Re:Online Degrees That Are Seen as Official
by foobarqux on Sunday March 08, 2015 @09:30PM
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I think that filtering is only one of many important factors, many of which are interrelated. An elite school's imprimatur, for example, can more easily convince clients and even internal management of an employee's competence.
Filtering alone doesn't explain why those companies go 50% deep into the pool of Harvard graduates before considering the top 5% of UCLA grads.
Right. The article talks about this. 'Top' universities are filters for high degrees of talent or money. It is not their value-add then, which makes their graduates employable, it is their pickiness choosing with students to allow to buy their services.
But I partially agree: certification programs need to indicate degree of attainment, not just pass or fail. I disagree that SAT entry requirements is particularly important to an employer. If I wanted to make sure a candidate had a certain SAT score, I could ask them for it, couldn't I?
Re:Online Degrees That Are Seen as Official
by pjbrunet on Sunday March 08, 2015 @04:09PM
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Interesting point. Though universities allow F students in through loopholes. Fail HS, go to community college where the tests are open book, then transfer to a University which by law must accept them.
Neither MOOCs nor certification programs offer that key function. When Coursera only accepts people with a certain SAT score, then issues "degrees" ranking candidates by class performance, I think we'll see employers take them more seriously.