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Originally Posted by 75Sv1
I disagree. Although I haven't taken an officail online course, I did one class that way. Some local Colleges do online courses with web meeting and group discussion and meetings. Whats the real difference, most traditional courses, you just have to pass the test and hand in assignments. I one way it take a bit more disapline to take online courses. You can also test out of college courses. So you wouldn't hire someone who tested out of a bunch of courses from a major university? Some of the highest paid engineers don't have degrees. They got their 'knowlege' by on hands experience. Mostly english guys who raced on old airport tarmacs over in England. Also think of the likes of Robert Yates etc. in NASCAR. I know of a few people who have taken these courses. I think most had a previous degree of some sort. I would hire them.
Tom
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Oh, I perfectly understand that! I don't mean to say that having a degree makes one better or more qualified than someone who doesn't. My argument, if there is one, is that one might be missing out on some aspects of higher learning by taking online courses. I can argue that having a degree makes you no smarter or better than someone who doesn't have one. One person I admire greatly is Kenneth Burke who has no official degree yet has contributed greatly to academia. In fact, I'm leaning toward the idea of self learning over continuing my schooling (PhD).