“she is far from the graphic design job she studied for”
Ok there are somethings you can learn online UOP style and some you can not. Graphic Design, creative type courses=fail...
Besides fields like ‘graphic design’ are as useful as majoring in piano. Yes there are jobs out there but few and far between.
If I ever get bumped out of the IT space by all the out sourcers and need to ‘re-tool’ I will look into education, a heath care field, or a trade (pipe fitting)... None of them get you rich but its usually doable to find a job..
There is little doubt that these schools (like UOP) are nothing but paper factories and that, in and of itself, is a bit scummy. But it’s not illegal..
Chances are for the same amount of money this Girl could have enrolled part time in a local community college or university and gotten a better education for less.
Have to disagree with you there, at least in the degree is from a good school like Rhode Island School of Design, Art Center, or a good public school. Ad agencies, design firms, architects, industrial design consultants, and companies that design in house all need graphic designers. If my business continues to pick up I'll need to hire one. Not sure how great the job market is right now for recent grads, but overall your comparison= fail!
I remember being a computer science student, sitting in C++ class, thinking, “gonna work hard, make money, own a house”...whoops, looks like those programming jobs went overseas!
Along with everything else. Companies figured out they could get away with murder in China/India/Mexico, so they expanded there, downsized here.
Such heroes.
I was tempted to go to a for profit school to get a degree, but getting a degree for graphics just isn't worth it at this point, not for what they charge. I am currently enrolled in a cheaper (50.00 a credit) school and glad I did it that way.
I'll finally get my degree for 10% of the cost it would have if I'd have gone with ITT or any school like that.
The town where I teach has a small Historically Black college. Almost all of the teacher assistants at my school graduated from there & they got such a horrible education that they can’t pass the National Teacher Exam; which is why they are an assisatnt making nothing.
About 2 years ago many of these people began starting BA & masters degrees at several of these places. Unfortunately they do not have the skills to really even have a high school degree; let alone an advanced degree. Several of the older, savvier at scams people talk about how they have no intention of paying off their loans.
It is both pathetic ( for the people who don’t have the skills & are doing this) & disgusting( for the people using the system & recycling papers others have written)................it’s such a scam, you have no idea.
The town where I teach has a small Historically Black college. Almost all of the teacher assistants at my school graduated from there & they got such a horrible education that they can’t pass the National Teacher Exam; which is why they are an assisatnt making nothing.
About 2 years ago many of these people began starting BA & masters degrees at several of these places. Unfortunately they do not have the skills to really even have a high school degree; let alone an advanced degree. Several of the older, savvier at scams people talk about how they have no intention of paying off their loans.
It is both pathetic ( for the people who don’t have the skills & are doing this) & disgusting( for the people using the system & recycling papers others have written)................it’s such a scam, you have no idea.