Online Universities

bumper · Post by **bumper** » May 9, 2005 11:38 am

I would dabble with an online course but the face to face interaction with the instructor and fellow students should be your primary concern and is as much of the learning experience as the academic and practical aspects of an advanced degree.

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » May 9, 2005 11:57 am

bumper wrote:I would dabble with an online course but the face to face interaction with the instructor and fellow students should be your primary concern and is as much of the learning experience as the academic and practical aspects of an advanced degree.

How much "face to face interaction" do you get when you're at a University with 300 students in 1 class?

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » May 9, 2005 12:03 pm

Thanks for all the advice dudes! But, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna give the online thing a try. I'm at least going to try a couple classes and if I don't like it I can always reevaluate that decision...
What I'm wondering more though is if any of you know how employers look at online universities? As a whole do they tend to dismiss applicants who got their MBA online or is it just kind of hit and miss depending on the individual employer? Anyone have any experience with this?

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » May 9, 2005 12:09 pm

ParrotheadGator wrote:
bumper wrote:I would dabble with an online course but the face to face interaction with the instructor and fellow students should be your primary concern and is as much of the learning experience as the academic and practical aspects of an advanced degree.
How much "face to face interaction" do you get when you're at a University with 300 students in 1 class?

huh? What graduate program are you talking about? There is no such thing...

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » May 9, 2005 12:11 pm

nycparrothead wrote:Thanks for all the advice dudes! But, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna give the online thing a try. I'm at least going to try a couple classes and if I don't like it I can always reevaluate that decision...
What I'm wondering more though is if any of you know how employers look at online universities? As a whole do they tend to dismiss applicants who got their MBA online or is it just kind of hit and miss depending on the individual employer? Anyone have any experience with this?

It depends on which University who get the degree from. If you get the degree from the University of Pheonix, who may call themselves accredited, but holds little credibility in the real world, your employer may not be to keen on the idea.

If you find a real University who happens to have online programs, it would be an excellent opportunity.

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » May 9, 2005 12:12 pm

ParrotheadGator wrote:If you find a real University who happens to have online programs, it would be an excellent opportunity.

I think after y'alls (<-- Don't ya love it when a dude from NYC says "y'alls"??) input I definately think that that will be a must! Just gotta find some "real" Universities now that offer the Healthcare concentration.

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » May 9, 2005 12:13 pm

iuparrothead wrote:
ParrotheadGator wrote:
bumper wrote:I would dabble with an online course but the face to face interaction with the instructor and fellow students should be your primary concern and is as much of the learning experience as the academic and practical aspects of an advanced degree.
How much "face to face interaction" do you get when you're at a University with 300 students in 1 class?
huh? What graduate program are you talking about? There is no such thing...

I forgot for a minute he was talking about graduate progrma

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » May 9, 2005 12:29 pm

nycparrothead wrote:What I'm wondering more though is if any of you know how employers look at online universities? As a whole do they tend to dismiss applicants who got their MBA online or is it just kind of hit and miss depending on the individual employer? Anyone have any experience with this?

I would assume it depends on the location you are in... if you want to stay urban & subsequently a highly competative market, then best of luck...

Off the top of my head, I know that some of my direct administrators (managers, in an academic setting) received their advanced degrees from U of Michigan, U of Chicago, Harvard, Loyola, and Columbia. It's going to be hard for me to compete with those people having a degree from DePaul (and 5 years of healthcare experience.)

If (and when) I'm in upper management... if I have a choice between a Columbia grad and an online university grad... it's a no-brainer.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » May 9, 2005 12:34 pm

nycparrothead wrote:
ParrotheadGator wrote:If you find a real University who happens to have online programs, it would be an excellent opportunity.
I think after y'alls (<-- Don't ya love it when a dude from NYC says "y'alls"??) input I definately think that that will be a must! Just gotta find some "real" Universities now that offer the Healthcare concentration.

Since you're working on your Southern accent, you could look at East Tennessee State (http://www.etsu.edu). I don't know much about their programs other than what I picked up while living in the area.

They do have a strong healthcare/medical department and recently they started on-line classes. Now whether those on-line classes are for graduate programs, I don't know.

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » May 9, 2005 12:35 pm

nycparrothead wrote:
ParrotheadGator wrote:If you find a real University who happens to have online programs, it would be an excellent opportunity.
I think after y'alls (<-- Don't ya love it when a dude from NYC says "y'alls"??) input I definately think that that will be a must! Just gotta find some "real" Universities now that offer the Healthcare concentration.

if you really want to talk southern, it's more like "yawls" than "y'alls"

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » May 9, 2005 12:37 pm

iuparrothead wrote:
nycparrothead wrote:What I'm wondering more though is if any of you know how employers look at online universities? As a whole do they tend to dismiss applicants who got their MBA online or is it just kind of hit and miss depending on the individual employer? Anyone have any experience with this?
I would assume it depends on the location you are in... if you want to stay urban & subsequently a highly competative market, then best of luck... Off the top of my head, I know that some of my direct administrators (managers, in an academic setting) received their advanced degrees from U of Michigan, U of Chicago, Harvard, Loyola, and Columbia. It's going to be hard for me to compete with those people having a degree from DePaul (and 5 years of healthcare experience.)

If (and when) I'm in upper management... if I have a choice between a Columbia grad and an online university grad... it's a no-brainer.

