Thank God you'll never know the joy of giving them your money.

Umm... people make money in a public system too, moron. You don't really understand the difference between "non-profit" and "for profit", do you?

They're still better off than morons who major in Philosophy at state universities.

Cena mark, here is some data for the you:

http://www.iupui.edu/~philosop/gre.htm

Also see: http://www.usi.edu/libarts/phil/faq.asp

Oh and this pdf "Philosophy Majors Well-Prepared for Life"

http://departments.colgate.edu/philosophy/Colgate_Philosophy_M ajor.pdf

oh cena! its like you never left! be still my heart!

It remains to be seen how useful a for-profit degree will be in the long term. I've heard multiple accounts of professors at these institutions being assigned students who lacked basic writing and math skills. These students weren't forced to undergo remediation, (they would be at a community college) and their professors were evaluated based on how many students passed and stayed in the program. It's not hard to see how this situation could result in graduates who've accumulated massive debt, but still lack the basic abilities expected by employers.

My friend worked in an advising position at a school that was in the process of moving everything online and he had the fun experience of watching them trade quality of education for higher enrollment. Someday you'll be able to get the degree with a side of french fries.

I thought his points about how long it can take to introduce innovations in traditional colleges were pretty reasonable. For-profits have a lot of issues, but from what I've heard they do a much better job at minimizing bureaucratic nonsense.

I'm actually okay with the fact that my school doesn't have a furry-american studies program now. They probably have a viral marketing concentration though.

btw, "Influence" is awesome, thank you for the heads up.

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