the ones who do get a degree often find it worthless in the real world While I have no love lost for the for-profit schools, I went to one I know how they oper

the ones who do get a degree often find it worthless in the real world While I have no love lost for the for-profit schools, I went to one I know how they operate. I think the above statement is not true. Some of the schools are regionally accredited (the one I went to was). Meaning credits will transfer and other schools will honor the degree when a student seeks a higher degree. I cant speak for the curriculum taught at all of the schools but I can say that for UOP the curriculum was at a level somewhere between a 4 year community collage and an average state school. I knew the deal going in, an I knew the expense but I was already an executive at the time and needed a degree to move to the CTO spot in the company I was with. It was a no brainier for me. 50k for school was cheap for me so long as school did not interfere with my already overloaded schedule. What sealed the deal for me was the 1 class at a time approach. Instead of 16 week semesters where you take 3-4 classes UOP broke it into 1 focused class over a 5 week period. Given my schedule this allowed me to bank the credits and adjust my schedule. I only needed to plan 5 weeks at a time. And with as busy as I was that was the most I could do. If the next 5 weeks where going to be slammed. I could sign up for the next class when my schedule cooled off. To say that they are of no value is characteristically unfair, to say that they don't offer a good value proposition to most people is more accurate. I think the idea of degrees as a job requirement are nonsensical in the first place. If the job falls in a scientific discipline there are already certification (Doctor, Nurse, engineer) that prove (as much as you can) core competency. Legal the same thing (Real Estate, Lawyer, CPA). As well, for the arts it does not matter just because you are study in the arts does not make you good at them. If people would stop the nonsensical notion that a degree creates a more qualified candidate, we would not have people saddling themselves with debt just to be competitive and the universities would go back to being institutions of repute, where great minds go to collaborate. The rest of us are just getting in their way to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.