I know a couple of guys who have worked as instructors for online courses at UoP. They hire similar talent to most "real" colleges (one of my friends has a PhD in clinical psych and ~20years of practice, the other has a masters degree) - actually a cut above what you are likely to get at a community college academically. That's not to say that they are necessarily better educators or better at preparing you for real world jobs. When I took some classes at Nashville Tech, the best instructor was the C++ prof who had the least academic credentials of anyone in the department.
UoP isn't a degree mill, and I don't know anyone other than Andrew McElroy who regards them as such. However, for profit education does have a stigma with some people, so you may be marginally better off with a degree from MTSU or elsewhere if you can do an equivalent amount of the coursework remotely. I know I'm in the minority on this, but I never pay attention to a candidate's educational background unless there's something interesting in it (He has a PhD in medieval history!). Of course, that may be because I don't know how different Indian technical colleges stack up against each other. On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]>wrote: > > Also Andrew, I am fairly competent in the data center, but now a days, > people are looking for that piece of paper so i'm trying to figure out > how to do this. Since I am at home a good majority of my time, Online > Courses are sounding better. I'm just curious if anyoen else on the > list has any personal stories about UoP. I'm a little skeptical about > all of it. > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Andrew, They are credible: > http://www.phoenix.edu/about_us/accreditation.html > > > > Buuuuut, it may not be the kind of accreditation other colleges use. > > Like for instance, UoP's Business credit is not the same as MTSU. > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:50 PM, andrew mcelroy <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I'm considering going to University of Phoenix to get an Associates of > >>> IT out of the way. Has anyone out there gone through UoP and if you > >>> have tell me your story. > >>> > >> I might be wrong, but I am not sure if I see UoP as credible in any way. > >> Your almost better going to volunteer state comm college. > >> > >> For me, it has been all about technical competence and experience. > >> > >> Andrew > >> > >> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Chris > >>> > >>> > > >>> > >> > >> >> > >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
