Advice for people who are unhappy with their (accredited) DL degree

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I agree with everything that you said in this and other related threads.

 

To Han,

I do agree with you!!

What I was trying to say, is that a accredited degree, is a accredited degree, no matter which way you earned it.

So be happy and proud for the work you have done!!

And as far as being "BULL", NO IT'S NOT BULL.

A college accredited degree of any level, no matter which way you earned it, is better than no degree!

Rich Hartel

 

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Just look at some of the idiots working around you who received their degree from a Mom and Dad funded Ivy campus.

The TGIF logo on the back of their shoes means
"Toe's Go In First"

Not making fun of all, but I look at it this way, usually the one's who turn their nose, must have some type of emotional distress issue

 

Unfortunately, academic snobbery is alive and well in far too many places. There are those who believe that education at a distance is inherently inferior. There is no hard data upon which to base this snobbery and many decades of media comparison studies demonstrating no significant difference in achievement between those receiving "traditional' "live" instruction and those receiving "mediated" instruction.

There are those who who believe that someone from a "Tier 1" school is automatically better educated than one from a "Tier 4" school. Of course, this is nonsense. Besides who decides the tier? US News and World Report? Barrons? Petersons? Billy Bob's Guide to the Best Party Schools?

There are those who believe that a Ph.D. in education is, somehow, a higher degree than an Ed.D. Again, every study ever conducted and the U.S. Department of Education declares that the two degrees are equivalent.

Fortunately, current research is showing that the acceptance of distance learning has never been greater and continues to rise in academic and (especially) in business/industrry, government, health care, etc. As the old snobby elite retires, the situation should only get better.

Those with DL degrees can rightfully be proud of their accomplishments.

Tony Piña
Faculty, Cal State U. San Bernardino

 

The bull part was referring to two degrees being all other things equal, being different simply becuase of the medium it was obtained.

I agree with you about the degree being a good thing, that is why I have been at this for way too many years!!

 

The sad part is, I knew several people in high school that picked their undergrad based on party school reputation

 

"Paranoia is one of my strengths "


It's not paranoia if everyone REALLY is out to get you.

 

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I don't understand why someone would use unaccredited degrees, if they have completed accredited degrees. It would seem to me that you would use just the accredited degrees. I do agree that if a person obtained unaccredited degrees, that these should be replaced by real, authentic, and genuine degrees that are nationally or regionally accredited, which would be recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

My best advice to someone who has unaccredited degrees is to scrap them -- put them through the shredder. Then, go get a real degree -- a regionally or nationally accredited one. Otherwise, you will be considered part of the "diploma mill."

 

Re: Re: Advice for people who are unhappy with their (accredited) DL degree

As a former associate of mine once said, sometimes nothing is a real cool hand.