In the bang for your buck category, Nashville State Community College is great for your Associate's Degree. I need to finish my degree there. When I have time ;) I have colleagues that teach classes out there and are highly competent in their field and have a wonderful teaching style.
Good luck on the hunt for College. Kevin Eldridge On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
