there won't be exceptions. This will be particularly true in anything technical. Talent is talent, wherever you find it.

Going back to the MBA point though, there are lots of soft skills that need to be developed in a program like that, and an online degree just won't cut it.

[irokcj5]

There are some good challenging programs where one can learn a lot. However not being able to learn communication skills and argue your point with professors and classmates in real time and in person is a huge deficit that cannot be over come. I am currently engaged in online learning. Will it ever be as respected as a brick and mortor degree? Of course not. But it is better than not having a degree. Just like small colleges will not carry same weight and prestige of larger ones, and most state colleges not as much as Harvard and Yale or Oxford. So there are limits to the education you recieve at all levels of learning but any is better than none.

[njustice]

There are some good challenging programs where one can learn a lot. However not being able to learn communication skills and argue your point with professors and classmates in real time and in person is a huge deficit that cannot be over come. I am currently engaged in online learning. Will it ever be as respected as a brick and mortor degree? Of course not. But it is better than not having a degree. Just like small colleges will not carry same weight and prestige of larger ones, and most state colleges not as much as Harvard and Yale or Oxford. So there are limits to the education you recieve at all levels of learning but any is better than none.

I definitely agree. I wasn't meaning to say that online programs aren't useful and effective, because they are. I was just saying that it won't replace college as we know it because there will always be a market need for it.

[Turbine]

I definitely agree. I wasn't meaning to say that online programs aren't useful and effective, because they are. I was just saying that it won't replace college as we know it because there will always be a market need for it.

to your point, even Phoenix is setting up brick and mortar in Lafayette.

[LOVAQUE]

to your point, even Phoenix is setting up brick and mortar in Lafayette.

There was a University of Phoenix campus here but I think they are either closing or have already closed shop.

[Turbine]

There was a University of Phoenix campus here but I think they are either closing or have already closed shop.

Oh, I thought they were moving locations.

http://Online.Louisiana.edu must have reclaimed some thunder.

[irokcj5]

I definitely agree. I wasn't meaning to say that online programs aren't useful and effective, because they are. I was just saying that it won't replace college as we know it because there will always be a market need for it.

. We're in full agreement. Was just putting my thoughts out there.

[Boomer]

. We're in full agreement. Was just putting my thoughts out there.

---My S in L has used this "go to meetings" I think that is what you call it---anyway they had a guy in P Rico, Chicago, B-Ham, and NO all in the same place on a screen---that to me is amazing!!!