02-22-2013, 04:24 PM
"I think anyone can get a good education at pretty much any accredited US university at the undergraduate level if you are willing to put in the effort."
This supports my point: So if you can get a good education by putting in the effort even if the instruction sucks, why not do it on-line and and avoid some misery.
As for the quality of student life, there are a number of state schools that are lowering their admission standards so that they put more freshman in large classes taught by TA's. The schools are well aware that they will not graduate all of these students. In the second semester (after they have sent a donation request letter to the parents) they start enrolling them in "weed out" classes. I understand that the University of Oregon has adopted this strategy.
Where I went to school, courses like calculus and physics had a 40% flunk out rate. Those that survive this quality education generally have good survival skills though, and this has helped me.
This supports my point: So if you can get a good education by putting in the effort even if the instruction sucks, why not do it on-line and and avoid some misery.
As for the quality of student life, there are a number of state schools that are lowering their admission standards so that they put more freshman in large classes taught by TA's. The schools are well aware that they will not graduate all of these students. In the second semester (after they have sent a donation request letter to the parents) they start enrolling them in "weed out" classes. I understand that the University of Oregon has adopted this strategy.
Where I went to school, courses like calculus and physics had a 40% flunk out rate. Those that survive this quality education generally have good survival skills though, and this has helped me.