Is Fort Hays State a respectable school?

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  1. bicycledude

    bicycledude member

    Would Fort Hays State be a better choice than most of these strictly online schools for grad school?
     
  2. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    How would you define "better choice"? Better choice for what and in what way?
     
  3. bicycledude

    bicycledude member

    Well, it has a Brick and mortar campus(unlike U of Ps pathetic excuse of a campus). Most of the profs hold Phd's from respected Universities. I was looking at the prgoram in instructional tech. It's only ranked a tier 3, but i think thats because of its location in bfe kansas.
     
  4. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    I have taken a few (three) UoP course on campus and online. One campus class was excellent and one was poor. I know a full time UoP instructor that has a PhD from Auburn and does a great job on everything he does.

    I do not hold much faith in a tier rating especially if a school is rated low due to location. Anyway, I do not know much about FHSU but I would think it would be held in a higher regard then UoP if, for nothing else, there is not a poor public opinion regardless of the reality.
     
  5. Dr Rene

    Dr Rene Member


    I’m not sure I would consider UoP’s education centers to be “pathetic excuse for a campus”. In my experience back in early 2000 when I was living in Los Angeles, the UoP learning centers in the Southern California area were pretty hi-tech with the latest computer/projector/screen set-up and with full internet access and some even with electronic whiteboards. Argosy and Keller Graduate School of Management education centers in the LA area were that way as well.

    During that same timeframe I taught a class for UCLA at their campus in their Geology building and all it had was an overhead projector (I had to resort to using transparencies for my lecturers) and an old black chalk board.
     
  6. bicycledude

    bicycledude member

    So that's where all of my tuition money went. You must have seen a shining example of one of their campuses, unlike the many other U of P campuses that look like businesses where telemarketers work.

    They may have a few nice campuses, but the work that is being completed is sub-par. Trust me. I went there and know first hand that the work is easy and not challenging.

    I'd rather going to UCLA and have worse technology. At least the professor's probably care about the students.
     
  7. Go_Fishy

    Go_Fishy New Member

    So, the quality of a campus is determined by how hi-tech it is? Strange interpretation... ;)

    Original poster: Yes, it is a respectable school. 100 years old, (DII) atheltics program, etc. No problems there.
     
  8. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    Fort Hays State is a totally respectable representative of a whole class, the regional state master's level colleges and universities. Virtually every state has schools like it. Here in California, they would be most of the California State University campuses, I guess.

    That means that a Fort Hays State degree isn't going to elevate you into any elites. But it won't get you laughed out of town either. Everywhere you go in America, you will be working alongside people who graduated from similar schools where in most cases they received fine educations.

    I remember watching some science documentary on TV years ago, about a huge volcanic eruption in Yellowstone or someplace back in the ice age, which laid a huge cloud of ash on the great plains killing tremendous numbers of ice age mammals. There was some state park in Nebraska that was excavating some of these fossils. And one of the outside experts brought in was a biology professor from Fort Hays State in neighboring Kansas, who it seems was a noted authority on the local fauna of the period. I remembered it since I'd recently driven through Kansas and stopped in Hays. (Very friendly people in absolutely the middle of nowhere.)

    I like Fort Hays State, despite my having had no direct experience with it. I'd be inclined to favor it over one of the DL-only proprietorial schools. It would almost certainly be less expensive.
     
  9. Ron Dotson

    Ron Dotson New Member

    Fort Hays kudo...

    In my opinion, Fort Hays State is a good school with a solid reputation. I finished three grad classes at Touro University International (an online university) before entering the MLS/HRM program at Fort Hays. The classes at FHSU have been to a greater or lesser degree more rigorous than the Touro classes, although I did learn alot from the Touro classes. I have no personal experience with the University of Phoenix but I have heard alot of comments both here on the board and otherwise. One of my wife's professors at Gainesville State College in North Georgia actually said that when they receive applications for instructor positions at Gainesville State, they do not even consider the UoP degree holders. My opinion would be to go with FHSU.
     
  10. -kevin-

    -kevin- Resident Redneck


    Bill,

    I think we watched the same show and definitely stopped by the same place. I visited Hays and Fort Hays University on a trip while heading to the geographic center of the contiguous US. Nice school.

    Best wishes,
     
  11. lawrenceq

    lawrenceq Member

    After three semesters at FHSU, I decided to move on. But, I have a lot of love for FHSU. I might go back to Fort Hays on the grad level.
     
  12. BlueMason

    BlueMason Audaces fortuna juvat

    I have a few courses left before completing my undergrad at FHSU and have rather enjoyed my time there. Lots of knowledge and the courses make you work for your grade... I'm quite happy with FHSU and will be a proud alumni next year :)
     
  13. Anthony Pina

    Anthony Pina Active Member

    Fort Hays State is a perfectly fine institution. Its program in instructional technology is credible, but not that well known in the field of instructional technology, compared to Indiana, Florida State, Arizona State, Syracuse, San Diego State, Utah State, South Alabama, Penn State, Brigham Young and a few others.

    Not all of the above programs are available fully online, however.
     

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