Unaccredited schools- all degree mills??

[Virtual Bison]

Unaccredited schools existed at all levels, from barely legal to pretty good. Were any of them Harvard? Hardly. But they were good enough for many purposes. It was up to us as adults to make the good choices. If we didn't, well, we took the risks. As one infamous expert told us, if it was legal- required work- had a decent reputation, it was acceptable.

So you looked through the Bear guide. Listened to the man's advice, sent off for the catalogs, and made your choice.

Here is the way it was back then. People picked good and bad schools according to their needs and wants. I have no problem with discussions about how good the choices were between the schools. I have a big problem with the idea that all such choices were bad or worse, mills. You can't have a discussion if you start from the point that says they were mills or useless. The degrees were of value to many people, myself included. That the former supporters of such schools now run from their previous statements doesn't make the choices any different.

Some of these schools were legitimate attempts to provide adults with college degrees. Others were mills or just a little better than that. They were not all the same nor were they all useless. They deserve to be treated each to its own works.

Some were good, some were average, and some were BAD. Just like apple pies. Not all are tasty.

I think we should add to the discussion the fact that a good many accredited schools and, to expand further a number of programs at accredited schools are not all that great either. I personally know a person who took classes in sociology at one accredited school and graduated. The only time he actually showed up for any of his classes was for the final exam. He also cheated on every test. He plagerized all of his term papers.

To me it was a slap in my face because I worked extremely hard to get a degree. But thats just how it goes I guess.

Or to put it as one of my former bosses put it, the secret of success is not to work hard but to work smart. And taking sociology classes and fucking off is one way to succeed.