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Old 2010-04-02, 09:05 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by ScottyS View Post
3) College degrees are pretty much literally handed out by the state schools to those who can pay and show up for classes. I have very little respect for the quality of education that goes into a 4-year degree, and even many graduate programs. I think I have worked with and supervised enough of the products of this system over the last 8 years to evaluate this in a reasonable manner. Most of the problem is that the state schools are revenue-driven, and student evaluations of faculty are highly influential in the annual review process.
I don't know if Nevada state schools are vastly different or what, but I went to Cal Poly and I can assure you nobody was just handing out engineering degrees to every warm body that filled a chair. It was a fucking hard program.
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