http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/01/12/college-for-profit-its-time-has-come/ Thoughts for leaders where new media meets public life. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/01/12/college-for-profit-its-time-has-come/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Peer-To-Peer Higher Education « Brad Rourke’s Blog Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:26:35 +0000 http://bradrourke.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/college-for-profit-its-time-has-come/#comment-52 [...] written before about for-profit and online higher education, in which I am generally in favor, but I am not sure what to [...] [...] written before about for-profit and online higher education, in which I am generally in favor, but I am not sure what to [...]

]]> http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/01/12/college-for-profit-its-time-has-come/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Caryn Martinez Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:33:00 +0000 http://bradrourke.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/college-for-profit-its-time-has-come/#comment-51 Um.... aren't private colleges, all all the ivy league schools, for-profit? They aren't funded by tax dollars. Or are they all non-profit institutions? Um…. aren’t private colleges, all all the ivy league schools, for-profit? They aren’t funded by tax dollars. Or are they all non-profit institutions?

]]> http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/01/12/college-for-profit-its-time-has-come/comment-page-1/#comment-50 sutton Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:18:00 +0000 http://bradrourke.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/college-for-profit-its-time-has-come/#comment-50 Yes, BUT -- anyone who has sat through professional training-type courses at, say, a land-grant university, as I have, knows that there is a big difference between "serving your students" as is meant here (i.e., satisfying them enough so that they will not take their business elsewhere) and giving them a truly rigorous, high-quality education. A lot of people just want a credential and don't want to have to work hard to get it. This, of course, might indict our society's obsession with education credentials more than it indicts a place like DeVry, of course: the more jobs that require a master's degree as a minimum, the less a master's degree means... Yes, BUT — anyone who has sat through professional training-type courses at, say, a land-grant university, as I have, knows that there is a big difference between “serving your students” as is meant here (i.e., satisfying them enough so that they will not take their business elsewhere) and giving them a truly rigorous, high-quality education. A lot of people just want a credential and don’t want to have to work hard to get it. This, of course, might indict our society’s obsession with education credentials more than it indicts a place like DeVry, of course: the more jobs that require a master’s degree as a minimum, the less a master’s degree means…

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