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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Taking an online class right now and there is a ton of reading, writing and research involved. We also just completed a group project which was a great challenge.

Took another class at a school with a professor a few weeks ago and it was hell. He could care less, never answered questions and frustrated the hell out of us. He never gave us a straight answer about anything.  His tests were a joke and I was surprised that this guy was a professor and has been teaching for 8 years.

I also find that most professors don't add much to their lecture and read right off of their notes that they've written. Sometimes line for line.  I can read someone's lectures notes and the book at home. Why do I have to sit in a classroom for someone to read to me?

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You're comparing apples and oranges.  I agree that you are better off with a great online professor than a crappy in-person professor.  But you are [b]WAY[/b] better off with a great in-person professor than a great online professor.

When I make hiring decisions, I don't have any information about the particular professors an applicant had.  I have to just make generalizations based on probability  And the probability is that someone with a "real" degree got a better education than someone with an online degree, so that's who I'm more likely to hire.  Are there exceptions?  Absolutely.  But I get too many resumes across my desk to figure that out on a case by case basis.[/quote]

It saddens me that people like you are in the position to hire. Just because someone went to a brick and mortar school and a prestigious one as well, does not mean they have what it takes to be exceptional employees. Sadly, you look at a piece of paper and based on the the school that's written under education you make assumptions. You think you are guaranteed to get a better employee simply based on where they got their education from? I've met many professionals with outstanding schooling and resumes. They were worthless employees, lazy, late with terrible people skills. You also would not know if this person from a brick and mortar school just barely passed and got their degree, completing the minimum amount of work just to get by. What kind of an employee would that person make? Would that make a difference if you knew?

You are one of those people who puts way to much emphasis on where someone graduated from. But I'm sure you don't care, thus passing up great potential employees because of your preconceived notions.

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I'm 36.  I don't disagree with most of what your post.  I never said I wouldn't hire someone with an online degree.  But the fact is I get TONS of qualified applicants for every open position, and unfortunately I just don't have the time to sift through every single resume looking for that diamond in the rough.  If someone with an online degree had some other type of really amazing specialized experience that set him/her apart from the pack, I would certainly consider hiring that person.  But if I get 20 resumes with similar qualifications and I can only interview 5 people, chances are it's going to be the ones who got a degree from an in-person school.

I'm not sure where you got the idea that I'm holding out for applicants from "prestigious" schools. I definitely never said that.  But you should know that my workplace (like many others) requires applicants to submit a transcript, of course I know whether or not an applicant has "just barely passed."  If it was between someone who just barely passed from Harvard vs. someone who got straight As at an online school, I very well might favor the online school grad.  But it's never like that.  Usually it's the difference between someone who got straight As at a decent well-respected in-person school vs. someone who got straight As at an online school, and in that case, it's a no-brainer.    [/quote]

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