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Levicoff has Degreemill degree from TESC - Ben Johnson - 07-26-2008
According to the State of Virginia Levicoff's 90%+ life experience degree from TESC is a degreemill degree. I could have guessed that considering his Knuckle dragging routines.
From degreeboard:
http://courses.degreeboard.com/mod/resource/view.php?id=2
(QUOTE)“Degree/diploma mill” means a postsecondary school or institution of higher education that meets any one of the following conditions: (i) ...; (ii) ... (iii) issues degrees, diplomas, or certification basing more than 50 percent of required credits on the student’s life or work experience. (UNQUOTE)
So the old ass pirate has a milled degree!
RE: Levicoff has Degreemill degree from TESC - ham - 07-26-2008
Ben Johnson Wrote:According to the State of Virginia Levicoff's 90%+ life experience degree from TESC is a degreemill degree. I could have guessed that considering his Knuckle dragging routines.
From degreeboard:
http://courses.degreeboard.com/mod/resource/view.php?id=2
(QUOTE)“Degree/diploma mill” means a postsecondary school or institution of higher education that meets any one of the following conditions: (i) ...; (ii) ... (iii) issues degrees, diplomas, or certification basing more than 50 percent of required credits on the student’s life or work experience. (UNQUOTE)
So the old ass pirate has a milled degree!
All accredited institutions i know of place significant burdens on PLAR/life experience; it is typically stipulated that PLAR/life experience are not to exceed a token percentage of credits; typically limits superpose themselves, EG there is a 40% PLAR + a 30% life experience maximum, but the overall transfer credit cannot exceed 50% or whatever, so one cannot use his 40+30%.
Conversely, all accredited universities I know of have clear PLAR/life experience policies, so it is not true that only unheard of dodgy outfits from Congo or East Timor offer PLAR credits: every school does.
What is true is that only mercenary basement operations from Uganda or Hawaii do grant degrees based exclusively on PLAR, while conventional institutions require 30, 40, 70% residence.
RE: Levicoff has Degreemill degree from TESC - Ben Johnson - 07-26-2008
So it is a milled degree. I meant to say 90 credit plus making it a bit over 75 % not 90%.
RE: Levicoff has Degreemill degree from TESC - Ben Johnson - 07-27-2008
Apparently that was only a first draft of Virginia legislation and legislators must have been informed that they were calling a regionally accredited New Jersey state university a degreemill. The must have determined that, although it fits their definition of a degreemill, it can't be one and their definition must be wrong. State universities that give degrees for no coursework are good schools. The owners of private schools that do the same thing are in jail.
RE: Levicoff has Degreemill degree from TESC - ham - 07-27-2008
Ben Johnson Wrote:Apparently that was only a first draft of Virginia legislation and legislators must have been informed that they were calling a regionally accredited New Jersey state university a degreemill. The must have determined that, although it fits their definition of a degreemill, it can't be one and their definition must be wrong. State universities that give degrees for no coursework are good schools. The owners of private schools that do the same thing are in jail.
I took a few 'challenge' exams with Athabasca in foreign languages; I didn't feel like sitting through the whole course.
HOWEVER
It is clearly stipulated that 'challenge' exams (roughly equivalent to CLEP or similar ) MUST require the EXACT SAME amount of work as a course would, and SHALL be marked as strictly as a regular course should.
This means writing the equivalent of all course essays, exercises, etc, plus the 'final exam' part.
Some AU 'challenges' require as long as SIX HOURS to complete under invigilation, while most require THREE HOURS.
It is definitely more demanding than a course load, not less, and don't simply consist in computer-generated multiple choices or 'general knowledge' exams.