Beware Of Fake College Degrees

Day 6 of 28!

Frontline: http://to.pbs.org/gxk7tY

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

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• online
• colleges
• maury
• jerry
• springer
• for
• profit
• university
• medicine

[gostate009]

Whats funny is there is an ad for one of these colleges right obove suggestions

[TheDreamReborn]

@gostate009 They have no shame...

[Pentazoid111]

College is a gamble for most people.College instructors don't teach you how to managed your finances properly. There isn't a guareentee that you will have a job straight out of college. 70 percent of people who are admitted to a university never finished there four year degree. Of those who finish there four year degree, most will never used there four year degree for the job that they apply for. Not everyone who attends college will become a financial success, in fact most graduate in debt.

[shotzdog6]

Good video, I never made the connection between the ads being shown during Jerry Springer etc to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

[manoman5067589261]

i would never hire a person that took an on line course .

[adangme]

@shotzdog6 I never made that connection either! Community college is a better selection than those expensive online colleges.  Those online colleges are a rip-off and many if not most jobs don't honor them!

I've seen the PBS doc. Some of those people spent thousands more in online, or "franchise" colleges than in a regular 4 year university, and haven't gotten a job that honors their 'bought' degree.

[TheChallenger1000]

@TheDreamReborn

The fatal flaw in your video is that you're painting all online programs with the same brush, like, if it's online it's automatically "Fake". AP showed you the best schools we have offering online programs with Harvard offering a degree online. That crushes your attempt to dust. Times have changed and because of technology so has learning and the collegiate field has embraced it. The direction you should've taken should've been against UNACCREDITED schools not online programs.

[AllPro777]

@TheDreamReborn

Wow, now you're cursing? DId I SAY you mentioned those schools, genius? Nice try. The fact those HUGELY PRESTIGIOUS schools DO offer online programs destroys your entire crusade and you know it, lol. That's why all you can do now is resort to childish name-calling, smh. Secondly, no regionally or nationally accredited school offers a degree anytime faster than normal. This is a fact. So whatever school you're talking about wouldn't be accredited anyway, so it's irrelevant.

[AllPro777]

@TheDreamReborn

... ??? LOL.

I've agreed with nothing you said, because all you did was spew empty rhetoric on a subject you know very little about. Who are you kidding? And your entire response to me, starting with name-calling--which shows your lack of maturity since I never called you a name--is even more ridiculous than the video. Smh. Give it a rest man. If you're going to respond be a little classier than resorting to nonsensical posts and ad hominem attacks.

[TheDreamReborn]

@AllPro777 I swear you are a jackass. You are basically agreeing with everything I said and then throwing in information that I didn't even touch on because it was fairly obvious!

[TheDreamReborn]

@AllPro777 Did you hear me mention Harvard, NYU or Stanford? I highly doubt it! You know why? They aren't 100% online and promise you a 2 year degree in 3 months. Listen to the fucking video first you cunt!

[AllPro777]

@gostate009

Here is all you need to know: Whether the program is online or offline is irrelevant, and don't let these misinformed knuckleheads tell you differently. The ONLY thing that matters is whether or not the school is either Regionally or Nationally Accredited by an accreditation body recognized by CHEA. You can search the CHEA database online (C H E A . O R G) to see if the school you're interested in is recognized. If it's not in there, don't deal with it.

[AllPro777]

@TheDreamReborn

I urge you to do some research and you'll find that most Colleges today offer online programs. From Harvard, NYU, to Stanford and everyone in between. All Top Colleges that very few if any of your viewers would be able to get into.

I earned a degree in the 90's at a brick and mortar school, and earned a degree in the 2000's through an online program. The online program took the same amount of time it would've if I'd gone physically. Please stop spreading misinformation!

[AllPro777]

@TheDreamReborn

I think your intent was well-meaning, but you don't possess the proper information to discuss this failry and accurately. There are very few actual "online colleges". What we have usually are actual brick and mortar Colleges offering online programs, which as I said before is a common thing to see today since most schools do that now and have for years now. Most of these schools require you to spend 2-4 years just like they do offline, with the same guidelines as offline.