The cost and the time required for degrees is becoming so much of a burden that many just say NO to higher education. That's why it was and is important to give people the option of state sanctioned colleges. They weren't for everyone, BUT, they met the needs of many, especially adults long out of school.
When you squeeze out the competition you always make things costly and less adaptive to the requirements of many people.
It should always have been up to the people to choose between DETC/Regional/and state authorized schools. People vote with their money. If one form of education wins out so be it, but not the way this crap worked out, with people having a financial or ego interest trying to fix the outcome. They did, it worked out, and we have very high costs and little choice. Just how many older people want to spend 4-6 years to get a B.S. degree ONLINE. That's not DL that's the same as sitting in a class room for 6 years. Who does this remove from DL???? almost all older people. That's what the old model, as Bear defined it, yes, for once he got it right, was about. Many seniors will epend 5 to 10K and 6 to 12 months earning a base level/legal/moderately usable, degree program. They will not spend 30k and 6 years to earn a degree that is, in many cases, for self satisfaction/pride. A very good reason, in my view, to get any degree.
But we now have the gold-fish standard, and like this fish part, it often smells in 3 days of sun, and the damn things costs like the devil.
Oh well, I guess they won, but look at all the money the old folks would have paid for decent state approved degrees. Maybe, just maybe old man Bear might have got some of them bucks if he could have kept his damned mouth shut!!!!!!! Maybe the old crook just talked himself out of a lot of money. He should have remained a voice of moderation and reason, even if he was faking every word.
When you squeeze out the competition you always make things costly and less adaptive to the requirements of many people.
It should always have been up to the people to choose between DETC/Regional/and state authorized schools. People vote with their money. If one form of education wins out so be it, but not the way this crap worked out, with people having a financial or ego interest trying to fix the outcome. They did, it worked out, and we have very high costs and little choice. Just how many older people want to spend 4-6 years to get a B.S. degree ONLINE. That's not DL that's the same as sitting in a class room for 6 years. Who does this remove from DL???? almost all older people. That's what the old model, as Bear defined it, yes, for once he got it right, was about. Many seniors will epend 5 to 10K and 6 to 12 months earning a base level/legal/moderately usable, degree program. They will not spend 30k and 6 years to earn a degree that is, in many cases, for self satisfaction/pride. A very good reason, in my view, to get any degree.
But we now have the gold-fish standard, and like this fish part, it often smells in 3 days of sun, and the damn things costs like the devil.
Oh well, I guess they won, but look at all the money the old folks would have paid for decent state approved degrees. Maybe, just maybe old man Bear might have got some of them bucks if he could have kept his damned mouth shut!!!!!!! Maybe the old crook just talked himself out of a lot of money. He should have remained a voice of moderation and reason, even if he was faking every word.