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A comment on Ask HN: Is there room for a non-profit computer science degree provider?.

Re:Ask HN: Is there room for a non-profit computer science d... by dragonwriter on Monday January 01, 2018 @05:11AM (#16045522)
> Why isn’t there a bootcamp that provides a bachelors level computer science degree?

Because meeting government rules for private, for-profit degree granting institutions and accreditation requirements for degree granting institutions requires a lot of expenditure and, for accreditation, time that get-rich-quick bootcamp operators aren't interested in.

> So I guess my question is, why can’t there be a free or low cost, not for profit, accredited bachelors level computer science degree?

The vast majority of US colleges and universities are either private nonprofits or public institutions.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there room for a non-profit computer science d... by jjeaff on Monday January 01, 2018 @03:58PM (#16048008)
Whether the bootcamp people are greedy or not doesn't factor in.

Getting national accreditation for a coding bootcamp would be like getting a PhD in biology to be a dog groomer. Not only is it overkill, it wouldn't really teach you to do your job.

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