Another issue that I felt deserved a separate reply: Do we want to in the more traditional educational settings say that degrees from for-profit schools are not allowed for people at state and private non-profit schools. That the philosophy of education is so different between the two systems that the state/non-profit private schools should take care to keep the door closes to candidates with for-profit backgrounds. It is an intriguing issue. On the one hand, you are saying that all individuals who make the choice of a for-profit school are unworthy of teaching at our traditional schools (even though some might end up being outstanding educators/researchers/administrators, etc. That is, aren't we being unfair to individuals if we reject them out of hand because of the name of the school on their degree without investigating the particulars? On the other hand, when we have so many well-qualified candidates who don't have for-profit degrees is it right for us to effectively undermine the sustainability of non-profit/state schools by not hiring people who get their degrees through their (usually) more rigorous and trustable programs? That is, by hiring from schools that resemble us in their model of education don't we ensure the future generations of those schools which we are fairly justified in thinking provide superior education and preparation for supporting the traditional schools of the future?
Paul On Oct 19, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Michael Britt wrote: > One of my listeners is currently getting her BA in psych from UoP and was > thinking of going on to getting a Master's and a Ph.D. from there. She's > worried about how these degrees from UoP will be looked upon by traditional > schools when she goes applying for jobs. I have to admit I might be more > than a bit curious as to exactly what classes she took and what field > experiences she had as part of the program (especially if it's a clinical > position obviously) and of course I'd look carefully at her dissertation to > see if it was good quality research. Other thoughts? How would you look > upon a candidate with a degree from UoP? > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > [email protected] > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: mbritt > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=21161 > or send a blank email to > leave-21161-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=21174 or send a blank email to leave-21174-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
