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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by azinman2 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @02:57PM (#35212008)
What degrees and which schools?
Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by snerbles on Saturday March 18, 2023 @03:31PM (#35212299)
In the US, full-time minimum is typically 12 semester hours (credits) - that is, 12 hours in the classroom per week. In practice students often take 12-18 credits, and are considered overloaded at 20+ hours - some institutions require approval to exceed a certain enrollment.

I had multiple semesters while attending a California State University campus where my classes stacked up on Monday-Wednesday-Friday, and depending on lab schedules I'd wind up having Tuesdays and/or Thursdays "off", usually taken up by part-time work or projects. Most of my classmates in the ECE department spent their spare days in a similar fashion.

So, no, I was not attending class on a "daily basis". And personally, I've learned far more from professional development, personal projects and self-teaching than I ever did in the coursework for my engineering degree.

Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by lotsofpulp on Saturday March 18, 2023 @04:09PM (#35212636)
Business/psychology/criminal justice/communications degrees are generally considered the go to for easy degrees where you just want the status of having a Bachelors degree.

For schools, any smaller private school charging $70k per year that is not in the top 10 or 20 probably fits the bill. They have a license to give rich foreigners a way to buy into the US, and I doubt rigorous education is their priority.