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Re:Announcing Online MS in Computer Science in Collaboration... by ig1 on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @05:29AM (#5710959)
A large part of the credentialing value of a degree is that the person was skilled enough to be accepted onto the course, if they make entrance less competitive it will likely significantly reduce the market value of the degree in credentialing terms.
Re:Announcing Online MS in Computer Science in Collaboration... by mesozoic on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @10:50PM (#5716621)
True but some degree of selectivity must be related to capacity rather than qualification. They probably have an abundance of applicants with enough skills to get through the program but their capacity forces them to be even more selective than that. Those are the people that would likely be well served by this program.