Master’s degrees are the second biggest scam in higher education?

Re:Master’s degrees are the second biggest scam in higher ed... by mavelikara on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:04PM (#27868385)

India has a population of well over a billion people. IITs admit only about 5000 students per academic year, from about 100K students applying, across all disciplines. If you find all other students from India not qualified, maybe there is something seriously wrong with your candidate outreach, or you hire from a very exclusive pool even stateside.

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Re:Master’s degrees are the second biggest scam in higher ed... by majjgepolja on Sunday July 18, 2021 @08:42AM (#27872442)

That's true, but having seen (non-IIT) Indian colleges, I am not surprised if 80%+ students they see are like that. Moreover, intelligent ones less commonly opt for masters degrees because they get good offers in campus placements, especially those from middle class or rural areas are already doing undergrad on loans.

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Re:Master’s degrees are the second biggest scam in higher ed... by pclmulqdq on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:13PM (#27868447)

We did only hire from about 20 schools in the US. The unfortunate thing is that the masters programs did not filter nearly as exclusively as the undergrad programs.

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Re:Master’s degrees are the second biggest scam in higher ed... by mavelikara on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:38PM (#27868660)

Ok, so you were "shredding resumes" of students of all but 20 schools in US, IITs and Tsinghua. That's an extremely high hiring bar.

I don't think this experience can be used to draw general conclusions on the quality of education across Masters programs in US.

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Re:Master’s degrees are the second biggest scam in higher ed... by klipt on Saturday July 17, 2021 @08:46PM (#27869951)

Yeah, I know many people who wouldn't have passed that bar making bank working at FAANGS.

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