Posted on 02/09/2020 6:26:45 AM PST by karpov
At TEL Library we’ve taken a major step toward reducing the cost of college with the launch of our Courses-on-Demand program. Through this program, students anywhere in the U.S. can take college courses that are entirely self-paced and allow students to start anytime they desire. The all-inclusive cost of these courses is $44 per credit hour, which includes all fees and course materials.
For those waxing nostalgic about the good old days when college was affordable, this is better than the good old days. Inflation-adjusted to 1970 dollars, our pricing translated to $6.68 a credit hour, and that’s without a dime of state or federal subsidy.
TEL Library is a non-profit educational publishing and technology organization located in Oklahoma City. Our mission is to make a quality college education affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time. We aren’t an accredited college, but rather partner with regionally accredited colleges and universities to provide online and blended college general education and advanced high school courses. We piloted our courses with 998 students in 2019 and are now making them available to the public through our Courses-on-Demand program.
Our Courses-on-Demand program is designed for people who are
Current college students taking a few courses through TEL to speed up degree completion and lower the total cost (e.g. summer school),
High school students wanting college credit independent of their high school’s dual credit program, Homeschoolers,
Non-traditional students taking a few courses to ease into, or finish up, a degree program, and
Life-learners wanting a structured learning experience. Anybody 13 or older can enroll.
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Wondering. Will these credits transfer to University of Michigan? Rice? Chico State? CUNY?
In other words, what’s the academic rigor of these classes?
And that’s the kicker, accreditation.
IMHO it’s a scheme between colleges and corporations to keep people from getting degrees cheaply and rapidly.
Where?
In the 2009 obama federal takeover of student loans?
At Baylor university? Where the dean of student takes $5 million annually?
Some colleges limit the number of credit hours they will accept from other institutions, but this is not a problem for our students. Except for some of the toniest of private institutions, colleges generally accept two or more years of transfer credit toward a degree. The most common problem with course-transfer is that some courses do not align precisely with a similar course required at a particular college. In such cases, the student still receives credit for their transferred coursework but may also have to take the college’s required course. Given the fairly generic coverage of general education courses, this is usually not an issue for our courses.
This is all the taxpayers really need to be on the hook for. Unless the student is a very high achiever, we shouldn’t be investing a lot of money. All the liberal colleges and universities can find the funding elsewhere.
Today’s universities are extremely overpriced indoctrination centers.
But, new paradigms are emerging rapidly. Folks can’t justify pretending that colleges are relevant anymore.
Rigor went out the window years ago at our colleges and universities.
And is TEL accredited?
Or, one could say, rigor has set in.....
:D
Hoss
University of Michigan? Rice? Chico State? CUNY?
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These places are rigorous? Gee! Who knew?
In the SOTU speech, Trump said his admin is supporting a return of vo-tech classes to high schools.
Another nail in the coffin of “we need illegals for jobs Americans wont
Do not accuse me of being anti Christian.
Especially related to my criticism of the party school
Look it up. Here’s a start.
“Baylor University’s Kenneth Starr was the highest-paid leader of any private university nationwide in 2016.
That’s according to the latest report from The Chronicle of Higher Education, which compiled a database detailing salaries of 1,400 top university officials. The data include compensation of leaders at more than 600 private colleges from 2008-16 and nearly 250 public universities and systems from 2010-17.”
In the SOTU speech, Trump said his admin is supporting a return of vo-tech classes in high schools.
Many contractors hire illegals not only to save money, but because illegals have the basic carpentry, bricklaying, mechanical skills that Americans once-upon-a-time learned in high school shop classes.
“Starr, No. 1 on the list, left Baylor in 2016 amid a scandal over the school’s handling of sexual assault accusations against football players. That year Starr received nearly $5 million, most of which came from a severance agreement he negotiated with the school, according to the Chronicle. The year before, he made $1.4 million.“
Christian, hmm?
I agree. On line courses are a great idea for lowering the price of an education, but if the credits aren’t accepted by other colleges they’re useless and that’s the rub-who decides which courses are rigorous or ‘politically correct’ enough to qualify?
Amberdawn wrote:
“I agree. On line courses are a great idea for lowering the price of an education, but if the credits aren’t accepted by other colleges they’re useless and that’s the rub-who decides which courses are rigorous or ‘politically correct’ enough to qualify?”
Exactly- the ones in power decide what’s acceptable.
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