New York Times Article about TESC

rmm0484 · Feb 25, 2013

Very favorable piece about earning a degree from TESC. COSC and Excelsior are mentioned as well, along with Arthur C. Brooks, who might be one of TESC's most distinguished graduates:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/education/25degree.html?src=recg

AV8R · Feb 25, 2013

Great article! I thought this was interesting:

Results have quieted most naysayers, Dr. Pruitt said. For example, Thomas Edison graduates had the highest pass rate on the exam for certified public accountants in New Jersey, in the latest national accounting-boards report.
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taylor · Feb 25, 2013

I enjoyed the article too, particularly this alum's story. Taking on a masters from Northeastern and an Ivy League MBA simultaneously, I applaud him for being so ambitious and diligent at this point in his life even though the tuition for the dual EMBA alone is over $130 grand.

David Esterson, 45, of Whittier, Calif., started taking college classes while in high school, attended the University of Washington for a year, was a photographer in Los Angeles, then started a music business. About three years ago, when his nephews began talking about college, Mr. Esterson decided he should complete his degree.

He took online courses at the University of Minnesota and the University of Phoenix before trying a couple of California community colleges and an acupuncture school. He finally earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from Thomas Edison in September.

“It sounded like a scam, but the fact that it was a state school, and accredited, made it more real,” Mr. Esterson said.

And it has been real, he said: “Nobody I contacted about graduate programs seemed to look down on the Edison degree, and I got into every grad school I applied to.”

Now enrolled in two graduate programs — an online master’s in leadership at Northeastern and a dual-degree executive M.B.A. program from Cornell University and Queen’s University in Canada — Mr. Esterson is a booster for his alma mater. “I’ve never been there, but I did buy a sweatshirt,” he said.
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Pugbelly2 · Feb 25, 2013

AV8R said: ↑

Great article! I thought this was interesting:
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Very nice article indeed. It's nice to see the CPA pass rate stats.

Rich Douglas · Feb 25, 2013

AV8R said: ↑

Great article! I thought this was interesting:

Results have quieted most naysayers, Dr. Pruitt said. For example, Thomas Edison graduates had the highest pass rate on the exam for certified public accountants in New Jersey, in the latest national accounting-boards report.
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That's George Pruitt, a graduate of Union!

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