University of Arkansas - eVersity Going Away

It appears that UA-eVersity will be absorbed into UA-Grantham. So, eVersity has completed its teach-out program and voluntarily withdrawn its accreditation.

https://www.deac.org/UploadedDocuments/Public-Notices/Accreditation-Actions/072922_AC_meeting_report.pdf

Grantham charges considerably more per credit hour.

 

Well, if the diplomas have these names on them - I'd prefer a Grantham one. Long standing, better known. I haven't yet looked at how much of a monetary difference it makes, but I'd think it's definitely worth something. And I don't mean $10-15 a credit. More than that, by a long shot.

Looks like progress comes at a price. Not unusual. Everything else does...

BTW. Don't like the name eVersity. e-anything sounds faddish and from earlier days of the Net. Like those "e-degrees" a school in India was offering me for for $49. They were a terrific value --- for $49. But I wouldn't want to pay substantial money for "e-anything."

 

... Don't like the name "e-Cornell" either. Like Cornell just fine. Go Big Red!

 

Could you expand on this program from India? I hadn't heard of it before and I'm interested in learning about it.

 

This is already a done deal and they have revamped the Grantham website. https://www.uagrantham.edu/

 

It's https://www.eduonix.com "e-degrees" are their trademarked thingy. All their courses are business and computer related. I think they have many more nowadays. They have expanded the list considerably since I first looked there. E-degrees were $49 back then. You can always, if you want, buy lifetime access to everything for about the price of ONE RA credit. ($329) Not one course - one CREDIT. The e-degrees I looked at back then consisted of maybe 9-10 courses in a single area -e.g. Javascript, Python, etc. About $5 a course. If you worked it out. some were as low as 6-7 cents a video lecture.

*** They have some crazy-low discount deals. ***
(They also had some freebie courses that were very very good. I still have some.)

I made a post at the time: https://www.degreeinfo.com/index.php?threads/certifications-associates-do-they-hold-any-weight-in-cs-it.57508/page-2#post-541930

 

Yes, this name is much better. If you encountered it without knowing the backstory, you could easily assume it was a branch campus in Grantham, AR, a place you would think you’d be able to find on a map, if you cared enough to look…

 

I don't know much about Arkansas place names. I know Osceola - home of the Dipsy Doodle Club. It's famous. https://arktimes.com/entertainment/arkansongs/2005/07/14/rocking-the-blues

I know Forrest City. Home of Forrest City Joe, a great bluesman from around there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_City_Joe

I don't know much about Arkansas places, but I know a fair bit about most of these people, all born in Arkansas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Blues_musicians_from_Arkansas

Great State for Blues. Education? Now what would I know about that?

 

It is good that the institute is absorb into another one. It is a horrible name.

 

I kind of get this because the e also stands for Executive, and they offer mostly non-degree programs.