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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 05:51 PM Original message |
Colleges Consider 3-Year Degrees To Save Undergrads Time, Money |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. The fourth year is not really justified |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Todays grads on sale!" |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Makes sense. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. It seems that many of today's grads are already learning |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. as a university prof, I think it's a bad idea to institutionalize this.... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. as a prof, I am mixed on this |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I agree with you on the sciences. |
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teenagebambam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Ditto for the arts |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. the problem is that so many students and their parents... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Absolutely! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Agree with you |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Here's a radical idea: |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. yep-- you would not believe the pressure we are under... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. How about instead of teaching about ALL of entymology |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. The three year model in Britain is based on the fact that British students |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Plus don't most British kids go to sixth form colleges |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Plus the coursework at uni... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
43. Bingo. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. It would be done only because tuition inflation far and away keeps outstripping wage growth. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Well, and the rich will pay increasingly higher tuition as the |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Skip the whole thing, you'll save even more time and money. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Were we talking about trade school? n/t |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I believe the headline of the OP says "colleges". |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Conversely, "to get a job" ... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. It is the wrong reason, I agree. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. A better model - a quarterly system with student's option of how many quarters they attend |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. Pepperdine and others were doing this in the 70s...this is scarcely new |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Then there's the Bard College/Simon's Rock model |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Woah! You went there? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I did two and then transferred |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I was there 80-84 |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I absolutely agree. Starting college earlier rather than |
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Spangle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Is that tuition cost |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. It's for one year. |
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suchadeal (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Many four year degreed grads can't spell or think very well, so |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. Mine was a Five Year degree. Five years couldn't have been done in three. |
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scarface2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. scrap the core junk...major courses only...do it in two! |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. I got my B.S. in 3 years. I had to |
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writingabook (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. It Will Encourage More Young People To Go On To College |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. College as it works today is grossly inefficient. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yah - because Americans suffer from an overabundance of knowledge. (facepalm) |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. My daughter did it in 3 years. Double major too. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. There is a better way... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. Canadian U's have three year degrees also. nt |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Uh? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. Oh, and we need those people on the job market? |
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