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I've discovered that, except for a hand full of disciplines (law, medicine, engineering, hard sciences), college is pretty much a complete waste of time anyway. I wanted to go back and get a degree in Appropriate Technology and it was all theory. THEORY. Nobody teaches you how to DO anything. Instead a bunch of professors sit around and talk about what they THINK about appropriate technology. Give me a break. Universities are so incrediby, FULL OF THEMSELVES, I can't stand it.
20yrsinBranson
If you don't mind my asking, what university was the one you attended?
If you don't mind my asking, what university was the one you attended?
Having been a military wife at the time, there were several. So many, in fact that I lost over 60 credit hours on courses that were "not transferable". I attended in Alabama, North Carolina, Texas, and ultimately received my degree through a military extension school affiliated with Grand Canyon University in Arizona. Mind you, this was from 1978 -1990. If anything, institutions of higher learning have gotten WORSE in the ensuing 20 years.
Having been a military wife at the time, there were several. So many, in fact that I lost over 60 credit hours on courses that were "not transferable". I attended in Alabama, North Carolina, Texas, and ultimately received my degree through a military extension school affiliated with Grand Canyon University in Arizona. Mind you, this was from 1978 -1990. If anything, institutions of higher learning have gotten WORSE in the ensuing 20 years.
20yrsinbranson.
I visited numerous colleges over the last ten years and many of the ones my sons were looking at, including the one my youngest is now attending, had a big emphasis on hands on learning. Perhaps you weren't looking at enough technical colleges. Some of the colleges where that happens: Drexel, Rochester Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytech, Florida Institute of Technology.
I visited numerous colleges over the last ten years and many of the ones my sons were looking at, including the one my youngest is now attending, had a big emphasis on hands on learning. Perhaps you weren't looking at enough technical colleges. Some of the colleges where that happens: Drexel, Rochester Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytech, Florida Institute of Technology.
I apologize for not being clear I my previous post. My most recent foray into higher education, i.e. the search for an Appropriate Technology degree, there are only a few schools which offer it. Personally, I am a huge fan of the VOTECH program since it its one of the few places that actually teach you how to DO something. On the other hand, technical colleges often place too much emphasis on computers being the only career that matters.
What about the 80% of the college applicants that won't be accepted to the "top ranked" schools?? There are many paths to success in this life, and going to college, top ranked, low ranked, middle ranked are just some of the paths. When I meet people my age, where they went to college usually doesn't come up in the conversation at all.
That's interesting! It usually comes up with the people I meet, and I'm older than you. Maybe that's Colorado, with all its transplants.
I've discovered that, except for a hand full of disciplines (law, medicine, engineering, hard sciences), college is pretty much a complete waste of time anyway. I wanted to go back and get a degree in Appropriate Technology and it was all theory. THEORY. Nobody teaches you how to DO anything. Instead a bunch of professors sit around and talk about what they THINK about appropriate technology. Give me a break. Universities are so incrediby, FULL OF THEMSELVES, I can't stand it.
Since you can home school, why can't you home college?
20yrsinBranson
There is a way to "home college." Having been in the military, I'm sure you've heard of CLEP and DSST. Excelsior College, Charter Oak State College, and Thomas Edison State College are very accepting of these along with other flexible options such as Excelsior Exams, Uexcel Exams, Ohio University Exams, TECEP exams, and self-paced Straighterline courses. There are also correspondence schools such as Penn Foster, but it's not regionally-accredited. There are several major universities that offer correspondence courses and these can be transferred to the three schools I mentioned above without having to worry about a 30 credit residency requirement. These schools are great for transfer students who don't want to lose credit and they're non-profit.
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