newspaper insinuates RA college is mill

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  1. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    "[...] the Wall Street Journal reported this week [...] the Journal found diploma mills cranking out master’s degrees for teachers. [...] In Massachusetts, Cambridge College offers a graduate course of study for education that most students complete in six months. [...] the homework is about one-sixth the number of hours that a full semester’s load would be. And the independent project seems to be nothing more than a long term paper."
    -- http://ydr.com/story/opinion/13650/
     
  2. galanga

    galanga New Member

    ...but it's regionally accredited!

    Cambridge College
    1000 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge, MA 02138-5304

    is in the CHEA Database of Institutions Accredited By Recognized United States Accrediting Organizations at

    http://www.chea.org/institutions/index.cfm

    Curious.
     
  3. Charles

    Charles New Member

    The education of Eileen Brown

    Interesting article.

    "The education of Eileen Brown
    Cambridge College's founder helps broaden access to higher learning
    By Jack Thomas, Globe Staff, 11/21/2002

    Eileen Brown grew up in Ashland, PA., a small town where the culture was conformist, the politics Republican, the religion Roman Catholic, and all three as calcified as the black coal mined from the scrubby hills of Appalachia..."

    http://www.cambridgecollege.edu/pressroom/articles.cfm
     
  4. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    I hope the "RA" in my subject line wasn't too obscure.

    Does anyone have access to the Wall Street Journal article?
     
  5. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    As usual, the media doesn't tell the full story. Cambridge College is one of the schools of choice for teachers in Massachusetts, since they offer flexible programs. The six-month statement is misleading, since that includes up to 15 transfer credits (which most MA teachers have, since they get incremental raises for every course they complete) and the fact that they have to bust their butts during the summer vacation.

    I'm no big fan of the teacher's union, but I think they're getting unfairly put in a bad light here. Whenever there is a financial incentive for public employees, be it teachers or police officers, to continue their higher education, the media is sure to find fault with it.
     
  6. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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  7. Guest

    Guest Guest

    Wonder what precipitated the article.
     
  8. Jeff Hampton

    Jeff Hampton New Member

    Old mills to hum soon with higher education

    "The aged mill floors are still rough and faded, and the rows of vertical beams give only a skeletal outline of the future classrooms' walls.But with a little more work, the once-vacant mill space at 60 Island St. will become the city's first four-year college...."

    No, this is not a joke. Apparently Cambridge is preparing to open a new branch in an abandoned mill.
     
  9. Guest

    Guest Guest

    Well, this then would be the first legal, legitimate accredited degree mill.

     
  10. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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