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> Because enrollment and the numbers of students who can pay are dwindling > I just don't see there being a significant market of people willing to pay full tui

> Because enrollment and the numbers of students who can pay are dwindling > I just don't see there being a significant market of people willing to pay full tuition for a non-accredited institution Aren't US tuition fees already bloated? > afford to hire good professors away from existing universities Why not hire the professors that are still good yet not perfect enough to get through the brutal competition mentioned above? > The employers require this because they see it (fairly or unfairly) as an easy way to weed out those who would be unqualified. Why is it not possible for a private non-accredited college to establish an industry-recognized degree of reputation?

Kalium 8y ago
> Why is it not possible for a private non-accredited college to establish an industry-recognized degree of reputation? You're absolutley right! This is very possible. In practice, the process you describe is both more difficult than accreditation (because it's undefined) and less trusted by industry (because there's nobody trusted validating it).
- wolco 8y ago
  Not always. Think programming language certification. If the company who created x offers certificate in x trust can be there. An exam is dufferent to a degree but it could work if say Apple or Microsoft started to offer a university and focus on tech like ai, etc. New York times offering an English degree. Scotland yard - security.
0xffff2 8y ago
>Why is it not possible for a private non-accredited college to establish an industry-recognized degree of reputation? It is absolutely possible. In fact, it doesn't even have to be a private institution. I have a CS degree from a public California university. The university itself is accredited, but my particular degree is not. There is no outside body that says that I learned anything at all about CS, just that I learned the bare minimum to get a bachelors degree from a UC school. The weight of the universities name is more than sufficient on its own to answer any question of whether my degree is worth anything. Of course I suspect that it is in fact much easier to go down this path if you're already a globally recognized research university than if you're "Joe Schmoe's Computer Science Degree Emporium".

Kalium 8y ago

> Why is it not possible for a private non-accredited college to establish an industry-recognized degree of reputation? You're absolutley right! This is very possible. In practice, the process you describe is both more difficult than accreditation (because it's undefined) and less trusted by industry (because there's nobody trusted validating it).

wolco 8y ago
Not always. Think programming language certification. If the company who created x offers certificate in x trust can be there. An exam is dufferent to a degree but it could work if say Apple or Microsoft started to offer a university and focus on tech like ai, etc. New York times offering an English degree. Scotland yard - security.

0xffff2 8y ago

>Why is it not possible for a private non-accredited college to establish an industry-recognized degree of reputation? It is absolutely possible. In fact, it doesn't even have to be a private institution. I have a CS degree from a public California university. The university itself is accredited, but my particular degree is not. There is no outside body that says that I learned anything at all about CS, just that I learned the bare minimum to get a bachelors degree from a UC school. The weight of the universities name is more than sufficient on its own to answer any question of whether my degree is worth anything. Of course I suspect that it is in fact much easier to go down this path if you're already a globally recognized research university than if you're "Joe Schmoe's Computer Science Degree Emporium".