I think I'm going to end up moving to the Carolinas though so i could probably just hold out till cracker jack starts putting MBA's in the box again and be all set!

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » May 9, 2005 12:38 pm

ParrotheadGator wrote:
nycparrothead wrote:
ParrotheadGator wrote:If you find a real University who happens to have online programs, it would be an excellent opportunity.
I think after y'alls (<-- Don't ya love it when a dude from NYC says "y'alls"??) input I definately think that that will be a must! Just gotta find some "real" Universities now that offer the Healthcare concentration.
if you really want to talk southern, it's more like "yawls" than "y'alls"

Damn!

I'll work on it!

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » May 9, 2005 12:48 pm

But you did have the spelling right; so you get partial credit.

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » May 9, 2005 12:53 pm

land_shark3 wrote:But you did have the spelling right; so you get partial credit.

But since we're ONLINE I get full credit!

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » May 9, 2005 12:58 pm

nycparrothead wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:But you did have the spelling right; so you get partial credit.
But since we're ONLINE I get full credit!

bumper · Post by **bumper** » May 9, 2005 2:09 pm

iuparrothead wrote:
nycparrothead wrote:What I'm wondering more though is if any of you know how employers look at online universities? As a whole do they tend to dismiss applicants who got their MBA online or is it just kind of hit and miss depending on the individual employer? Anyone have any experience with this?
I would assume it depends on the location you are in... if you want to stay urban & subsequently a highly competative market, then best of luck... Off the top of my head, I know that some of my direct administrators (managers, in an academic setting) received their advanced degrees from U of Michigan, U of Chicago, Harvard, Loyola, and Columbia. It's going to be hard for me to compete with those people having a degree from DePaul (and 5 years of healthcare experience.)

If (and when) I'm in upper management... if I have a choice between a Columbia grad and an online university grad... it's a no-brainer.

Pretend you grauduated from a well known university with a Masters in the field of your choice...you are in charge of hiring...10 applicants from Columbia, Harvard, UCLA, USC, Villanova blah blah and one from the University of Phoenix or DeVry.........who would you dismiss without hesitation?

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » May 9, 2005 2:31 pm

PHBeerman wrote:
nycparrothead wrote:
PHBeerman wrote:Just avoid the University of Phoenix type schools.
And here I was thinking that was one of the good ones.. What's wrong this U of Phoenix?
It is one of those Universities without walls.

University of Phoenix DOES have some walls. I know they have a "campus" in Dallas. I know someone who has attended classes at this campus. Now I can't vouch for the education he's receiving but he's not doing it online - he's doing it in a classroom.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » May 9, 2005 2:33 pm

bumper wrote:
iuparrothead wrote:
nycparrothead wrote:What I'm wondering more though is if any of you know how employers look at online universities? As a whole do they tend to dismiss applicants who got their MBA online or is it just kind of hit and miss depending on the individual employer? Anyone have any experience with this?
I would assume it depends on the location you are in... if you want to stay urban & subsequently a highly competative market, then best of luck... Off the top of my head, I know that some of my direct administrators (managers, in an academic setting) received their advanced degrees from U of Michigan, U of Chicago, Harvard, Loyola, and Columbia. It's going to be hard for me to compete with those people having a degree from DePaul (and 5 years of healthcare experience.)

If (and when) I'm in upper management... if I have a choice between a Columbia grad and an online university grad... it's a no-brainer.
Pretend you grauduated from a well known university with a Masters in the field of your choice...you are in charge of hiring...10 applicants from Columbia, Harvard, UCLA, USC, Villanova blah blah and one from the University of Phoenix or DeVry.........who would you dismiss without hesitation?

I thought DeVry was one of the tops in the technology field. They have a fairly large campus in Irving Texas.

bumper · Post by **bumper** » May 9, 2005 3:33 pm

ph4ever wrote:
bumper wrote:
iuparrothead wrote:
nycparrothead wrote:What I'm wondering more though is if any of you know how employers look at online universities? As a whole do they tend to dismiss applicants who got their MBA online or is it just kind of hit and miss depending on the individual employer? Anyone have any experience with this?
I would assume it depends on the location you are in... if you want to stay urban & subsequently a highly competative market, then best of luck... Off the top of my head, I know that some of my direct administrators (managers, in an academic setting) received their advanced degrees from U of Michigan, U of Chicago, Harvard, Loyola, and Columbia. It's going to be hard for me to compete with those people having a degree from DePaul (and 5 years of healthcare experience.)

If (and when) I'm in upper management... if I have a choice between a Columbia grad and an online university grad... it's a no-brainer.
Pretend you grauduated from a well known university with a Masters in the field of your choice...you are in charge of hiring...10 applicants from Columbia, Harvard, UCLA, USC, Villanova blah blah and one from the University of Phoenix or DeVry.........who would you dismiss without hesitation?

I thought DeVry was one of the tops in the technology field. They have a fairly large campus in Irving Texas.

What often dilineates a good school from a so so school especially in advanced degrees is their ability/funding to conduct research..DeVry perhaps well known for technology is not well known for advanced research..A masters in science..any science will be heavily ladened with research criteria...a PhD....3x as much..Though I know little of DeVry I cannot imagine the same talent attracted to DeVry is as equally attracted to Harvard, Notre Dame or USC

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » May 9, 2005 4:03 pm

Right on, Todd.