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Re:False Advertising for College Is Pretty Much the Norm by feverfew on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @05:38AM (#17714352)
> I'm surprised you aren't seeing legitimate universities responding to the market and producing a 2-3 year BSc program, stripped of almost all general-studies courses.

Funnily enough this is how it works in the UK. All BSc/BA degree are 3 years long without any GenEd requirements.

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Re:False Advertising for College Is Pretty Much the Norm by vonmoltke on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @08:04AM (#17715154)
Actually, that is generally only true in England and Wales. Scottish universities generally have 4-year programs with Gen Ed requirements. It's the system the US system is based on.
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