Posted by bposton on November 7th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online
Did you hear about the protests going on at Florida Tech?
Seems that the Dean of the School of Business, David Steele was fired recently.
It’s alleged (by other faculty members) that he was fired because he disagreed with the board of
trustees over an online undergraduate business degree program the schools was starting.
The students are protesting his firing, and the online program, saying that
all that will be required for an online degree is a high school diploma and
students being 22 years of age or older.
The university says that it already has an online MBA program, and that the
standards for admission to the undergraduate program have not yet be defined.
The program is scheduled to begin in January 2008.
My opinion?
Well, from were I sit in my online degree dorm room, I can understand the student’s point,but
I think the protests are a little premature. I think the university should be given the chance
to determine the adimission requirements and then lets see if those requirements really impact
the traditional progams.
Those students (and faculty it seems) should take a look around. They’d see that a big part
of the future of education will distance and online learning programs.
Just my humble opinion 
Ben
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Posted by bposton on November 7th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online
Here’s a statistic that just burns me up…
Back in September of 2004, the Government Accountability Office released a report that found federal
agencies had spent at least $169,000 for their employees to obtain degrees from two so-called “diploma mills,”
California Coast University and Kennedy-Western University.
The GAO report defined diploma mills as “non-traditional, unaccredited, post-secondary schools
that offer degrees for a relatively low flat fee, promote the award of academic credits based on
life experience, and do not require any classroom instruction.”
That’s $169,000 of YOUR tax dollars going out to diploma mills, my good friend.
In the report, however, it was also mentioned that no “uniform verification process” exists for such institutions,
particularly online degree programs.
Don’t you think we need a verification process? Otherwise this number will just get higher, and probably already has.
At there are some states who have taken the initative. These include Oregon and California,
who have refused to recognize Kennedy-Western degrees.
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Posted by bposton on November 3rd, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online
Just thought I’d make a quick point about the trouble you can get into trying to pass off a fake degree.
In fact, in the great state of Texas, it’s a crime. According to law down in the heart of Texas, it is a crime (a misdemeanor) to use a fraudulent or sub-standard degree to promote a business to seek employment or ask extra compensation.
There was a story a while back about a guy who got a PhD from a place called
Lasalle University. You’ve probably seen their ads in some of the major papers.
Well, LaSalle University closed in 1997 but then it was purchased by a different
party and continued to operate under the same name.
Evidently this guy who got his PhD had no idea of the school’s troubled history.
Which means he didn’t do his homework.
According to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board LaSalle University
of Louisiana was an institution that did offer degrees for less than college level work required. They basically were a fraudulent or substandard institution.
Now this guy had a complete set of papers from the university which included a letter of acceptance, and a list of required reading and coursework. He also wrote a 150-page dissertation. But the truth is that anything he turned in would have been OK with Lasalle, according the folks in Texas.
Just remember this. For online degree programs there are no hard rules of regulation,
except accreditation.
And in Texas, using an unaccredited degree is against the law.
Got it, partner?
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