Should the campus you attend be designated on your resume

And these firms are what we hold accountable when they propose a staffing plan, especially if the staffing/management team is part of a competitive evaluation. We used to require individually signed resumes with an acknowledgement of the penalties for inflation or misrepresentation. One wrong resume could result in an award for billions of dollars being set aside and going to another offeror.

 

How did DegreeInfo turn into a remake of Le dîner de cons overnight?

Maybe it was inanity overloaded the server. Is that possible?

 

I did a little reading about the "World Campus" and I think I agree with your point about PSU's structure.

Here, they refer to it a "delivery unit" that works in partnership with the academic colleges. (This seems to indicate that the degree is offered by the colleges.)

Penn State | Organization Overview | About Us

"The World Campus serves as a delivery unit and works in partnership with the academic colleges to extend undergraduate and graduate degrees and professional certificate programs — all taught by Penn State faculty — to adult learners who otherwise do not have access to a Penn State education."

Here, it is stated that a degree offered the Smeal College of Business (online through world campus).

Penn State | Online Master in Supply Chain Management

"This master's degree program is offered by Penn State's Smeal College of Business, through the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems which Supply Chain Management Review has ranked 1st in supply chain education. You can learn from the same internationally recognized faculty members who teach supply chain courses on campus, while you benefit from the global reputation and experience of the World Campus in online education."

 

Additionally, at Penn State, it appears students can relatively freely transfer between campuses. That further supports TJ's points as to their structure.

Academic Colleges - Penn State Undergraduate Admissions

 

I see your point and it is valid, BUT a student may not initially be admitted to University Park, then must remain in good academic standing to switch into the main campus. That doesn't even touch on graduate level degrees, one cannot transfer into Smeal from one of the other b-schools, you're either admitted or you're not.
I'm really not trying to attack Thomas Jefferson, we just have different perspectives on the issue. That said, he appears to be highly sensitive to opinions of forum members that differ from his own on this topic. I think that can be attributed to his being enrolled in a program at one of the campuses other than University Park and not wanting the value of his degree to be devalued. Regardless of our opinion, if the degree serves him well in his chosen profession then our opinions shouldn't be of much consequence to him.

 

I'm one of the hiring managers in a state government office in (the state of) California. We expect applicants to write whatever their diploma states. Our application form asks for the exact location of the school, so we don't care if they don't include it on their resumes. Degree-wise, the ONLY thing our office cares about is whether the credential is legitimate. We DON'T care about school rankings at all - the office views them generally as too subjective to have any credibility, which means that whether the applicant graduated from Penn State - U Park or Penn State Erie carries ZERO weight. Education background, in reality, is just a check mark: experience and how applicants come off during the multiple interviews/screenings are what matter. Having said that, a Harvard graduate hired for an administrative assistant position, for instance, will earn the same 30K salary as a graduate from the lowest-ranked tier 4 university.

 

Good points on transferring. That further clouds things for me.

I'm glad you started the thread. It is an interesting question in general and I have learned quite a bit about Penn State between the comments and poking around on their website.

 

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ERAU has two main campuses and numerous satellite campuses in the US and in several other countries. I just list my degree as being from ERAU. It was awarded out of Florida but all my paperwork and classes were out of March ARB in California. Only one person (a friend) ever asked me where I earned my degree and I relplied "March ARB".

In general I would not list the campus; for example UC Riverside (as do four other RA universities) has a satellite campus in my town but I would exclude saying so on a resume (keep it simple) - if an employer is interested they will ask.

 

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Most schools I've attended have a career services center with resume assistance services which show how to clearly list the schools on a resume. Shouldn't that be what we use rather than what we presume it should be?

Also, isn't it standard practice to write the city/state of the school you attended on a resume? Wouldn't that show the different campus whether or not you include in the name of the school? Every time I've filled out an application for work, it has included a section for city/state of the schools I've attended. That seems to make whether listing the campus on the resume moot, since that city and state should make it obvious, unless the same city has multiple campus's. Even the 100% online schools I've listed on resumes in the past for coursework, like Grantham, I still had to list a city/state which ended up being their physical address.

 

I am in agreement with you, I always list the city and state of the schools i've attended on my resume. Some people here feel it is okay to omit that, which I disagree with. I also made mention in a previous post about having to provide that information on job applications, but the fact that it can be ambiguous and people don't offer it up right away makes me think they are attempting to deceive others.

 

I list my degree like this.

B.A. Washington State University
Vancouver, WA.

Plain to see that my degree was conferred at the 'Couv campus.

I suppose I could list it like this;

B.A. Washington State University-Vancouver

6 of one and a half dozen of the other.

I list the city and state from all of my degree's. I think most hiring managers can put two and two together and figure out that most of my degrees were earned online/DL.

 

That is what I think is appropriate. Just listing the city, state is fine. But do something to distinguish that you're not being completely forth coming.

 

This is the format I follow as well. I I recently reviewed the Senate questionnaire of my local U.S. Attorney nominee and I was comforted that he listed his degrees the same way. He had earned degrees from both the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses of Indiana University.

 

Wait!

Why dont you guys put the degree such as Political Science, English Lliterature, Music, Etc along with the B.A. on your resume'?

 

Apparently Penn State Erie, The Behrend College does list "The Behrend College" on its diploma.

 

AUTiger's point here extends to a point I made in a post on the other poll thread. In summary, it's best to be honest and provide full disclosure up front to avoid any awkward situations later. Keep in mind that there are always alums and others out there who DO care about the differentiation, and they very well may be the ones reviewing your resume and interviewing you for a position. Whether that is right or wrong isn't the issue, but it is important to consider. For example, if the VP that is interviewing you for a Director position is (unbeknownst to you) a Smeal grad and you are a Worldcampus iMBA grad who didn't state that on your resume, and you are asked about your MBA coursework, professors, program, etc., he/she may perceive your omission of the iMBA/Worldcampus designation on your resume as deceptive or dishonest and it could cost you the opportunity. I think I'd always err on the side of full disclosure - you can't always assume that the person who is reading your resume is just going to be swayed by the school name on the resume alone and is not going to dig deeper.

 

I have put it on and left it off. Since most of the jobs I apply for are IT related I usually do not list my major (Social Sciences and Psychology). I do however list my concentration (IT Management) for my MBA...when I put that on my resume. A lot of time for IT jobs I leave off the MBA and will only list one BA and my AAS in Electronic Systems Tech...

Nobody wants to see 5 degrees listed on a resume (3 of which are not related to positions I apply for). Plus adding all this extraneous stuff for education takes up much needed space. Space better used to list accomplishments and such. Just list degree and city state, year if you feel like it.