Readers, Mr. Allen brings up interesting points regarding formal education vs distance learning.
Counterpoint - I think that JTF Biofuel is a "distance learning experience" and provides benefits to many readers; sometimes providing more tools than formal education, i.e. the gentleman in Greece seekind advice. Point - I don't know how to measure the legitmacy of distance learning especially in the hard sciences. Counterpoint - However, I would not want to limit an opportunity for someone eager to learn. This is the wonderful nature of the internet and explosion of information. It goes beyond the walls of structured academia. Point - Example, my friend's father was a man in rural parts of Honduras in the 1960s. He did not have access to transporation. Only mail. He obtained his degree via a humble correspondence school he read aout in a US magazine. He went on to become Mayor of his village and built roads, bridges, schools, houses, because the "degree" gave him the confidence. I think that man and his distance learning correspondence school did a lot more than many with a formal "in the schoolhouse" education. Conclusion: I agree with Mr. Allen that we should be prudent in our assessment of distance learning but combine this with introspecton on an individual's talent, intent and reasoning for furthering one's education. We should also consider their physical, psychologial or financial limitations and/or attributes. Have A Prosperous 2005 Phillip Wolfe --- bob allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.allengineeringschools.com/featured/bachelors-engineering.php > > I can't speak for any of the listings but > realistically how do you > learn or show competency for laboratory work and > other hands on skills > through online experience? I would be very > suspicious of a chemistry > degree learned solely on line. Maybe engineering > would be different. > > Phillip Wolfe wrote: > > >Does anyone have knowledge of legitimate distance > >learning programs in BA in Civil Engineering and or > >other Engineering Programs? Also include grants or > >scholarships. I heard that Case-Western in > Wisconsin > >offers a Masters in Engineering Management. > > > >Thank you. > > > > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Bob Allen, Professor of Chemistry > http://ozarker.org/bob > > > Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and > expression; > this right includes freedom to hold opinions without > interference > and to seek, receive and impart information and > ideas through any > media and regardless of frontiers. > > Article 19 of The Declaration of Human Rights, > adopted by the > United Nations General Assembly,10 December 1948: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
