Thanks Rob. I have been looking at this site and it's looking better to me: http://www.rodp.org
Again, i am a big skeptic... :) On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Rob Huffstedtler <[email protected]> wrote: > I know a couple of guys who have worked as instructors for online courses at > UoP. They hire similar talent to most "real" colleges (one of my friends > has a PhD in clinical psych and ~20years of practice, the other has a > masters degree) - actually a cut above what you are likely to get at a > community college academically. That's not to say that they are necessarily > better educators or better at preparing you for real world jobs. When I > took some classes at Nashville Tech, the best instructor was the C++ prof > who had the least academic credentials of anyone in the department. > > UoP isn't a degree mill, and I don't know anyone other than Andrew McElroy > who regards them as such. However, for profit education does have a stigma > with some people, so you may be marginally better off with a degree from > MTSU or elsewhere if you can do an equivalent amount of the coursework > remotely. > > I know I'm in the minority on this, but I never pay attention to a > candidate's educational background unless there's something interesting in > it (He has a PhD in medieval history!). Of course, that may be because I > don't know how different Indian technical colleges stack up against each > other. > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Also Andrew, I am fairly competent in the data center, but now a days, >> people are looking for that piece of paper so i'm trying to figure out >> how to do this. Since I am at home a good majority of my time, Online >> Courses are sounding better. I'm just curious if anyoen else on the >> list has any personal stories about UoP. I'm a little skeptical about >> all of it. >> >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Andrew, They are credible: >> > http://www.phoenix.edu/about_us/accreditation.html >> > >> > Buuuuut, it may not be the kind of accreditation other colleges use. >> > Like for instance, UoP's Business credit is not the same as MTSU. >> > >> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:50 PM, andrew mcelroy <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I'm considering going to University of Phoenix to get an Associates of >> >>> IT out of the way. Has anyone out there gone through UoP and if you >> >>> have tell me your story. >> >>> >> >> I might be wrong, but I am not sure if I see UoP as credible in any >> >> way. >> >> Your almost better going to volunteer state comm college. >> >> >> >> For me, it has been all about technical competence and experience. >> >> >> >> Andrew >> >> >> >> >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> Chris >> >>> >> >>> > >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
