Fast track Certificate or Diploma (in Business related) from a well known university

Discussion in 'Business and MBA degrees' started by calvinklein, Apr 8, 2012.

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  1. Jonathan Whatley

    Jonathan Whatley Well-Known Member

    A distance learning course of no more than one month will almost never – possibly never – qualify you for alumni standing from a highly prestigious global university.

    For example, you mentioned two short, non-credit certificates from Stanford. Let's look at the Stanford Alumni Association.

    Membership General FAQ.

    There's a list of benefits for Affiliate members including a STANFORD magazine subscription and a discount at Stanford bookstore. But there are key, networking-related benefits an Affiliate can't get, including "access to some regional events, most alumni clubs or the alumni directory." Affiliate Membership. You

    There's a separate Stanford Graduate School of Business Alumni Association, but it looks like you wouldn't be eligible for any status with them for having taken a short online certificate course.

    There are similar rules at other schools.
     

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